You will probably not be surprised to learn that I have always been a writer. I won a bunch of writing awards in high school and in college. After graduation, I moved to a small town in on the Olympic peninsula in Washington. It was a depressed little town, with no industry to speak of except for two failing paper mills, and the highest stray dog population in North America. There wasn’t much to do there. But there was a fine independent bookstore that had a large collection of literary journals.
Great article. My path not taken was photojournalism. Told I would starve so I studied Economics and Accounting (University of Iowa). Almost 40 years later, I am on the path to becoming a commercial photographer. The Iowa "Writer's Workshop" is one of the first things you learn about as a Freshman. I ride my bike past the house where Kurt Vonnegut lived while he was in the program.
Congratulations! Always well written!
Great article. My path not taken was photojournalism. Told I would starve so I studied Economics and Accounting (University of Iowa). Almost 40 years later, I am on the path to becoming a commercial photographer. The Iowa "Writer's Workshop" is one of the first things you learn about as a Freshman. I ride my bike past the house where Kurt Vonnegut lived while he was in the program.