About The Owner

Writing for a Future I didn't Think I'd Have

​

I was either 11 or 12 when I started writing stories. I think it was more for my own peace of mind than it was for the enjoyment of having anything I wrote be read, let alone published.

​

In truth until I was in my early twenties after having given up on completing high school in favor of getting a job to help support my family I didn't even consider making writing stories—or really any creative venture—anything more than a hobby. Getting published was an idea, but it wasn't really an important part of the process because in my mind, the stories I wrote were ways of escaping the mental and emotional abuse that I've been subject to well into my adult life.

​

I can't remember ever feeling particularly proud of my work until I was in my late twenties. I suppose it was due to the constant reminders from my father (and several employers) that nothing I did, or would do in my life would ever amount to anything.

While this attitude did profoundly, and negatively effect my personality, I've learned that their reasoning for drilling this mindset into me was due to their own failures. Everything they told me I couldn't do fell under the age-old excuse of, "you can't do it because it's not possible, and it's not possible because I can't do it."

Toward the end of my twenties—after nearly ending my life twice by the age of 25—I chose to break the mindset that many people had worked so hard to instill in me; as a result I began taking every opportunity I could to learn more about things that I already had an aptitude for. Each time, further distancing myself from the control and manipulation the "can't" mentality holds.

Today my creative writing is still a large portion of my mechanism for coping with the stresses of everyday life, but I am proud to say that because of it I can finally look toward a future I never thought I'd have, with a level of enthusiasm that simply wasn't there before.

​

With my writing drawing from much of my childhood, and the shortcomings I've had as a result of growing up just above the poverty line, I hope to show others like me that they can overcome the obstacles they face.

It's my goal through my writing, and experiences, and through the existence of SFS to help people understand that anyone can do anything they set their minds to, and that the limitations we put on others are never going to be justifiable.

​

The human mind is an amazing machine. I've found that it's capable of so much creativity, but that it is also uniquely capably of unimaginable destruction. Through my work I try to influence and encourage others like me, who came from less than ideal means, to make a positive impact on the world.
Whether it be in the environment, in natural conservation, or simply by helping a loved one see their own potential, everyone in this world can benefit from the creative minds that the "can't" mentality seeks to destroy.

​

If I may borrow a quote from a once world famous comedian and artist by the name of Red Skelton for a moment, "I believe we were all put here for a purpose, and that is to create, and not to destroy." I also believe that we've done a great job of destroying—feelings, ambitions, lives, homes, and even the earth. Isn't it about time we do a bit of creating?