Joseph Duda
I got hooked on phonics at an early age, but was able to overcome my addiction through the combined power of sugar-based cereal and Bugs Bunny. Despite a rough beginning, I became a successful licensed architect and contractor responsible for the design and construction of projects worth $2 billion. In addition, I have conducted seminars for thousands of people on alternative healing and the power of conscious thought to create what one desires. Both concurrent professions have allowed me to finally put some practical use to my undergraduate degree in creative writing as manifested in my first novel: The Travelers - Evacuation. The sequel is being worked on as you read this. Yes, I have elves who toil through the night. Through some paperwork errors, I was able to teach architecture at the college level, become president of the largest artist-run art organization in Los Angeles, and compete nationally in professional sports for ten years. Besides squeezing in writing at every opportunity, I'm currently Director of Design Review for an exclusive complex development and live in Santa Fe, New Mexico with my family.
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“For so long considered a second-rate category to other writing genres, Science Fiction should be allotted its true place in literature. The reason Science Fiction is so important is because SF authors create the future. They bring through ideas, technology, and new thought, put it all down in written and spoken word, and then send it out into mass consciousness. When enough people (a critical mass) think about and truly consider the plausibility of a concept, it becomes reality. Think William Gibson, who in 1982's "Burning Chrome" coined "cyberspace". Few grasped the concept at the time, but as the internet took hold in the 1990's, we not only had a word to describe our experience, we had a definition and an understanding, as well. Coincidence?”