Steven Craig Reynolds

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The author quit High School halfway through his senior year, joined the Navy and quickly earned his GED. Ironically, his test scores in boot camp were the best in his company so the Company Commander made him Educational Petty Officer for the unit. He was also the Drill Team Commander. Four of the author's almost six years in the US Navy were spent aboard the USS Lawrence DDG 4 as a Missile Fire Control Technician. The remainder of his enlistment was spent in various technical schools. Five years, eight months and seven days after he enlisted an Honorable Discharge was granted and the author soon began a career in naval engineering. He supported the US Navy for 40 years. He earned his AA and BS Degrees by going to college at night over a period of twelve years. This path to higher education is not recommended to any future generations.

Mr. Reynolds has written a plethora of technical documentation. Other than a half dozen newspaper articles and numerous technical papers, "Where Do We Get Such Men" was his first published work. A collection of short stories "Between Bowie and Glenn Dale" is his second published work. Mr. Reynolds hopes to have his first fictional novel, "Alone in the Water," published in 2012. He lives with his wife, Carol, in Northern Virginia and Florida's Treasure Coast.

The author's love of the written word made him decide to pursue writing when he retired in 2005. He is an avid reader.

It should be noted that without his wife Carol's continued support he couldn't possibly spend his days at the keyboard.

Author's Note:

I fell in love with reading and books at a very early age. I still read a minimum of three or four books a month on average and have my whole life. One night about 20 years ago, while my wife and I were lying in bed reading, it just hit me right between the eyes. I looked at my wife and said,

"Honey, I can do this."

"Do what?"

"Write."

"Then you should."

It's the hardest work I've ever done. Writers struggle mightily to get it pure and true and as perfect as possible. Let's face it, if you write it badly and put it out there, you're the one who'll get hurt. I believe it was Ernest Hemingway who called the doubt and stress one goes through wondering if their work is worthy, "the artist's reward."

You have to love it to put yourself through it. And I do.

Steven Craig Reynolds

March 2011

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