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Ray was born in New Hampshire, received his Bachelors of Science in Aeronautical Engineering at Arizona State University.  After ten years as a USAF Pilot, Ray enjoyed almost 30 years as an influential leader in aerospace.

Bringing a new voice to science fiction writing, Ray realized there was a niche that was calling him as he began to write deeper characters, create more sophisticated stories and realistic situations for Sci-Fi fans to relate to.

Initially attracted to heroic characters with powerful weapons taking on hundreds of aliens, Ray began his literary career with a desire to extrapolate Sci-Fi stories with a touch of everyday reality that most of us experience in work and our everyday lives.

His literary work is thoughtfully enriched by his decade long experience in the US Air Force where he flew C-130s on missions to 27 countries, and T-38s while training the best pilots in the world, as well as the first female US Air Force pilots.

During his 28 years at Northrup Grumman, Ray worked on some of the most top-secret military aircraft projects in the world including the F-23, F-35, B-2, Global Hawk and many more that can’t be named.

He is grateful to his wife, Charlene and his two daughters, Christine and Robynn for their support on this new journey.

18 Comments

  1. Kate Rauner Kate Rauner

    I, too, easily tire of novels where the battles and fight scenes seem to go on forever, pumping up the page count but adding little. Good luck! I’m heading over to your Gemini page next.

    # May 21, 2014 Reply
  2. dukea98 dukea98

    Thanks for following my blog Ray Jay. I do appreciate it. Please feel free to comment or submit a post. If it is germain and well written it will be published on the blog.
    I also write in the SF genre although not so much in the space opera style as you outline your thoughts. I attempt the so called “hard” science fiction. Hope to see more of you and perhaps we can be of help to each other.

    # June 8, 2014 Reply
    • rayjaywriter rayjaywriter

      I’ll check your blog out and spend more time on it. I like both genres, I enjoy HSF because as an Aeronautical Engineer and AF Pilot, I enjoy carrying the tech into the future and imagining what it will be like. When Gemini comes out, you’ll see that most of it is pretty low tech, and mostly in the SF opera setting. In SIMPOC, I’ve taken current neuroscience and computer tech and extrapolated it into the near future. Sort of a HSF with a little military SF. My stories will likely touch a little of all the genres.

      # June 8, 2014 Reply
  4. klparry klparry

    Thank you, Ray Jay for “Following the Dream”. I am excited to meet another fiction writer especially one with your back ground. Should make for some pretty groovy stories. Looking forward to them 🙂

    # June 9, 2014 Reply
  5. mickdawson mickdawson

    Thank you for following my latest novel, Ray. I too am interested in both aircraft and sci-fi. In fact, the novel I’m writing after the current one combines both concepts. Hope to have your company for that one as well…Mick Dawson

    # June 9, 2014 Reply
  6. flygirl140 flygirl140

    Thank you for the follow! It is so exciting to see that someone is doing different things in science fiction; its also nice to hear from a fellow aviator!

    I was just lamenting the other day about how difficult it is to find humorous science fiction. It seems like most of it is geared towards the big wars and MacGyver-esk heroes. I am excited to read your Gemini series and congratulations on the pending publication!

    # June 10, 2014 Reply
    • rayjaywriter rayjaywriter

      You’ll notice that I’ll have flying references or terms in many of my stories. If anyone needs any input on aviation related topics; let me know.

      # June 10, 2014 Reply
      • flygirl140 flygirl140

        Oh see now I am even more excited about reading your series. Most of my short stories center around aviation and aviation history so I am a big fan of that type of writing. I’ll definitely refer anyone who needs input to you.

        # June 12, 2014
  7. clairet703 clairet703

    An interesting premise, hope you can pull it off! Thanks for the follow. I’m a history/fantasy rather than sci fi reader most of the time but heh you could change my mind! Couldn’t see any examples of your writing on my quick browse, but will drop by for a better look later.

    # June 21, 2014 Reply
    • rayjaywriter rayjaywriter

      I have only one book available right now on Amazon. It is called SIMPOC and FYI 6/27 through 6/29 it will be FREE, so you’ll have a chance to check out my writing. This first book is myfirst while I have 6+ in the pipeline behind it. Within the SIMPOC series I have another coming out in about 2 weeks, (That’s why I’m doing the promo this weekend). The other series, Gemini, has 5 books and will start being released as soon as I can get it out of the reviewer’s sticky fingers.

      You’ll find that I’m going in a different direction with Sci-Fi. I’m doing more worldbuilding and character building. Less on the battles, but when I get to the battles you’ll know the aliens and understand them. I also try to take a different path, you can always find an evil computer, but no on has written about how the computer became evil. That is what the SIMPOC series is doing. To be honest it was a little challenging to cover a nascent computer.

      # June 24, 2014 Reply
  10. firecook firecook

    Hello and nice to meet you.. Thank you for following me. I am an Air force Brat my father was in Air force for awhile (Frist Army Air Corp) .Your the book sounds interesting .Have a nice Evening

    # June 26, 2014 Reply

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