I am a freelance writer. The majority of my writings relate to my fascination with history especially the WW II era and the 1960s. Presidential history and elections are especially interesting to me. The characters involved and the events have always drawn my interest.
I have been published in philatelic journals such as Airpost Journal, U.S. Stamp News, and others.
Several pieces of my creative nonfiction have been published in more mainstream magazines, The Motorcade, The Invisible Immigrants, and Seaway Robbery.
Have two nonfiction eBooks,
Near Miss: The Attempted Assassination of JFK
Stumblin’ Through Life: Writings of a Do-it-Again Dad
Now at work on a true crime book about the killing of a police officer here in Alberta. More details later, heck if I tell you more it’ll spoil the surprise.
Happily married to the love of my life Cindy. We have three wonderful children, an 10 yr old son and 8 yr old twin daughters (I’m a Do-It-Again Dad). My eldest daughter and her husband have made me a grandpa with grandsons, Lucas and Ethan. I`m sure being a grandpa will be another interesting life experience.
I live in the dynamic city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Calgary is a center for the petroleum industry and high-tech firms in Canada. Population is now over 1 million.
My other passions include philately (postal history – collecting and exhibiting), genealogy and sports (golf, NFL football).
Favorite authors include, Ron Franscell, John Steinbeck, Cormac McCarthy, Ernest Hemingway, Louis L’Amour, Robert B. Parker (Spenser for Hire), and Vince Flynn.
I love to hear from site visitors, so please do send me a note. I can also be contacted at stamperdad (at) yahoo (dot) ca .
Steve B. Davis
My bro bookmarked this blog for me and I have been going through it for the past couple hours. This is really going to benefit me and my friends for our class project. By the way, I enjoy the way you write.
You can definitely see your enthusiasm in the work you write. The arena hopes for even more passionate writers such as you who aren’t afraid to mention how they believe. All the time follow your heart.
Danke. Thanks for the nice comments.
I genuinely enjoy reading through on this site, it contains good posts .
Hi Steve, you just commented on my post at Write It Sideways and I really appreciate it.
I wanted to point you to my other site — http://pacificwarphotos.com. I don’t publicize it too much, because it’s very personal, but I think you’ll enjoy it! –Debra
Thanks Debra. Appreciate your comments. I will check out that site it sounds interesting.
[...] About the Author [...]
The “REAL”…shocking thing about the Assassination
of President Elect, John F Kennedy,
after 45 years….
the AMERICAN PUBLIC, have done NOTHING !!!
the AMERICAN PUBLIC, have accepted
the JFK ASSASSINATION !!!
and the AMERICAN PUBLIC, have also accepted
those who ASSASSINATED JFK, RFK, & MLK !!!
The American Public….will REAP the WHIRLWIND,
and it WILL COME…..
mahaki:
At least get the facts correct, Kennedy was president when he was assassinated. Pavlick tried to kill him when he was the president-elect. He had not been confirmed by the Electoral College, nor sworn in.
The American public does not have the power to do much, but they have been lulled into complacency with 47 years of coverup.
Steve – It says well of you to have the favorite quotes that you have in your sidebar.
Your writing interests sound fascinating. I would never have thought of philately as a topic! I hope to someday create a nonfiction niche for myself.
-Jewel
I try to write about what I love and know, but obviously that’s not always possible.
Keep writing and eventually you’ll find that niche. What about writing about your experience in joining a rock band. That’d make a fascinating article I think.
Steve
Good question. My interest began when I lived right on the border at Iroquois and visited almost every week. Then I had an uncle who was an American citizen. In summer we visited relatives in New Brunswick always taking the American route to get there. Finally in the 1960′s I got fascinated with the characters in the American presidency when Kennedy was elected. His subsequent murder got me hooked totally. Started writing and researching obscure things in both Canadian and American history.
Hi Steve, Just discovered your blog. I had previously just visited http://members.shaw.ca/sbdavis/
Why the interest in Americana?
I certainly have a few grey ones. I really don’t care what color it is long as it’s still up there.
Steve
And here I pictured you all grey-haired. Not sure why.
Joel I appreciate the comments. You and I are familiar with one another because I am the founder and moderator of the US Specialized Yahoo Group. You I believe are or were at one time a member.
Right now I am employed full time, but retirement is looming. I have always been writing or at least putting down ideas in a notebook. Finally I have decided to pursue writing about those ideas. Hence the purpose of this blog. Glad you are enjoying my rambles.
All the best
Steve
continuing….
pressed the wrong button….. I intend read your postings and if you don’tmind, to respond to them.
Joel Grebin
We seem to have an overlappping of interests. I am interested in postmarks, event covers and FDC of the US. STamps are a secondary inclination. What caught my eye was that you are a freelance writer and have had some articles published by USSN. I too have had several articles published In Mekeel’s(same publisher) several years back. I have seen many of your posts on SOR message board. And now this blog which appears very interesting. You may have motivated me to write some articles again from a postmark point of view, which is my overriding interest at the present time. If I had my career to do over I would probably want to be a free lance writer with so many interesting things to observe and write about. My health is holding me back some what due do to some heavy duty surgery. It is taking me longer then I expected to recover from these surgeries. However, as improve I am able to do more things.