W.A. McDonald was born and raised in the greater Twin Cities metro area of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Somewhere about the age of twelve, he decided he wanted to be a writer. The board game Life played a part in that decision, as did his love for reading. Those combined with an overactive imagination led to his dream of one day putting his paper route fantasy worlds in print. It also lead to seventh grade typing class.
After graduating high school, W.A. McDonald joined the army because of a deep-seated patriotic calling. That, and he wanted to fly helicopters, and the army would let him do it without one of those annoying degrees.
W.A. McDonald has done many things since those long-ago days of flying old Vietnam veterans. He spent six years tramping about the country while sustaining the countries commerce. It was during this time he earned his private pilot’s license.
Wanting to be an active part of his children’s life, he then settled for local truck driving. Within in those years, he did a stint with a local fire department, as an inventor/entrepreneur, and as a Realtor.
After nearly seventeen years of looking out a windshield, W.A. McDonald took stock of his life, and decided there was no way he could spend another twenty years holding a steering wheel. Because of this epiphany, the annoying degree came much later in life.
While pursuing his degree, and all the writing that came with it, his passion for writing was renewed. A passion which lay dormant for ten years.
The degree also resulted in a career change to the IT field, his current day job.
W.A. McDonald still lives in Minnesota with his wife Connie. Between them they have a blended family of adult children, all of them boys, and all of them in their early 20's. Since the boys have their own life's, the McDonald’s have a fur baby of the feline persuasion named Tommy. Tommy is over twelve years old and reminds everyone that with age comes crabby.
Thanks for stopping by.
All proceeds from my book sales go to pay off mine, and my children's student loans.
