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Day 6 for 25th WDC Birthday Parth
TASK: Blogging time-- Today, write an entry about yourself, not something we can see in your bio and what attracted you to WDC. Tell us how long you've been here and then choose your favorite static item from your portfolio and post the item number inside your entry for others to see in addition to the three paragraphs you write about yourself. Gosh, well, I had started writing for publication (seriously) in the late 1990's early 2000's. One of my earliest stories was Destination: Berlin. It's in my port and it was published, but it's down now. I hope to re-self-published it within a couple of years or two. You can find the first chapter here:
I was still in the Army when I started that story. In the early 2000's I got out and began my job with LAPD dispatching and had my first son, ah, but the urge to write was still strong and I knew I needed a little more polish. My writing friend, Starr Phenix   had just joined and she encouraged me to join as well, so I did. Immediately, I saw the benefit. Writing.com could really help me polish off my writing. I've been here since April 2005 and I joined a day after Starr Phenix did. One of my first stories was:
About the 2004 Red Sox winning the World Series that year. It was a different style of a story for me so I was pleased with it. From there, I really started to vary my writing and my port grew pretty quickly with novels, chapters, short stories, and poetry. I learned different writing styles, how to self-edit (and that's something I still struggle with) descriptive writing, and really began to grow as a writer. Several of my stories were an Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest annual contest to include:
Out of all these stories, The Peenemunde Secret is my favorite. I put a lot of research into the story and I've got a good action/adventure story that works.
Two of my stories both placed 8th place in the Writer's Digest contest:
and "Made in America" which I haven't put in my port. Honestly, it was in the 2000's that I really took my writing up a notch and it made me the writer I am today. I'm very grateful for the opportunity to grow as a writer and WDC gave me that, so I'm very happy to give back to WDC in any way I can. |
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