Author Thomas Preiss

Hello. I’ll start by talking about this photo. I was told to put a “professional” photo of myself on this, the opening page of my writing website. One that would convey intelligence and a serious demeanor to those who might judge a book by its cover. I have some photos like that but I don’t like any of them. One can be found on the back cover of my children’s stories. I have my finger massaging my temple, as if pointing to a light bulb turning on inside my head. I like this photo because it looks as if nothing is going on at all inside my head. It was taken after a good night’s rest while standing under the famous Tombstone, Arizona rosebush.

I am smart, so my wife says. Intelligence abounds from one ear to the next, she says. I do believe her but I’m smart enough to know not to take this intelligence too seriously and therein lies my demeanor.

I like this picture too because my face is thin compared to its proportions now. It was taken about five years ago so there is less grey in the beard. I still have my flight sunglasses, which completes the self portrait of a guy who has spent his entire adult life abstaining from any manner of professionalism. I have, for the most part, done life my way. Now don't get this wrong, there are and have been consequences, both good and bad, for rebelling against the social machine, for listening to the beat of my own heart rather then to the hum of cultural expectation. I have become grateful for both sides of my convictions, particularly the bad because it has been those consequences that have transformed me into the man my family loves today. I must say that I do feel pretty good about all of it, my life that is. It must also be said that I judge no one in how they live their life, so long as certain proprieties are met.

I love to write. I have two children’s stories, The Boat Under the Boat, and The Other Side of the Window, released by my publishing company, as second revised editions and a novel, The Hassayampa King. The children’s stories are timely in their offerings of imagination and the golden rule. The novel is a modern yet mythical tale about the search for truth. Its words have taught me much about myself, as it will for you as well. Check the links, check out the stories. Buy my books and enrich your life.

My books can be purchased by emailing me at thomaspreiss@msn.com.

God bless,

Thomas