One of my professors had it right: I was studying photography, and playing music on the side, but she said “David, I think you’re writer.”
I spent about ten years doing photography pretty seriously, and music’s been a big part of what I do for 25 years now.
But it’s writing that got me most of my really good day jobs in the media, and I’m hoping writing gets me out of them.
I’ve published over a thousand posts online, plus quite a number of items in print, and come close to acclaim a couple of times: shortlisted for a Writer’s Union of Canada short story award; finalist for “Best Blog” in the Canadian Online Publishing awards.
My current project, though, is the first time I’ve been formally recognized by a jury of my peers.
In October of 2011, I was awarded a Writers’ Works in Progress grant from the Ontario Arts Council to work on a novel.
This is vast new territory for me and I love it. You can follow my Working Notes if you like.
I’ll keep you posted.