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Wayne C. Long is an electronic storyteller … a professional writer … a real American wordsmith. His self-proclaimed mission statement:
“BE what you wish to see!”
This short story wordsmith calls a tiny East-Central Wisconsin village home. Wayne and his wife Diane are both graduates of Northern Illinois University. They recently built a home on a hill overlooking headwaters of the Milwaukee River as it meanders into a charming century-old millpond occupied by hundreds of Canada geese. Wayne and Diane are proud of their two married children (a daughter and a son), and one very special granddaughter.
Wayne has had many of his short stories published in print magazines. The worldwide audience of QST magazine chose the author’s short stories “The Christmas Tree” and “Jimmy’s Wish” as winners two years in a row (2004 and 2005) of the coveted QST Cover Plaque Award. Since 2003, The DX Magazine has annually featured his evocative storytelling and poignant imagery, which shines brightly for an ever-growing and appreciative global audience.
For the most current reviews of Wayne’s work, see WHAT READERS ARE SAYING.
The author is a member of the Wisconsin Regional Writers’ Association, has written for the Wisconsin Writers’ Journal, and is writing his first novel. Wayne admires the work of Bruce Holland Rogers, Annie Proulx, Edgar Allan Poe, Benjamin Percy, Cormac McCarthy, Charles Frazier, Sherman Alexie, Alistair MacLeod, Anthony Burgess, and heroic soldier-scribes who risk it all.
Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, he is an experienced Amateur Radio operator who has been issued the call sign K9YNF. Wayne is a member of the American Radio Relay League, and enjoys the camaraderie of his friends in the Greater Milwaukee DX Association. He has traveled in 23 countries and has proudly served his country and childhood state as a medic in the Illinois Army National Guard. But more than anything else, Wayne is a card-carrying member of the human race … a keen observer of the daily ebb and flow upon this ecologically-fragile orb we all call …
Earth.
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Writing Awards from 2004–05 |
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