AI Rendering of AC Ravencraft
Hello
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I've lived several lives in my years (and, if I'm being completely honest, most of it is a blur), but writing has always been important. In the early days, I was inspired by the likes of Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft; all my free time was spent on an old typewriter. In high school, a teacher introduced me to the Writer's Market and encouraged me to submit my works. After a waves of rejection letters, I got my first taste of success. One of my short-stories,The Journey, was selected by a literary magazine in 1997. Since that time, a over a dozen other shorts have graced the pages of publications and my first novel, Drowning Rain, was released in 2015.
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Timeline
1980: Born in Tacoma, Washington.
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​1989: First set sights on becoming an author and wrote on a daily basis.
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1992: Completed first novel length work of fiction.
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1997: Short-story, The Journey, was the first literary work to appear in print.
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​1999: Graduated from high school and moved to Southern California.
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2000: Began training under visual artist Marc Wurmbrand at Crafton Hills College; selected as his assistant.
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2000: Started job with event security firm working backstage at venues throughout the Los Angeles area.
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2001: Mixed media work Composition 3 was selected for an exhibition with a Southern California fine art gallery.
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2002: Landed first skateboarding sponsorship.
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2003: First club gig with The Gratuitous - a punk band.
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2007: Suffered career ending injury during a qualifying run for a skateboarding competition.
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2007: Founded Reject Skateboards in Venice Beach, California.
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2008: Reject Skateboards was sold-off in the wake of the Great Recession.
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2008: Relocated to Northeastern Oklahoma.
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2012: Graduated from Northeastern State University with a Bachelors in English Education.
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2013: Daughter was born.
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2013: Began teaching English Language Arts and Drama.
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2014: Wrote what would become his first published novel, Drowning Rain, over the summer while renting a yacht on Lake Washington.
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2015: Embarked on first national book tour.
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2019: Retired from teaching.
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2019: Hosted short-lived The 13th Story podcast.
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2019: Relocated back to Western Washington.
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2020: Began collaboration with Director Gino Alfonso.
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2020: Became engaged with long-time girlfriend.
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2021: Received green light for a film adaptation of A Writer's Guide to the Harvest.​
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