About the Author
Christopher Lynn Patterson found his love for writing stories during his freshman year of college. The first day of his English class, Professor Toby Wolff began his lecture on what was expected from his students. Professor Wolff noticed that a majority of the students were 18 to 19 year old freshman from high school, just like Christopher. One student asked if papers were to be written with the common high school structure: The Hook, Lead, Thesis Statement, Transition, Three paragraphs about the thesis, and then a conclusion statement. Christopher swallowed, fearing that the quarter would be more of the dreadful structured essays. He expected from the professor who spoke with a lisp, "Yes, and if there is one flaw in any part of your structure, three paragraph body or conclusion, you will be docked a whole letter grade!" but what came put him at ease.
Professor Wolff expected a well thought out, flowing paper that made sense and was readable. There wasn't any formal structure or phrasing, so Christopher was able to experiment writing creatively within the classroom and receive some well needed pointers and Critiquing. It was in the English 101 class room, at a Community College in Shoreline, that Christopher found his passion.
After talking about his work with Sean, getting ideas, revising and editing, the real work began. Three years later, after doing all that he knew how to do, and transferring to a four year college to attain his Business Degree, he gave his novel to an English Professional Editing class, in hopes that they would improve his manuscript. This was the best move he could have ever made in his writing career.
A whole semester of not working on "The Wanderer", the first installment of "The Silver Sheen". The class was content editing his work and tearing it apart. As the end of the semester came, and the reports were given, Christopher's heart was broken. All the reports concluded the same thing; He was not good enough to be published yet. He was told to re-write his novel, making the characters motives and development blatantly obvious.
"I'm not good enough, I am not a talented writer" He thought as he wiped the figurative blood from his mouth. Christopher couldn't stop thinking about his work. It bothered him that he wasn't writing and working on his novel. "Whats the point?" he said, "Is it a waste of time? Who is going to benefit? I love it, but how can I use it?" He ended up calling home to discuss his pain. His mother told him, "This is God's way of telling you to keep writing." So he did. After the rewrite and finding an editor he has reached this point.
He is currently married to his childhood friend and very much in love. His book is finished and he is attempting to be published or at least accepted by a publisher at Christmas time in hopes to hit the Shopping Rush and to be present for public signings. He will work hard to sell as many books to the public as he can, not for the money, but for the joy of fulfilling the dream of being published.
He will not be like authors who expect to talk about their books to people they see and expect a check from the publishing house. He will be aggressive in signing deals with book stores and chains. He will also work with the publisher to find and solidify promotional opportunities. Combining these attributes with skills in Marketing, Managerial Accounting, Business Management(which he gained through his education including an internship with Asbesto-Test Inc. ) and a talent for Creative Writing makes him a valuable asset to any Publishing House.