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Steven C. Nelson

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Columbus, OH, The United States

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http://www.bustamuse.wordpress.com

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Fiction, Memoir, Poetry

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October 2016

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Steven C. Nelson was raised in Central Ohio, where he still resides with his supportive wife and rambunctious children. His writing is influenced by the contrasting seasons and rural aspects the Midwest has to offer, as well as the purity of the emotions experienced when with his family. What began simply as a means of capturing and contemplating the awesome phenomena life presented to him each day, his first work, Cognitive Debris, is a collection of those ruminations.

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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Steven C. Nelson Evangeline and Gabriel from Longfellow’s Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie. Gabriel being torn from Evangeline's life the day after they are wed, not to be…moreEvangeline and Gabriel from Longfellow’s Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie. Gabriel being torn from Evangeline's life the day after they are wed, not to be reunited with her until years later when she finds him on his deathbed, is heart-wrenching. But how her heart impels her to continue her assiduous yet ever disappointing search for him—stating, “Whither my heart has gone, there follows my hand, and not elsewhere.”—reminds us that a love strong enough can empower us to overcome even the seemingly impossible.(less)

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Steven C. Nelson Creating something from nothing. I’m always fascinated by watching painters start with a blank canvas and end with a masterpiece—I can watch Bob Ross …moreCreating something from nothing. I’m always fascinated by watching painters start with a blank canvas and end with a masterpiece—I can watch Bob Ross for hours! But since I can barely make stick figures look like stick figures, I sensed painting wasn’t the vocation for me. I discovered that you can do that with writing, though not quite as literal, and it continues to exhilarate me to this day.(less)

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Lighten Your Load

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Some people are constantly in a state of crisis management. No matter what they do, they just can’t seem to get out from under the crushing weight of their own poor decisions—sometimes decisions made to get out of existing messes! They are stressed to the max, always anticipating the ramifications of yet another thing gone wrong. You can’t help but feel bad for them as they

Steven’s Quotes

“Nor deem the irrevocable Past
As wholly wasted, wholly vain,
If, rising on its wrecks, at last
To something nobler we attain.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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