Invent Almost Anything!: Think Like an Inventor Workbook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781496109088)

Jim and Sharon Rowan are a writing team who are both military veterans. We have been married for thirty years, though it seems much longer! Just kidding. Patents and Inventions--Jim has three patents granted (by the USPTO), and twenty-two pending or in-process. This number could be a great deal larger; however to save money each patent encompasses as many claims as possible. The three granted patents are for a telephone device; magnetically levitated wind turbines and a steam system. He also has one non-credited invention, for the world's first fully convergent telephone operator services system. When we are not busy writing, we are thinking up new and unusual technologies--some of which are in this book. We are working on the second Jupiter Fleet science fiction novel, called "Too Soon to Mars", which starts six months after "Werewolves Don't Purr." We are big fans of all kinds of science-fiction, and yes--that includes Star Trek. We have even been known to attend the occasional Comic-Con or Fan Expo. Jim's favorite SF author is Robert A. Heinlein (keeping it old school), and Sharon's favorites are Jim Butcher, John Ringo and Lois McMaster Bujold.