I have been a lifelong, bleeding heart, Phillies fan and a writer for even longer. In my mid twenties just two years I decided to combine my passions. I began taking online writing workshops to fine tune the english and grammar skills I'd forgotten after graduating business school. I joined Phillybaseballnews.com as a regular contributor, doing a weekly op/ed piece on the Phillies and their minor league counterparts. I learned on the job, interviewing minor league baseball players and coaches; I learned fast how to be good at something I knew nothing about. I realized I was doing something that was a passion and that the minor leagues would be my area. This past summer I got more "dirt under my fingernails" and started getting more player interviews and game coverage. It was fun, scary, and challenging. I decided to leave PBN and branch out a little more, as well as devote more time to studying screenwriting (My main goal in life is to be a successful screenwriter and make my living at it) and journalism. I have had several articles and interviews published in the International baseball magazine "The Diamond Angle" and on RotoAmerica. I also got my first major league interview with Phillies catcher Mike Lieberthal for Junior Baseball Magazine. I've had an essay published by Long Story Short Magazine about my baseball adventures. Interviewing former Phillies Pete Incaviglia, Larry Andersen, and Dave Hollins were highlights this summer, and gave me a great deal of confidence that I was capable of doing this job and doing it well. I look forward to the spring and summer of next year and acomplishing even more as a minor league writer.
This winter I'll be working on getting my first screenplay sold; surprise- it's a baseball movie about a minor league pitcher. I'll also be taking more classes and trying to get my short stories and poetry published. Anything I can do to be a better writer. But baseball is my passion. I hope to write about it in some capacity for the rest of my life. I also hope that the Phillies do me a favor and win another World Series before I die.
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