Showing off the sweatshirt I won from EntrepreneurDad.com*
I am Mitchell Allen, and I think up stuff.
I continually tap into the charged atomic cloud of Conscious Creation.
Whether for business or pleasure, I always look for what's not there - and attempt to create it.
This is actually an obsession fueled by memories of my childhood.
While my father instilled in me a love for word play, deep thinking and mental puzzles, my Mother taught me to appreciate the pursuit of knowledge. Our house was filled with books, magazines and games.
I immersed myself into fictional worlds and fantastical futures. In so doing, my mental pathways became primed for (read "addicted to") ever newer realms to explore.
As traditional childhood indulgences, such as chemistry sets and hobbits, gave way to time-shared computers and Dungeons and Dragons, so too did my mind gravitate toward more sophisticated stimulations.
I began to write.
I learned to program in BASIC.
Chess, Pinochle and Bridge joined Scrabble as part of my gaming staples.
This constant search for stimulation has lead to what seems a logical conclusion: I now must create the worlds that I wish to explore.
Whether I am building software, writing whimsy, sharing puzzles or teaching some small lesson, I simply follow my ABC's: Always Be Creating!
I've been writing stories all my life. The constraints of writing prompts have been the greatest source of inspiration. Of all the writing prompts resources I've used, CreativeCopyChallenge was my favorite.
I participated for 500 consecutive entries! during that span, I created one novelette, a Halloween collection, many shorter serials, poetry, rants and serious essays. Many of the entries have been polished and reposted here. You can browse the tag cloud to get an idea of the variety of subjects you'll find.
While I no longer publish frequently, I drop a story now and then. You can subscribe to receive new stories.
*During a forum posting contest on (the now defunct) Entrepreneurdad.com, I got the idea to write a riveting, eight-part mini-biography. Justin Powell, the site's owner, enjoyed the series and kindly linked to it from his home page. Now, for the first time on the web, I present the complete series in one place.
Enjoy Empire of the Niche