Mark Soderstrom has been a writer since his first story was published in the high school newspaper. Most of his stories have been for his children. Like most writers, Mark writes for fun. However, for someone who runs marathons, teaches martial arts, gets SCUBA certified and works 30 years in the aerospace field, fun is expected to slap you around a bit. Writing has definitely slapped Mark around, but he is still having fun.
Though his engineering degree is not in writing, you might say he received his BS in story telling through attending lectures from his uncles as they sat around the family cottage. He heard amazing tales of the depression, the war, and manly feats of stupidity. He went on to perform his internship in the boundary waters of Minnesota and hunting camps in Michigan and Colorado where each night he was required to weave heroic tales of daring from a day of boring tedium. Catching a single pan fish was expected to entail a nearly severed limb. A tale of actually shooting at something should cause strong women to blanch and men to faint.
He did his post graduate work in “Exaggeration” at the annual deer camp in Michigan. This exclusive training site is “invitation only” and a hunter’s lack of skill in story telling is likely to result in expulsion. After 20 years, he is now training the youngsters.
Though his engineering degree is not in writing, you might say he received his BS in story telling through attending lectures from his uncles as they sat around the family cottage. He heard amazing tales of the depression, the war, and manly feats of stupidity. He went on to perform his internship in the boundary waters of Minnesota and hunting camps in Michigan and Colorado where each night he was required to weave heroic tales of daring from a day of boring tedium. Catching a single pan fish was expected to entail a nearly severed limb. A tale of actually shooting at something should cause strong women to blanch and men to faint.
He did his post graduate work in “Exaggeration” at the annual deer camp in Michigan. This exclusive training site is “invitation only” and a hunter’s lack of skill in story telling is likely to result in expulsion. After 20 years, he is now training the youngsters.
Roger Carlson
Mark's Writing Partner is Roger Carlson. Roger has his own Web Pages. Roger Carlson received a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from Western Michigan University. His blogs receive a quarter million hits a year while his website has received 2.1 million hits in the last 10 months. He was a moderator and administrator on the Absolute Write website for 10 years.
When Mark was was 13, Roger followed him home from school and Mark made the mistake of feeding him. After that, Mark could never get rid of him, but his parents let Mark keep him, so it worked out.
Mark's Writing Partner is Roger Carlson. Roger has his own Web Pages. Roger Carlson received a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from Western Michigan University. His blogs receive a quarter million hits a year while his website has received 2.1 million hits in the last 10 months. He was a moderator and administrator on the Absolute Write website for 10 years.
When Mark was was 13, Roger followed him home from school and Mark made the mistake of feeding him. After that, Mark could never get rid of him, but his parents let Mark keep him, so it worked out.