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More Details, and what happened to Plebware!

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  Otto Brinkmeier is a 60-year-old,  South African. He authors under the Pen Name Of:    Othello Cody Verrochio . He is the only son of  Maria Kruger Brinkmeier  1924-2004 and  Wilhem (Otto) Brinkmeier  1911-1982. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 18 January 1963. He first attended, school at  Park Junior School  and then at  Park Senior School . Doing grade 1 to grade 7 at these schools He attended High school in 1976, at  Sir John Adamson  Secondary School. Where he did grade 8 through to grade 12. Otto had many influencers that he read about in his studies, if he could be an American president, he would have chosen to be Abraham Lincon Otto resembles his father Otto Senior in many ways, not just in physical stature, but also in personality and mental capacity. Otto is a qualified  Electrical Fitter  (Millwright) by trade. Who studied: Trade Theory, Humanities and Art. He holds Diplomas in Journ...

Work 10 hours a day, 6 days a week

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 Long weeks with long working hours. Mean harder work in off hours to get the writing done. I am diligent and loyal to this cause. With God's strength and guidance.. I am certain to prevail.

Mars War Book 1

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Artwork by Jonas DeRo It's been about a year that I have been toying with the premier in the Captain Cody Mars War Book Series . I am definitely giving it my all to create a gripping, dynamic and compelling storyline, If you are hoping for aliens in my books, you will be slightly disappointed for you will find no real aliens at all, albeit there are human hybrids, like Antmen, Lizardmen, Roachmen, and a variety of other hybrid human Chimera.  Even though all the Characters, companies and technologies are fictional, a lot of the content might ring bells, so to speak, the reason for this is that the story is based upon, real-world research. But that is where the similarities end. All Characters, corporations, military units as well as business entities, are purely fictional, and any representation of real people, corporations, military units and business entities, is purely coincidental.  I have created Chimeras, which are sentient life forms, supposedly man-made or not, from ...

Who is Cody (Othello Cody Verrocchio)

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 Otto Brinkmeier is a 60-year-old,  South African. He authors under the Pen Name Of:    Othello Cody Verrochio A qualified Electrical Fitter (Millwright) by trade. Who studied: Trade Theory, Humanities and Art. He holds Diplomas in Journalism and Web Design. A Star-trek Fan who loves reading good books. Enjoys the movies, and dreams of writing a movie script. Origin of the Nome de Ploum (Pen Name) Both Othello and Cody are derivatives of his real name Otto Whereas the Surname is based on that of  Andrea del Verrocchio, born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni,  a sculptor, Italian painter and goldsmith  who was a master of an influential workshop in Florence. He apparently became known as Verrocchio after the surname of his master, a goldsmith.

Science Fiction Influences

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 Firstly I would like to write a tribute to The Great Pioneers of Science Fiction . If it were not for these legends there would be no genre that is named Science Fiction. ( FBA is short for Fulfillment by Amazon.   ) Firstly I would like to honour H.G. Wells Herbert George Wells  (21  September 1866  –  13 August 1946)  was an  English writer.  Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography.  He wrote memorable classics such as:     The Time Machine     The War of the Worlds     The Island of Doctor Moreau     The Invisible Man No tribute would nor should exclude  Jules Verne   Jules Gabriel Verne  8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905 who was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publish...

About me and becoming a writer

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  Othello Cody Verrocchio is an awesome  nom-de-plumb , for a young aspiring writer such as myself. No? Otto Wilhelm Friedrich Brinkmeier Young as far as writing  goes, but not young age-wise. The introductory sentence was a hook, to grab your attention, particularly, if you know me personally. I am actually a 60.5 year old, male South African, I have over 24 years of online (Internet Experience) Which even though has taken up a large chunk of my life, (40.5% for the perfectionists) I am actually a qualified Artisan, with 11 years experience working on trains, that is working as an Electrical Fitter. My service for the South African Railways started in January 1986, and I qualified as an Olifantsfontein Certified Artisan on the 7th June 1988. I served as an Artisan till 1999 when I resigned to establish my own business. 0tronix Developments , which was moderately successful, but had to be closed due to non profitability (As a result of personal issues) {A very traumat...

Welcome

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  Hi Visitor I assume you are here because you love reading. If you do then you are at the Right Place! Firstly let me introduce myself, My name is Othello Cody Verrocchio. But my Friends call me Cody I have only recently started writing professionally, although I hold a Diploma in Journalism, and have created Websites since 1999, I am new at storytelling. Nevertheless, I am absolutely confident you will love my stories.