Since an early age, storytelling always drew in Mike E.’s interest, and Mike E. has been immersed in words ever since.
Maybe he received his inspiration from Oscar Madison or maybe his inspiration came from Carl Kolchak. He doesn’t really know. When Mike E. was in the fourth grade, he got the itch to write as he was chosen to become the editor for his class newspaper. It was his first taste of what the writing world was all about.
With the blue letters against the plain white pages, Mike E. remembers the crisp look of the newspaper copies or “dittos” - as they were referred to back then - that were distributed only to his classmates. In the fifth grade he won an essay contest, and his teacher said with disdain and sarcasm, “You won? That’s a surprise.”
During his junior high and high school years, Mike E. had ideas, but had forgotten how to get his ideas down on paper. He realized that his ideas were good, but his grammar was poor. At that time, English classes focused on literature, but shined very little light on the writing process. Mike E. had no problem reading and retaining, but he needed help learning the writing process.
Fast forward in college where Mike E. was stuck in a remedial English class to develop his skills, but for some odd reason, the instructor thought Mike E. had adequate skills to be in a college composition class. She recommended he transfer into her college comp class. After the transition, Mike E. rediscovered his love for words.
It wasn’t until Mike E. enrolled in a college creative writing class that Mike E. found the healing power of writing.
After graduating with his first Bachelor’s degree, Mike E. worked as a journalist honing his craft as a reporter by covering sports, police and courts, schools, and city and county governments as well as writing about music. Later in life, Mike E. switched gears and earned a second Bachelor’s degree, and all over again, he fell in love with reading and writing.
Come join Mike E. and celebrate his love for words and language.