Ernest Hemingway was his first influence, but then came the late John Gardner, whose idea was to become a writer, you should desire to change the world. When Dan's first two books were published and he could hold them in his hands, it instilled even more desire to continue on his quest to be an author. Then when his first military adventure, A Need to Know, won first place in published fiction from the Florida Writers Association, his desire continued to grow. He read William Zinsser's book On Writing Well and he began to pursue nonfiction writing with The Medjugorje Encounter. Other writers e more...
