It looks like several folks have come to my profile looking for information about me. So here is something for those who are interested.

I write technical data and proposals in real life. I am a hetero male with four grown children, one grand child and one great grand child. I spent twenty-two years in the United States Air Force and retired as a Chief Master Sergeant, thus the moniker. After retiring from the USAF, I worked eighteen years in civil service for the USAF and retired from there, too. I have a job with an aerospace company and have recently moved from full time to part time toward full retirement. I live in Texas.

I grew up reading - a lot, and I would burn through several books a week even as a preteen - still do, although a great deal of my reading right now is Firefly fan fiction. I have gotten to the point that I don't review as many stories as I once did. Although I have favorite authors that I review religiously when I read a new story from them.

There are several things that will cause me to quit a story: 1) poor spelling (use a spell checker or a beta reader for goodness sake), 2) poor grammar, 3) sloppy dialog, 4) incomplete research especially as regards military matters, and 5) a poor plot line. Okay, I'll forgive some incomplete research if the story is really good.