I retired after a 35-year career as an engineer. During that career I read and wrote a lot of engineering papers and reports as a professional and I read and listened to a lot of books and poetry as a commuter. Now I write the kinds of stories and poetry that I'd enjoyed during those 2 hour daily commutes.  I wrote for three years in the realms of FanFic on Bethesda Softworks'  ElderScrolls and Fallout games. Currently I'm writng  in the published commercial SciFi and Fantasy  electronic and magazine formats.

I'm moving my FanFic work from the game and fan sites where it was originally published to Wattpad . When writing FanFic where the game world and rules were already designed I had a lot of fun with the prose by framing each chapter with poetry paraphrased from some of the acknowledged great and really good amateur poets on the internet. You will find lots of Emily Dickinson, Rudyard Kipling and even some Bonny Parker laying out her ballad of banks and bullets.

If you enjoy reading my FanFic please Email your comments to jeepbaum41@gmail.com
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baumgartnerJP baumgartnerJP Nov 03, 2018 03:39AM
Palace gossip leads to mischief by a Daedric Prince (major demon) and a privileged juvenile deliquent gets a taste of power. https://www.wattpad.com/story/166242719
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