About

I.T. Manager at Penn State University by day, nano-punk science-fiction author by night, Reginald Golding is known in real life as Daniel Ritter.

Tempered and shaped by the kiln/gauntlet/meat-grinder that is the swampland south-eastern Arkansas (a.k.a. The ArkLaMiss, by the locals), Daniel toiled a full eighteen years, evolved air-breathing lungs and sprouted crude leg stumps, with which he migrated north, to the Crowley’s Ridge fault line, and lived near the Ozarks there for many years in larval form.

While there, he pursued Electrical Engineering and English studies at Arkansas State University. These formative years resulted in developing gumption enough to leave the state, in fact, to migrate eastward, where he infested the Memphis area for several years. Not before, however, he managed to pen and produce a stage play in seven parts, “Within Confines of Likeness”, along with musician/author Alan Patterson.

Very nearly blossoming into full humanity, and having abandoned all other forms of gainful employment (fibreglass insulation sales, doughnut delivery boy, telemarketing specialist, Logistics Systems Director, newspaper delivery technician, hand-tuned wind-chime assembly, sports photographer, database designer, and Wal-Mart Meat Department band-saw scrubber (one full afternoon, never got paid) [incidentally, each of these jobs were, in fact, performed]), Daniel went on to pursue employment with the United States Department of Defense, and he’s realllllly not at liberty to discuss this further [also, very much a fact].

After serving in a technical capacity with both the U.S. Navy as well as the Air Force, Daniel achieved fully developed human form, and found a family in the Happy Valley region of Pennsylvania, among the English folk which inhabit the area.

These days are considerably less frantic, but no less amazing. Daniel resides with his lovely wife of eight years, and three outstanding youth of varying description.

Daniel maintains frequent presence on Twitter, Google+, Facebook, here, of course, and rarely on Goodreads as well.

Very often, you’ll find links to his fiction posted on Twitter with #fridayflash, #serialtuesday, #amwriting, #nanopunk, and #scifi hashtags.