McDonald, Dave

David McDonald's Bio A romanticist at heart, with a deductive mind, I am a graduate engineer who traveled the world keeping commercial jet engines flying safely. I thought I loved my first career until I found my second, writing. For decades, I traveled abroad. At the time I was performing my job. In retrospect, I was collecting data; sights, smells, emotions, experiences, and stories for my second career. Over the past ten years, I've belonged to two writing groups. I've given presentations on editing at writing conferences. I've had a writing critique partner for the past eight years. I've w...