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My big writing epiphany came while I was, of all things, doing my taxes. I had my tax forms neatly filled out in duplicate, and signed my name at the bottom. I moved my pen to the next empty box, "Occupation". Suddenly, it occurred to me that there were people in the world who entered "Writer" in that box. And that's when it dawned on me that my job could be something more and that writing could be more than a hobby. After that, I started taking it more seriously. I joined a Writer's Group. I read tons of books on writing. I started submitting my work for publication.
But the majority of books in the world are not written by people whose full time occupation is writing. Books are written by secretaries, teachers, post office personnel, store clerks, lawyers, doctors, bus drivers, waiters, and telemarketers. Most books are written by people for whom the written word is a passion rather than a way to pay the rent.
I like to count myself in their numbers.
Fiction
- Walking on an Autumn Afternoon
- This story was inspired by my own thoughts while (what else?) taking a walk. It's probably my favorite story of the ones I've written so far.
- Jenga
- How is a relationship like a game of Jenga? And who's to blame when it all falls down?
- A Day at the Beach
- A girl, her father, a new family and a day at the beach.
- Things I Would Do To Make Her Smile
- Can you save yourself by saving someone else?
- What You Don't Know About Me
- A rare attempt at poetry.
- Emily
- A day in the life of Emily, a pretty ordinary girl.
Travel
- Cook Forest, Pennsylvania
- Written in June 2001
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Written in July 2001
- Wilmington, North Carolina
- Written in October 2001
- New York City, New York
- Written in November 2001
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Written in December 2001
- The Bahamas
- Written in March 1997, abridged and published in January 2002
- Chicago, Illinois
- Written in March 2002
- Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada)
- Written in April 2002
- Arizona
- Written in May 2002
- Cross-country Road Trip
- Written in June 2002
- Laughlin, Nevada
- Written in August 2002
- The Strange and Unusual
- Written in October 2002
- Haunted Houses
- Written in November 2002
