A Writer's Journey

 Finally, the life of a writer. I left off in June 2011, with a post, The Early Life and Faith of Joshua Dotson. I have recently decided to write a post on the continuing days of my life after 2007, which was my first year as a writer. A far more detailed account, is my book A Writer's Life. My blog was named after my book, but is actually much different than my book. My book follows me, my blog reaches to you.
 So here is a very brief post on the contusing days of my life.
 As of December 2008, I started reading a book called The Killer Angels. To make along story short, it was one of the major books that changed the way I viewed history, and unlike most of my previous stories that I had written, I started writing works that were historical fiction from now on. Before that most of my stories were fantasy. But Michael Shaara's impact on me changed a lot of ways of how I had previously thought. Still the book, I wouldn't consider to have immediately  changed me.  Over the test of time, The Killer Angels came to greatly effect me. Before the book I had written many shorts stories.  His son Jeff Shaara I have met twice. Jeff has been greatly influential on me  through his writings. And I consider him to be one of my greatest mentors in writing.
 In 2009 I started a story about the Battle of Normandy. It was finished in late 2010. And had been over 400 pages at the time of it's completion. I consider it to be my first major work. However, some writings that followed afterwards would be the high light of all my work , and would gain attention from readers all over the world.