About Me
Writing is the purest form of who I am.
For 23 years, I've been “Head of Everything” as a freelance multi-media writer, editor and producer/consultant for the web, print, video, and social media. I've written freelance for national, regional and local magazines -- Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, Success Magazine, SCORE (Canada), Jacksonville Today -- on lifestyle, golf, travel, humor, and tourism attractions.
But almost all my life, from childhood, I've written, written, written -- stories, essays, poems, columns, plays, book-length letters. You name it. As a teen, I kept a “log” of my experiences as an 18 year old on an ill-fated bus tour of Europe. That trip became the basis for my first novel What You Don’t Know Now. Just in my normal, conversational life, I tell stories about whatever has happened, complete with subplots, tangents, descriptive details -- one of my best friends says I draw whole verbal diagrams. I think in metaphors.
My Community
I write because I'm fascinated by life and people. I love learning. I love the experiences I have, and using those experiences in my fiction and non-fiction. Going into a world of your own creation, having characters come alive and speak for themselves -- it's magical. And when you've written something -- shot it into the air like an arrow, and it connects with some unknown reader within their mind, heart, and imagination, it's the best.
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I'd love to hear from you. Tell me what you think about what I've written. They say writing is a lonely pursuit -- and it is, if you never get any feedback. Join me on social media! You can find me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram as @writerdiehl.