TDFuhringer

I was born in Ontario, Canada and raised as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. I grew up loving movies, books and video games. Recently I became disillusioned with religion, lost my faith and was excommunicated from the Jehovah's Witnesses for speaking out against beliefs I found to be false. The majority of my family and former friends will not associate with me or speak to me. So I've made new friends.

In high school a teacher allowed each student to choose a work of popular fiction as one of the books they would study. I picked the first book that caught my eye when I went to the library. It was Stephen King's "The Bachmann Books". I used "The Long Walk" for my assignment. I quickly became an avid Stephen King fan. It was after reading Stuart Woods "Chiefs" and Stephen King's "It" that I began to write.

I wrote novels and short stories for over a decade, but rarely finished anything and never submitted anything because both the content of my writing and a career as a writer were not compatible with my religious beliefs. I stopped writing for good in 2000. Or so I thought.

After leaving my religion I explored filmmaking as a means of self-expression. I enjoyed it, but it was expensive and frankly I turned out to be not very good at directing. Recently, while rewriting my resume, I was reminded of how much work I'd put into learning the craft and business of writing fiction. So I decided to try again.

I'm back! Writing a bit every day. Learning more every day. Enjoying it all.

Peace.