First I would like to thank Chris for hosting me today. My name is Steven Capps, and I am a fantasy writer who just moved from Illinois to Georgia. I have spent the last seven years of my life enlisted in the U.S. Army as an Infantryman.
While I still serve, I don’t think that the idea of a rugged military man accurately describes me.
If you could place Michael Cerra’s awkward Juno character as a background soldier in any war movie you would get Sergeant Capps.
I began writing during an extremely low point of my life. I had just found out that my wife at the time (ex-wife now) had been having an affair with our roommate. To help distract myself, I began reading for the first time since high school.
I picked up Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings and connected so strongly to his character Kaladin that it really helped me cope with my emotional pain.
After reading his book, I decided that I wanted to be able to help someone in the same way that Sanderson had helped me. I began writing my first novel, (which was crap) and discovered that this is what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.
Three years later, I am still writing and still improving.
I regularly write about the craft of writing on my blog,
I have published the creative nonfiction short story, “Eevee” in the quarterly literary magazine The Bird & Dog, my fantasy short story, “Lux Nauta” earned an Honorable Mention in L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future contest, (3rd quarter, 2016) and I am currently working through a major rewrite on a manuscript called Silver & Shadow (Working Title).
Contact Steven Online at:
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A pleasure to meet you, Steven, and best of luck to you. Shared across my pages 🙂
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Thank you so much, I really appreciate your support! I’ll make sure to jump over and check out your page!
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You’re welcome, Steven, and thank you 🙂
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Glad you found your creative outlet. Nice to meet you, Steven. Congratulations on your successful publications. 🙂
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Thank you so much! I was just checking out your blog, and I saw you had the “No Award Zone” graphic on the side of your page. If you do not mind me asking, what exactly is that about?
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Nice to meet you, Steven. Writing has saved my sanity at more than one low spot in my life, so I can relate to your story. Finding a creative outlet is a Godsend. Wishing you all the best with your writing career. ~Lyn
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Hi guys, I have a guest post featured on, “Chris the Story Reading Ape’s Blog,” and I would really appreciate it if you guys stopped by and left a comment, so Chris knew he didn’t waste his time with letting me be a guest. If you haven’t followed his blog yet, I definitely recommend it!
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Hi Steven,
I went on your site and read some of your blogs. I see from the picture you were in the Military. Thank you. I have you on my follow list and look forward to future articles. Drop by my site when you get time and leave a comment. Good Luck with the new job.
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Thank you so much, Chuck! I will definitely stop and check out some of you stuff. I hope you are having an awesome day.
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So very nice to meet you, Steven. It’s always great to find new authors.
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It’s nice to meet you as well! Thank you so much for reading. If you don’t mind me asking, are you a writer as well?
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Allow me to introduce Multi-Award Winning Author Jan Sikes, Steven – click on her photo or name to visit her site 😃
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Many thanks for re-blogging Steven’s Guest Post Kate 😀
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Thank you so much, Kate! I will make sure to return the favor.
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Thanks Steve
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Thank you so much; I really appreciate the support. I will make sure to return the favor!
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