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- [David] In the Marine Corp

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I was a Lance Corporal.

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My primary MOS was a 1391
Bulk Fuel Specialist,

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and then after that, I did
a little bit of everything.

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The Marine Corps, for me it
made me a tougher person.

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It gave me a lotta leadership skills.

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It allowed me to transition
into leadership roles

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that stuck with me even to today.

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(intense percussion hits)

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I've gone where I can go at this point,

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and I enjoy it, but I
wanna do something else.

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And I wanna do something for myself.

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I realized in high school I
was really good at writing

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even when I didn't try.

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I was terrible at math and science,

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but I was always good at writing.

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So, I decided to start writing a novel.

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(keyboard clicks)

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- The ship was violently
knocked and rocked in the water.

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The mass swayed back and forth.

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Every able bodied man stood
to their feet alarmed,

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swaying their heads from side to side.

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The water became calm, motionless

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and the fog engulfed the
ship with more intensity.

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The ship stopped violently in the water.

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We were flung forward,

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bracing ourselves on
whatever we could find.

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Cormack looked at the ships
deck and calmly uttered,

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"Arm yourselves men,

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"there be monsters in these waters."

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(dramatic piano music)

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It's very difficult, very challenging

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and what a lot of people don't realize

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is that it's work.

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It's day in and day out. It's...

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You're doing research.

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You're having to go through

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and edit your drafts over and over.

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I have one novel that I literally went

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through thirteen or fourteen times

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before I actually published it

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after I finished writing it.

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But, I eventually fell in love with it,

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and I fell in love with
it because of my readers.

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My readers, they picked up my book.

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They picked it up on Amazon

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and a lot of them loved it

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and they started giving me feedback

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and they wanted more work

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so I decided to keep doing it,

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even though it was kind of crazy,

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and ya know, wears me down a lot,

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but it's the one thing that I really enjoy

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and it's mine at the end of the day.

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It's my product that I put out there

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and it gives me a lot of pride.

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- When the monster
finally spotted our ship,

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we leaned back, hearts pounding,

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hands gripping our weapons.

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The serpent's nostrils flared.

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Spines rose from its neck,

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and the beast turned
sharply to meet our gaze.

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"Get ready boys, she's coming this way."

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(daunting orchestral music)