True mastery is mastery over self. How well can we imagine?
Here's a little about me.
Recent books:
A father and son explore Minneapolis in July 2025. One part travelogue, one part survey of historical buildings, and one part a call to restore what was lost. Architectural beauty guides the pair to begin grappling with our uncertain origins and what this means Now. Setting out to see Washburn Tower in Tangletown, they had no idea where they would be swept off to…
While digging into the paper vs electronic pollbook debate, a citizen auditor discovers a plot to potentially bring ballot printers into Hennepin County voting precincts.
Not long after learning about the 700,000 missing ballots, a friend suggested running for Minnesota Secretary of State, but little was known about the role...
In Minnesota, we have paper ballots, yes, but computer scans of those ballots are counted instead of the ballots themselves. There’s no clear path to reviewing or auditing the digital records and therefore, with ballots and records likely not retained from previous elections, it’s becoming difficult to even say, for sure, what happened. All this has led to the people wanting change.
Background
Erik began writing his first novel age 16 and later published Rise to the Rahz and its sequel, Sound of Stone after leaving corporate America age 27. He then wrote the two short books on his favorite board game, Diplomacy, the first, Diplomacy Conversations and then, Conversations with Barbosa.
Erik also writes a blog as well as a site exploring how we vote, and helps others write and publish books.
Find time with him on this calendar.
To see what else he is focused on right now, visit the Now page.
Above is a photo from the mid 2010s.