Hey everybody.  Charles Bowman here, known as HomesickAlienPoet/HAP on the boards.  I was an active member of the community in the days of the first P & A project and am glad to be a part of this rejuvenated incarnation of the site.  I am a poet primarily, though I occasionally dabble in fiction as well.  I have a cousin who is actually making a living as a writer, (screenplay) as well as directing and acting.  His name is Jeffrey Reddick and he is the creator of the Final Destination series.  He has a new movie that will be coming out soon called \"Dead Awake\" so check it out if you are a fan of FD.  (End shameless plug).  As for myself, I went back to college last year and will be graduating from Lindsey Wilson with a bachelor\'s degree in human services and counseling this December.  After graduation, I am going to immediately rollover into the master\'s program.

Welcome aboard again!I remember you from last time, its nice to get the old members back along with some new ones.Looking forward to seeing more of your poetry.

It\'s good to have you back HAP, when I started to push the idea of running this site again - I really wanted to try my best at reconnecting with the \'old gang\' because I really couldn\'t imagine any type of success here without the help of people who had made P&A! Online what it was last time. I\'m really proud of the community we had (now have) and I made several friends from it, who I did miss.

Anywho without going all sentimental...

It\'s really good to have you back here, plus being in contact again. Goodluck with enrolling into your masters course, do keep us updated with how this goes.

Congrats on almost being done with the degree! I wish you luck with the masters!!  

Awesome to hear of you going to college.  I hope some of those electives are Literature or Writing classes ^^  (meaning as a writer, they are fun to take)Really though, believe it or not, the way you write has had a profound impact on the way I write.  Both in the past and even in this very short time since we all reconnected.  I think it\'s mostly your style, which I admire.  You are one of the few poets I know who can sometimes use words that I have to look up, yet when I do instead of it looking like you are using a ten dollar word when a two dollar one will do, I find that you have seemingly chosen the perfect word and it actually fits perfect.  I guess what I mean is that your work expands my horizons  and I offer you my humble gratitude for that.    I don\'t know how you write the way you do, we all have our own process.  But I\'m a huge fan and happy that we all get to do this again together and meet some new friends along the way on different paths in life, but on the same artistic journey.

Welcome to P&A! Online HomesickAlienPoet, nice to see the site had such a good strong cast.

Good luck with your studies.