I am a published writer and poet, and I am also an amateur musician, historian, and avid reader. I have been writing for Helium for quite some time now, and have recently started submitting articles to Marketplace. For those of you who have not "discovered" this little gem yet, let me suggest you check it out. My very first submission was accepted for publication, and I was paid well for it.

My interests include the study of religions, World War I aviation, Egyptology, British history, and languages. I love to write, and my hope and goal is to be a novelist some day.

My passion is ...

Writing.

I know too much about ...

World War I planes and pilots.

My parents always told me ...

I could do anything I wanted with my life.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a baseball player.

My favorite memory ...

My grandparents' farm in western Kentucky.

Why I write ...

It's a basic urge.

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

I read daily, rarely watch television, and listen to lots of music.

My first job ...

Kings Island funnel cake stand.

My best moment ...

There are several.

My inspiration ...

There are several.

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FIFTEEN FUN FOURTH OF JULY FACTS

The 4th of July is America's Independence Day. Celebrated as such since the 1770's, it is the day Americans celebrate their freedom from the rule of Great Britain. The date commemorates the adoption by Congress of Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence. True independence from Great Britain, of course, would not come until the end of the Revolutionary War in the 1780's.

There are a number of interesting facts about the 4th of July, aside from its obvious importance as America's national holiday. Wow your family and friends this year with t...

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