People interested in Writing

A native Chicagoan, I migrated to Florida for college and graduated in 2005 with degrees in Creative Writing, Theatre and Literature (minor). Having previously worked on academic papers and publications for a total of seven years (with some healthcare jobs in between), I am really enjoying my work with My Clay Sun and the Times-Union. For My Clay Sun, I manage the Leisure and Pets sections, and my writing, photos and videos increasingly appear in My Clay Sun, the Duval Sun publications and on Jacksonville.com. I also have the privilege of designing several specialty publications in Clay County and am a member of the Times-Union Tour Guides and Diversity Committee, and can be heard every Wednesday morning reading the news briefs for WJCT 89.9 National Public Radio.

47 years old, moved to Clay Hill in 1983, 3 kids, 2 grandkids.

Who am I? As for most people, there are a lot of different answers to that question. For the purposes of My Clay Sun, I am a sports writer and photographer. And while that's certainly not nothing, it's not everything, either. A literature professor once told me his theory that at any given time we embody a thousand different "selves." I thought this observation quite astute, since it helped explain a lot of the confusion that goes on in here. Most people tend to define themselves by their past and present, and for retired Supreme Court justices and ex-professional football players, that's a pretty good deal -- though it's also kind of sad to know that what defines you the most is in the past. Fortunately for me, I have no such great claims to the past. Therefore, I will define myself as I think a lot of people would like to define themselves: by their dreams of the future. I used to want to write the great American novel. Now, I think I'd be happy just to read one, and then write a novel that would help pay a few bills. I'd like to explore human consciousness -- mine, to be specific, since it's the only one I can really be certain exists -- and discover new ways of seeing and thinking that will keep me interested in my life and the world for however many years I might be allowed to wander this Earth. I hope that somehow this will help illuminate my life, but more importantly, I hope it can somehow help to illuminate the lives of others as well. Beyond that, a nice bottle of red every now and then, a good steak and potato, and maybe an occasional rousing set of doubles with a few precisely placed passing shots down the line would be nice. Ah, there it is: I'm a tennis-playing glutton. Office 904.366.6375 Send Bill an e-mail

I am a 66 year old female living in Orange Park.Just looking for friends to chat with, attend movies and socialize with etc.

I've lived in Magnolia Point for five years, moving here from the Cleveland, Ohio, area. I've always loved Jacksonville. I was stationed at NAS in the 1950s and liked it from the day I arrived. I spent 41 years in marketing and advertising, many of those years as a writer for TV, radio and print. I love to write and have been running a regular Community Column for Green Cove Springs in the old Clay County Line for about a year. I was born in Pittsburgh but lived in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Cleveand. I am married to Alice, a wonderful wife, who is very active in Magnolia and Green Cove.