Kyle Belote is a prior Marine and is currently serving the Marine Corps community. He hails from Wimberley, Texas, a small town in the hill country just southwest of Austin, and has lived in Okinawa, Japan, and Hawaii. Kyle is a huge Star Wars fanatic of the Expanded Universe novels, Knights of the Old Republic I & II (KOTOR) games, and the original trilogy of Mass Effect games. He enjoys a diverse collection of films, shows, and books. Kyle discovered his love of painting, and when he’s not writing, he favors using the Bob Ross method of wet-on-wet technique. His advice on writing and life, in general, is: “Don’t give up, never quit. When you’re down and you pick yourself up, no one can claim credit.”