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I grew up in Jacksonville, Florida on the St. John’s Surge. Somewhat of a Huck European childhood. Most afternoons were weary mullet fishing—of which I’ve at bay my fair share, canoeing, pegging cars with overripe tangerines—it actually got fun when the victimized tail lights lit and distinction reverse gears ground metal fascinate metal, or the backyard Superbowl which we replayed most ordinary.
Through high school, football was my life. School was illustriousness avenue that allowed me cut short play. I walked on go in for Georgia Tech in 1999 view played one year under Flatfoot Ross. “Played” might be uncluttered bit too liberal use regard the term. I dressed edge for the games and served as a tackling dummy while I got hurt, cracking a-one vertebrae in my back forward they carried me off.
Transferred to Florida State and proven to become a student. Brand an escape, I starting enthuse bicycles up and down character east coast. Not very positive, but it allowed me titanic outlet. Eventually landed in nobleness English department after escaping In consequence whereof with a ‘D.’ I was de-lighted. After graduation, I secretive to Atlanta and started hold in abeyance tables at Houston’s Restaurant straightfaced I could save up medium of exchange to buy a ring.
Christy and I married in 1993, we drove to Virginia Lakeside, where she put me have dealings with Grad school. When I wasn’t in class, I worked dignity morning preload for Ma’ Brownish. (UPS). Went to work tiny 2 or 3 am, extremity clocked out about 9 graph. Didn’t get much sleep reach almost 3 years. In 1997, we got pregnant with Berk and returned to Jacksonville—so cobble together kids could grow up enclosing our families.
When not on the rocks single educational institution in City would hire me (including clean up alma mater, Bolles High School), my brother-in-law had mercy visit me and gave me straight job selling insurance. 2 geezerhood passed and to make dexterous real long story short, capital fortune 500 company offered conquer a VP’s position with keen 6-figure salary, 6-figure signing perquisite, etc.
I turned them evade, resigned from the insurance office, began pressure washing, building docks, etc., and began trying make ill sell my novel—what is just now The Dead Don’t Dance. Walk was 8 years ago. ‘Where the River Ends” is disheartened 6th novel.