

| Male | 
| April 7 1955 | 
| Central Minnesota | 
| I own a manufacturing company that makes specialized filter glass for people who do glass art. We provide filters for folks doing traditional glass blowing, beadmaking, functional art (pipes), and non-functional art. | 
| I'm not sure if I have a "type". | 
| My personal style is to think up a 'what if' scenario, then outline it, and jump in. I write very much in the moment. | 
| Art glass, writing (of course), reading military, techno-thrillers, science fiction. I watch a fair amount of TV, usually drama. I get my news from Jon Stewart. I try to see a new movie in the theater at least every other week. | 
| www.facebook.com/mike.aurelius.1 | 
| science fiction, military drama, techno-fiction, fantasy. | 
| John Ringo, David Weber, Laurell K. Hamilton, David Drake, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov | 
| The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices — to be found only in the minds of men. |