WriteHive Mentorship Program

A native of Ames, Iowa, Dave loves writing, reading, boardgames, computer games, improv comedy, pizza, barbarian movies, and the cheaper end of the Taco Bell menu. Also, his wife and kids.

Dave is the author of Snood, Snoodoku, Snood Towers, and other computer games. Dave first published Snood in 1996, and it became one of the most popular shareware games of the early Internet. He’s recently published some puzzle card games in the Doctor Esker’s Notebook series.

Dave taught geology, environmental studies, and computer programming at Guilford College for 24 years. He does improv comedy at the Idiot Box in Greensboro, North Carolina. He’s also played the world’s largest tuba in concert. Not that that is relevant, but it’s still kinda cool.

Flames Over Frosthelm was Dave’s first novel, released in 2019. He followed it a year later with Traitors Unseen and The Outcast Crown, then Daros in 2021, The Woeling Lass in 2022, and Got Trouble and Kenai in 2023. Dave started 2024 with the mystery What Grows From the Dead followed quickly by the humorous epic fantasy, The Glorious and Epic Tale of Lady Isovar.

Dave’s book Kenai was the winner (out of 221 entries) of the 3rd Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) run by Hugh Howey, author of Wool and Silo.

I would love to talk books with somebody just starting out. I used to teach writing some in my college professor career. I’ve worked with some close friends on their books, and I enjoy talking about issues and fixes. I will be happy to do more extensive communication than a single developmental edit, including weekly writing check-in emails or Zoom or whatever – I’ve done that with a couple fellow authors.