Howdy y'all. Proper introductions seem to be in order. My name is Ynigo Montoya. No, wait. That's not right. My name is Frank Montellano. Last name is pronounced Mawn-tea-Yawn-oh. I'm originally from L.A., CA and now hang my hat in NW LA. What I write: I'm a writer of mostly fantasy, some horror, the occasional sci-fi if I'm feeling froggy. But mostly fantasy. That's where I live and breathe, among the magicians and wizards and elementals and TtGBitN. My favorite authors are Moorcock, Gaiman, and Zelazny. Tales: My stories have appeared in several anthologies (more than I can count on one hand and yes, before you ask, I have all my fingers). I have a few short stories out for free to any Kindle Unlimited subscribers out there and 99 cents for the common folk. My goals are to release more short stories, at least until I get a baker’s dozen out there. Then the goal will be to combine them into a short story collection. While that is going on, I do editing for pay and fun, and I am also endlessly working on a three-book fantasy series. Marketing: My marketing game is very weak, but I have a full-time job that I love and will continue to work at until this writing thing pays off. I have a blog: https://smugglersnjugulars.blogspot.com/, an amazon author page, a FB author page, and some other stuff out there. Assistance: I trade reviews for reviews of similar length materials. I get paid to edit but I'm not a professional. I've taught English for many years and I used to be a journalist for about ten years. Famn Damily: I have four kids. I also have an amazing wife. She writes too and may join us in here someday, but fantasy is not her thing. She likes to write about murders and such. Maybe some romance in there too. But never at the same time. If you've read this far, here are some amazingly cool tidbits for you: I am a goat, literally. Well not quite literally, but I am a retired United States Navy Chief, and we are known as goats, so yeah, there's that. I've been kicked out of an entire country before, but don't ask, the memory is too painful to share. Lastly, I've climbed Mt. Fuji (I've also learned what the wise men say about Mt. Fuji, but in order to learn the secret you have to climb the mountain too. Then we can talk). Howdy y'all :)