Josh Mitchell's biography

  Hello everyone my name is Josh Mitchell, I was born in 1977 and spent the first eight years of my life in the south end of Saint Joseph.  At the young age of 8 we moved to Connecticut only to move back again in 2000.  I served my country in the Navy for 4 years which at the time was the hardest thing I have ever done.  I am now a single father of a 3 year old little boy and can honestly say the time spent in the Navy was a vacation compared to everyday life now.  In my past I have had a lot of struggles with reading and writing because of a nasty little thing called Dyslexia.  For those of you who do not know Dyslexia is a learning disability that effects your perception of certain letters and numbers (i.e. I see p's as q's and b's as d's) it’s like looking at them backwards.  I have managed to control and overcome this disability for the most part.  As a reader I am slower than most but I feel I make up for this with the ability to comprehend better.  As a writer I try to find a source of inspiration for what I am writing I feel I write with a lot of emotion.  I believe my strengths when it comes to reading and writing is finding a connection between me and what I’m reading or writing.  I try and put myself in the middle of it and start from there. I feel my weakness is that I have to spend more time on projects than most.   I am always excited when it comes to reading and writing for the challenges that come along with each new exercise.