ericmakebeliever

Mind Like an Octopus, Treedanser, Dreamwalker, Squibbler & Doodler, Poet & Spellsinger, Forever Young- Mind, Body, & Soul, Pretend...Believe...Create! :) Biography Eric has spent his entire life make-believing. Forever a daydreamer, his imagination has always spilled over into his world. As a child, he spent more time with imaginary friends than real ones, and his doodles and squibbles found their way out onto every blank piece of paper to be found, including the borders and edges of his school work! Childhood shyness gave way to strong friendships of adolescence, where entire worlds were created and dreams of becoming a Disney animator and writing graphic novels with his best friend consumed his days. He was voted most artistic by his graduating class. His creativity found life in poetry and songs after meeting his now wife of fifteen years, his Kelley Ann, in true love-at-first-sight fashion. (Aren't all dreamers hopeless romantics?) Together they have two wonderful boys! Zachary, the teenager, already towers above them! There little boy, Joshua, is Eric's imagination reincarnated, and their pretending is always echoing in their home in Southern Illinois. His children's book "I Love You Each, All, and Every Way" is about their strong bond as father and son. Eric is quite the "Peter Pan", and in his desire to never grow up, he fulfills his daylight responsibilities as a teacher's aide for children with special needs. This assures him of recess and art every day, and summer vacation each year! When not creating, he enjoys staying physically fit, reading, getting lost on purpose (not on accident), walking in the woods and climbing trees, cloud watching and star gazing, swimming (part mer-man), singing, pretending , and playing! All is play in Eric's Land of Make Believe! Mind like an octopus, Eric is never at loss for words to write, but often struggles with which story to plunge into first!. He is currently researching the best avenues to publish his works, whether it be his children's stories, songs that are poems and poems that are songs, or his growing collection of paranormal/fantasy short stories. He is currently working on the first of his series of "Walking the Quay" novels, "One Running".