: About Me

I spent twenty years in the air force before I retired. Since retiring from the air force I have been working primarily as security. I am fifty years old and still trying to decide what I want to do when I grow up. I live in Louisiana these days. I after being away from the region I grew up in for twenty five years life Has drawn me back home. I have always been an avid reader from the moment I was first being taught to read. I have thought about writing the last several years but never had the confidence to try. Now with this site I have decided to at least explore writing and see where it takes me.

My passion is ...

learning

I know too much about ...

how little I know

My parents always told me ...

have a good work ethic in all of my endeavers

My childhood ambition ...

to travel the world

My favorite memory ...

My retirement from the air force

Why I write ...

to learn more about myself and the world

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

it varies with my mood

My first job ...

My Dad's paper route (100 miles long)

My best moment ...

I am still looking but I have had good moments

My inspiration ...

watching other peoples success

Arts & Humanities > Writing at Helium How writing at Helium can help your writing career

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Helium is a great place to start writing. The times have changed from when you had to physically mail out your articles and hope to get published. The rejections usually outnumbered actual published articles and you didn't get much feedback about your articles. Now with the changing of times you can write and get an article published immediately. With Helium anyone can try their hand at writing with immediate results. People who would not have considered writing can now come on board and really find out if it is really for them. You can start literally as an unknown with no experience and ...

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