Roger Daniel Grubb

I published my books on Amazon until Amazon tried to tell me what to write and how to write it. I was not going to let a store decide that. The account was closed, and the books went with it. For a while this site was about that. I had an axe to grind. I am done grinding it. What I took from it is simpler. I do not want to be limited to somebody else’s rules. I want to be free to write what I want to write about. I think every writer should have that same freedom, so I built my own store, and other writers can publish here too. I write with AI. I pick every subject, I direct every draft, and no book goes on sale here until I approve it. I have eaten pizza in Rome, danced merengue in the Dominican Republic, and drunk more than a pint at Oktoberfest. I have climbed the pyramids of Guatemala, surfed El Salvador’s rugged coast, and swum with whale sharks off Isla Mujeres. And yes, I may have smoked marijuana in Amsterdam, but like a former president once said, I didn’t inhale. I have solo backpacked the John Muir Trail, built igloos in the backcountry, sailed open water, and four-wheeled to nearly every natural hot spring in the American West. Before the books there was a decade in the carpentry trade and a decade as a senior IT technician. Then real estate, which I still do: I am a Realtor in the East Bay, and most of my clients are families in the middle of something hard. I am a father. I am clean and sober, and I speak openly about the long road it took to get there. My life and my writing are shaped by a deep respect for smart, strong women. I have had the good fortune of marrying more than one. I have zero tolerance for racism, ignorance, or cruelty, and I bring that clarity to every page. I write with grit, depth, and unfiltered honesty. My books don’t sugarcoat life. They shine a light through it. I believe in lifting people up. Paying it forward. Telling the truth. And helping the next generation rise stronger.