Ben Buchholz (a.k.a NotBlue) has written several books and articles, including "One Hundred and One Nights", the forthcoming non-fiction book "The Tightening Dark", and an ongoing writers advice column called "The Path to Professionalizing" at The Writer. He's spent more than 20 years in the US Army, working as a Foreign Area Officer out of various embassies throughout the Middle East and now serves as the CEO of Nthos Solutions, based in San Diego. NotBlue has been part of the Big Imagination (747) team for the past three years, where he had the awesome experience of camping with his son, Jack, who attended as a 16-yr old in 2018.