I have been a member of FictionPress for many years and after a long hiatus caused by college I finally have some free time to myself (albeit very little).

I happen to be a physics teacher at a high school in Texas, but that has very little influence on what I write.

As the laws of courtesy require: if you review one of my stories, I will review one of yours. The more critical and analyzing the better!

I have no doubt that the poetry is trite, but I've left some of it up anyway. And I also have no doubt that whatever I've written before 2010 had the amateurish qualities of a high school student. Hopefully the new decade and experiences I've had since I've last written have increased my skills and not just my age.

I do have a tendency to be very critical in my reviews, but that is only because I would want others to be as critical to me. I try not to offend or insult, but just state potential flaws as I see them.

Currently Working On:

From the Heart of a High School Science Teacher: As the AN in the first chapter hints at, there should be quite a few of those essays.

A Writer's Workshop

Unforeseen: A work based on the myth of Psyche and Eros which I am debating putting on FP...

"Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. "
Frank A. Clark

GOOD WRITERS spend:

85% of their time on prewriting
2 % on drafting
13 % on revision

AVERAGE/LESSER ABILITY writers spend:

almost NO time on prewriting
98% on drafting
2 % on revision

(Presumably I'm only a middling writer then...)

http:///yarnspnr/writing/adverbs/adverbs.htm