J.A. Metcalf

I've spent the last 15 or so years teaching myself how to write and figuring out the meaning of life. I train service dogs for Paws With a Cause (pawswithacause.com), and volunteer my time to helping those who are mentally ill. I also run a writing class, a basic English grammar class for non English speakers, and a basic Spanish grammar class for those who wish to learn how to read and write Spanish.



I enjoy painting abstract art, but stringing words into sentences, and then paragraphs, and then a story is the true joy of my life. And although I'll write about almost anything that catches my fancy, writing fiction--more specifically fantasy fiction--is my passion. When I write fiction I soar free. I am no longer caged. When my characters weep, I weep. When they suffer, I suffer. When they laugh, I laugh. True freedom.



I cannot change the past, though I am sorry for many of the things I've done. In the past dwells hurt, pain, and suffering. In the future dwells hope, creativity, and love.



These three quotes express the way I feel more than my own words ever could:



"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

(Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)



"Service to others is the rent we pay for space here on earth."

(Nelson Mandela)



"For evil to triumph, all that is necessary is for good men to do nothing."

(Author unknown)



My name is Jerry Metcalf and I wish to make the world a better place. Please join me.