The
story of my writing adventure began some twelve years ago,
when I wrote my first short story "The Night Visitor" for
my tenth grade English Literature class. I was so amazed by
the reaction I received from my fellow classmates as I read
it aloud. This started the thirst for more of that response
to my written word. My next short story "When it Came" took
several months of writing and in the end was for me at the
time a sprawling 150 pages. This story unfortunately was not
fit to read aloud due to it's length and explicit language.
My English Lit. Teacher agreed to read it for me and give me
her honest opinion. Within a week I had my first review, which
was a very good one. She had said that the writing talent was
there and all I had to do was stay away from the explicit language.
Sadly to say almost four years passed until
I seriously wrote again, due to my other passion
of Art. It wasn't until I was reunited with
a former classmate and met her husband who
shared an equally powerful passion for writing.
We immediately developed a connection and I
helped him bring to life a manuscript that
he had been working on for several years. At
this time my spark was rekindled and I begun
working on my first piece of writing in nearly
four years. Being the Star Wars Fanatic that
I am, I chose to do a Star Wars Fan Fiction.
In a matter of two years I had finished the
first of a three part series titled "Destiny
of the Son".
Once "Destiny of the Son" was done
I decided to set it aside and try to work on
my first publishable Novel. With the help of
my good friend "Jeffry Scott Hansen" and
a quite few nightmares I plotted out "He
Watches"". This Novel would prove
to be a dramatic experience since I had dreamt
about the gist of the book for more then two
years. After four years of writing I finally
finished it and sent it to be edited. Finally
in April of 2005 my dream of becoming a published
writer was brought to life when my publisher
put the first prototype copy of my book into
my hand. In May of 2005 I had my first book
signing at a local store, which was an experience
I will never forget. Now eight months later "He
Watches" is in four book stores, one being
a local Borders, and is available to order
online at the Borders website, and Amazon.
I am now working on my second Novel "Terror
Reef" which I am hoping to have in stores
by November of 2006. I currently run and maintain
my website www.shadowsofmymind.com which I
write a monthly story called "Chasers" and
I am also working on a small Harry Potter Fan
Fiction called "The Forbidden Labyrinth" which
will be posted on my website.
This is just the beginning, every step I take
is another step towards my ultimate dream of
writing full time... |