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For openers, you should know I've worked as a nurseryman, a dredger, a newspaper reporter, a ghostwriter, an editor, a media consultant, and lately as a college instructor. Mostly, though, I've worked as a freelance writer for such publications as TV Guide, Men's Health, Los Angeles Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Men's Fitness, and dozens of other publications and websites. I've also written several non-fiction books for such publishers as Warner, Gotham Books, Rodale Press, and Barron's; and several children's books in the non-fiction library market. My website. I hold a Master's Degree in English Literature, and a Master's Degree in Communications. Here at Saddleback College, I teach English 1A, English 1B, and Feature Writing. Lastly, two years ago I produced a benefit CD for the homeless titled Shelter Me. To learn more about this project, or to watch a documentary about the making of Shelter Me, click here.
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed, who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
26th President of the United States