There’s no older writing cliché than write what you know. So what do I know? Well, after a childhood filled with sports, reading about sports, watching sports, and suffering injuries playing sports – guess what?

I did spend a great deal of my youth reading sports series – mostly books that had long since gone out of print: Chip Hilton, Bronc Burnett, Win Hadley. Those books created a special world, where kids competed against each other for the fun of it.

And with Charlie Joyce I hope to capture that same spirit, that special time in a young person’s life, when sport is pure, and when the pressures of adult life couldn’t be further away.

Charlie Joyce represents to me the best in what sports can be: competing for all the right reasons, as he tests himself every time he steps on the ice. I wish I could play like Charlie Joyce – my reality was more house league than AAA. But so what? Besides, as my memories fade of those long ago days, my talents surprisingly improve!

I hope kids will relate to Charlie Joyce: his hopes, his trials, his fears, and his triumphs. So enjoy the Charlie Joyce Sports Series – Game On!