My name is Ben Prior, and my wife is Diane Evans-Prior. I am an unemployed computer programmer and the 'cellist in a folk music group. My wife is a nursing instructor at CNM, and plays hammer dulcimer in my band.
I have started a Fantasy / Steampunk novel in collaboration with my wife. We have nearly finished this work, entitled "Focal Point," but we have a lot of editing to do before we are ready to submit this puppy. In the meantime I have started a steampunk short story entitled "Maiden's Curse." A story about a jaded sky-pirate who captures a young woman who teaches him to love again.
I have read a lot of science fiction, fantasy, historical dramas, and a smattering of great literature
The obvious list: Tolkien, Heinlein, Diana Gabaldon, Anne McCaffery, Isaace Asimov, Ursula K LeGuin, Patrick O'Brien