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The Mission (My first story): Part 1

I don't know how much material I will want to add to these pages, but I do wish to share my first story with you. Let me tell you a story. Sometimes that's what I do best. When I was in sixth grade attending elementary school, I remember carrying around my Pac-Man spiral copybook in the schoolyard one afternoon during lunch. I had started writing my first story entitled "The Mission." A few minutes into lunch my friends came over and they wanted me to read my story to them. They gathered around and I stood up and started to read my story. I remember thinking that this was the coolest thing--people actually wanted to hear what I had written. I kept reading to them and I lost track of time until all of a sudden I noticed one of the nuns came over to me and asked, "What's that you're reading?" Somehow I knew that she thought I had some sort of dirty magazine that I was showing my friends. I looked her in the eye and said, "My story." She held her hand out waiting, "Hand it over." I gave my copybook to her and smiled inwardly when her eyes opened wide with the realization that she hadn't caught us doing something wrong, but instead found that I had written an original story and was simply reading it to my friends. She handed the copybook back to me, told me to carry on, and walked away.

"Fires in the Sky" in Legends of the Lance, Spring 1999

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All for One and One for All: Dreamblade Article

For those of you interested, my most recent Dreamblade article "All for One and One for All" was published on the official Wizards of the Coast Dreamblade site.

If you want to learn more about the miniature Dreamblade game, be sure to visit the official site. The game is a lot of fun and if you're into gaming be sure to check it out. Thanks!

Confusion: Poem

"Confusion" in The Poet's Attic, 1994
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