You’ll enjoy how he guards a prisoner with only one bullet in a machine gun, tries to figure out how to get a switchblade knife home from Germany, and tackles fatherhood with glory and grace. His encounter with a gung-ho Vietnam veteran just before mustering out of the service is a classic blunder of epic proportions.

He sails through his pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in education and then the fun really starts. As he recounts his next thirty-three years, you will hold your side in laughter as he interacts with peers, college professors, the public and some wild beagle hounds raised by some delinquents determined to block his entrance back onto a bus.

Years after retirement, he began writing about his life’s adventures when coaxed by some friends to get them all down before he forgets or loses track of how things happened.

His skill as a clerk typist in the service, college and work serves as a valuable asset now. He never studied or read any books about writing stories and/or books; he just started writing. In one year, he wrote and published five books using a system he developed as a matter of necessity to keep the ideas, words and actions in proper form and order.

Recently he turned his attention to writing biographies for interested family members and friends. That effort is ongoing and will be completed in 2025. He has not given up on publishing his next book called No Way to Die this year as well.

To improve his skills and broaden his knowledge in writing Dr. Musgrove has joined a writing guild group in Missouri and studied some dos and don’ts about effective writing online. He has presented at local civic organizations and others about his entry into the writing field late in life. So far, all the individuals he has encountered have been most encouraging and helpful.

He is convinced that creating his website will be the springboard to help him get his ideas and books out before the public. Likewise, he is confident that anyone reading his books will be emboldened, informed and encouraged to take life on, easily overcoming its unpredictable hurdles and events. Mostly he is hopeful that others reading and hearing about his late start into the literary world will become inspired to take it on as well. The personal rewards and satisfaction of getting published will rock your world and keep you moving forward. Try it, you’ll like it!