Just In Case You Were Wondering...

 

 

I was born in Camden,  Maine, which is small town on the mid-coast of the state. I was the 6th born child, and my brother came a year later. Our family lived in a small house on Mill St., which is at the base of Mt. Batty. Our neighborhood was active, as every household was full of kids. We played a lot of sports on the street and in our backyards.

When I was 11 my family moved to Missouri, where I now reside. We moved into a house on Table Rock Lake outside of Branson.

I attended college in 2001 at OTC, and after my first semester, I took time off to get my life on track. I realized that success in college is dependent upon meeting one’s basic needs, and I didn’t have a steady job or a permanent place to live.

I moved to Harrison, Arkansas and lived with my oldest brother for a year. I soon found a steady job prep-cooking at Olive Garden in Branson, and it was there that I learned the self-discipline I needed to become successful in college.

I returned to OTC in  January of 2005, and I continued working at the Olive Garden. I graduated from OTC in December of 2006.

In January of 2007 I began attending college at Missouri State University, in Springfield. I bought a house on the north side of Branson and commuted to college.

I chose a major in creative writing because I felt that it held my interest more than any other subject. Soon after, in the fall of 2007, Taj Mahal Review published my story “Death to Molly.”

In April of 2007 I became married to my wife, and a few weeks later we learned that she was pregnant.

In January of 2008 we had our first son.

I chose a minor in advertising and promotion, and in March of 2009, the MSU Bears baseball team chose my advertising group’s campaign, stating that it was the most creative.

On June 5th of 2009 I officially graduated from MSU with a bachelor degree in creative writing.

I was excited to learn that in November of 2009 Piker Press would published my short story “The Deconstruction of Eric Cobbs,” which I had worked relentlessly on throughout my senior year.

In April 2010 Aurora Wolf published my short story “Waiting Out Eternity.”

In May of 2010 Yellow Mamma announced they would publish my short story “Lunch Meat” in their October 2010 Halloween edition.

I’m currently compiling a collection of short fiction which I expect to have finished sometime in the summer of 2010.