Neal Ervin was trained in mass communication/journalism. A newspaper reporter and photographer, he studied at UWI- University of West Indies, St Augustine, and Trinity College of Music, London. Neal abandoned his career as a writer to raise his family and donned many hats throughout the years as a building contractor, mechanic, airline reservationist, logistics coordinator, and healthcare advocate for the elderly. After relocating to North Carolina, he has resumed writing. He finds solace and peace on the Outer Banks and Blue Ridge Mountains of the state he loves and now calls home. Neal is a jack-of-all-trades and is trying to master one—his first love, writing.