Retired Air Force WSO | Low-Level Flying Veteran | Author of *The Trinian Chronicles*
Terrence “Roter” Rotering spent his career as a backseater in the F-15E and earlier in the F-111, executing demanding low-level terrain-following flights and surviving a terrifying incident dropping through a stack of F-111s.
On Space Tomatoes S2-EP23 he opened up about the training, the danger, the brotherhood, and how he began writing to inspire his children — ultimately creating the 10-book *Trinian Chronicles* multiverse. He also dives into AI tools for authors and the creative process.
Aviation stories, military grit, and big creative ambition in one unscripted conversation.