My name is Deron. I want to be a writer but don't write nearly enough to call myself one. I play at writing, dash off a short story and show it to my friends and family who say nice things about it, but most of it sucks. I reread it and discover that it's full of unoriginal ideas and cliches. Well, I'm done playing around with being a writer...I QUIT. No longer will I dabble. No more outlines that never see more than one chapter. Never again will I show someone crap and get fake praise. I have decided after a long time that I will no longer be a dreamer.
Instead, I will actually put in some hard work and effort, write something daily and revise until it doesn't suck. I will post it for people that know what they are looking at and get honest candid feedback that actually means something. I will try to educate myself on what it really means to write and write well. Hopefully all of you can help!
I am a retired Navy guy that works in a food manufacturing factory in Wisconsin with little to no education about writing beyond what I could read in a book or on the internet. I love the Fantasy genre, but I also like to write "Sea Stories", which are basically heavily embellished tales about some of my rather mundane adventures around the world while I was in the Navy. I look forward to posting my work and reading yours. Thanks for having me!
Black shoe, I was a Sonar Tech, hunted submarines and fixed electronics for a living. Destroyers and Frigates mostly, but I did have the opportunity to work over in England with the Brits for my last 2 years. That was an absolute blast. I have a buddy that was a black shoe like me, but when we made Chief he started wearing brown because they "looked better with his khaki's"...traitorous dog. I don't miss it, but I really miss it...been out for 7 years now (holy crap, has it really been that long?)
Ah, bubbleheads. Unique group of folks the submariners, never understood the desire to get on a ship that is DESIGNED to sink. Kind of like flying on an airplane that is designed to crash. They are difficult to find when they are trying to be sneaky though...the submarines that is, not the actual bubbleheads themselves who pretty much suck at being sneaky.
Codes are overrated and mostly confusing
@averydoll, SparrowStark, Dave - Thanks for the welcome! I need to get into the workshop and start doing some real work.
@kyleratner - being surrounded by girls when you pull into a port overseas more than made up for working with dudes for a couple of months at a time. Australia was unbelievable when I was there as was most of Europe.