: About Me

Hello to the Helium Community!

I am a 53 year old male living in Menasha, Wisconsin. I have been writing poetry for many years and have had my works published in various anthologies all across the United States. Currently my latest manuscript is being sent to publishers. This is the first time I have tried to get a publisher interested in my works as an entire collection.

I have recently started writing a fiction work which I am enjoying immensely, though is has been a long time since I have attempted this. I do like to write short stories as well but my mind set is on a full length novel. I am certain that I will be in this for the duration.

I am very new to the Helium Community and any advise any of you old pros here can give me would be well appreciated. I am looking forward to reading your posts as well as posting my own works for you to have a look at.

My passion is ...

Writing poetry and article writing

I know too much about ...

Nothing. No one can learn so much that they cannot learn something new.

My parents always told me ...

Don't be to quick to judge others. What appears to be obvious is not always as obvious as it appears.

My childhood ambition ...

To survive.

My favorite memory ...

Playing touch football in the street with my brothers and friends.

Why I write ...

I write out of a need to express.

My first job ...

Manager of a coin-op laundromat.

My inspiration ...

Deb. My loyal and very best friend, without whom I would not have survived.

Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife Is Hell a real place or a metaphor to deter evil-doers?

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Hell, like Heaven, is not so much a metaphor or a real place, as it is a state of existence. Yes, the Bible does describe Heaven as being an actual place of residence as well as hell. The way I have always understood it is that we are all going to "live forever". What it comes down to is a question of where we are going to spend that forever (eternity). It has a lot to do with what "condition" you end up in. And that is either a condition of eternal torment or a condition of being eternally glorified. When we speak of Hell, what are we really speaking of? We have to understand that the lak...

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