Charles E. Hayes

The Author, Charles E. Hayes, MSgt, USAF (Retired), spent 24 years in the United States Air Force.  He is a former school teacher and an avid re-enactor.   He currently helps other veterans through the auspices of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) in Kentucky.  Except for his working with the DAV and re-enacting, he writes full time.

“I have written since I was in the fourth grade. I think I began writing because I enjoyed reading. I was always grateful that someone had taken the time to write the book I was reading.

I found in the United States Air Force that I have a talent for writing. During my 24 year air force career, I was stationed in North Carolina, Texas, North Dakota, Michigan, Ubon Thailand, NKP Thailand, Mildenhall UK, and Ramstein, Germany. I had a several temporary duty assignments that took me to a variety of places.

I like poetry because more discipline is required and it seems to allow me to approach and comment on subjects I am not yet ready to put into prose.
I have, in the past, started poems that I couldn't finish. I was always able to come back to them and finish (at one point 31 years later) after life experiences provided the ending.

I have written news articles, magazine articles, Internet articles, poems and books.

I decided to publish because I didn't want the products dying on a computer hard drive.

I have 3 unfinished novels that I still work to complete.
My books are currently available at Amazon.com.

 In 1990, I met Tom Clancy at Potsburg Castle in Germany and thanked him for writing books that I enjoyed.