I grew up in the 5,000 person town of Canal Fulton, Ohio. Started writing poetry at 14. Fiction at 19. Movie analysis at 23.

My primary focus on this site is explaining movie endings, narrative construction, and how movies connect to the psychology of our day to day lives.

I had always loved movies, but it wasn’t until college at Case Western Reserve University that I studied film and discovered a natural ability to understand and explain films in a way that helped others. At Case Western, I studied with Robert Spadoni and Linda Ehrlich. At the University of New South Wales, Jodi Brooks.

I’m a novelist. I’ve had two books published—Killer &Victim, Killer Unconquered. Both heavily inspired by Don DeLillo and Roberto Bolano. A major part of my life is deconstructing and understanding and utilizing narrative technique. I’ve been formally trained in poetry (Sarah Gridley; Mette Jakobsen), fiction (Wayne Johnson; Mary Grimm), and non-fiction (Ted Gup). I was the editor-in-chief of the literary journal Red Fez.