: About Me

Oregon-based freelance writer who currently writes regularly for Associated Content (a Top 100 writer there in 2008 and a January 2009 winner of the prestigious "Best of AC" award) who also has aspirations toward a fiction-writing career. With three diverse novels already completed, I'm shopping these projects to agents.

Studied piano privately for a number of years and uses those skills gainfully when time allows. I have a good ear on picking up any song old or new...despite still trying to figure out how to convey rap songs on a piano.

Outside of other career pursuits, my intention is to carve an expansive and lifetime writing career of the non-fiction/fiction variety that's both creatively and monetarily rewarding.

My passion is ...

Meaningful creativity.

I know too much about ...

Most things in the arts, sciences and humanities...with perhaps too much knowledge about asterisks...

My parents always told me ...

Stay inspired and enjoy what you do in your career.

My childhood ambition ...

To be an architect. Now I build homes and buildings through writing structure. Strange, but true.

My favorite memory ...

Spending summers at my grandparents' home where the best sensory experiences were so I could cultivate my imagination.

Why I write ...

A deep-down desire to convey information, creativity and ideas into a cohesive and interesting whole.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

C.S. Lewis's 'Complete Narnia Chronicles'/Mostly cable news and late-night talk shows

My first job ...

Mowing grass and getting grass stains on my shoes. That's tied with having some piano gigs. And there's absolutely no relation to one another...other than maybe the grass stains on my shoes...

My best moment ...

Finally achieving my goal of starting a freelance writing career...

My inspiration ...

My family and desire to do something positive for the world through creativity and ideas.

Sports & Recreation > Sports Celebrities Biography: Carl Lewis

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The shaping of a great athlete truly is something to behold. If you happen to be an aspiring track & field athlete who gets to meet the great Jesse Owens when you're nine years old...you can only imagine the inspiration you'd get. That's just what happened to Carl Lewis during a particular track & field meet in 1970. The only advice Owens gave to Carl was to "have fun." And what fun Carl Lewis had once he became a superstar in his sport ten years later. How can you truly place the stature of an athlete such as Lewis when he was perceived to be egotistical and supposedly lacked humility? Mu...

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