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About me - Shane Dayton

About me

I am a full time writer who still freelances on the side while working on my own creative writing projects. I love travel and adventure, and moved to Texas after spending the last three years in the Interior of Alaska. I love writing, reading, and words, and hope to take a trip of a life time to Scotland next summer to research my family history.

Briefly me

My passion is ...

living-which is different than just existing

I know too much about ...

Too much, according to my friends, lol

My parents always told me ...

Have honor, and live free

My childhood ambition ...

To be a famous writer (1/2 way there...)

My favorite memory ...

too many to choose just one

Why I write ...

I've written since I was 3-it's an obsession

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

The World is Flat, Survivor Man, The Night Watchman

My first job ...

Working in my parents' saw mill

My best moment ...

private, but I've been blessed to change several lives

My inspiration ...

I'm lucky enough to have many

Featured article by Shane Dayton

Arts & Humanities > Classical Literature & Mythology Classic book recommendations
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Ever since I first heard the term "Renaissance Man" and learned what it meant, I've always wanted to think of myself as a Renaissance man. It's such a great term, along the lines of "a gentleman and a scholar," and it fit me. I was interested in anything, and I wanted to be a well rounded individual in my education. I didn't want to specialize in one field and ignore others, I wanted to learn everything and be able to discuss every field.

It's with the well rounded, well educated, Renaissance Man idea of reading that I give my recommended list of 40 classic books everyone desiring a t...

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