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Charles R. "Chuck" Dowling
Prize winning author
Chuck's writing portfolio
Creative writing workshops
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Mr. Dowling had had a varied and interesting career. For ten years during the Cold War he was a Marine officer, serving with both the infantry and the artillery. Prior to that he had been a policeman. In the business world, Mr. Dowling has been a sales manager, marketing executive and a management consultant. He has lived in a number of places in the U.S. and has traveled extensively. He presently conducts creative writing workshops and he writes novels. Military history, and particularly Marine Corps history, is his hobby. He belongs to the Marine Corps League and the Marine Corps Association. Extensive research and experience in the field lends realism to his characters and scenes. Mr. Dowling also speaks to veteran groups.
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He is a member and past director of The Florida Writers Association and is a frequent contributor to their quarterly publication, The Florida Palm. He is also a member of the Space Coast Writers Guild and Authors For Charity.
His novel To Keep Our Honor Clean won the Grand Prize in Gardenia Press' Novel competition for 2001, and sold more than 1000 copies in the first year. It is the first of a planned four book series on the Korean War, called The Chosin Few . The second novel in the series, The Mad Dogs was released in March 2005. It was the second place winner in The Florida Writer Association novel contest for military fiction 2004 and honorable mention in the JADA Press International competition in 2005. The Third novel in the series, The First to Fight has been completed and is available for publication. The fourth and final book, From Dawn to Setting Sun is under construction. |
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Mr. Dowling has also written two books in The Hammer of God trilogy , a sweeping saga about the real King Arthur, the Dark Ages and a people's fight to survive . Book One is titled The Time of the Raven . Book two is called The Time of the Eagle and book three is named The Time of the King . The first two books, The Time of the Raven and The Time of the Eagle are complete and available for publication . Book three The Time of the King is under construction.
An excerpt from The First to Fight appeared under the title Vicki and Clyde , in an anthology called Treasures: Celebrating Florida Authors , from Inkling Press. Mr. Dowling's work has also appeared in a number of other collections, including The Florida Palm, The Older We Were, The Better We Get and Korea : The Forgotten War.
He and his wife Arlene have lived in the Orlando area since 1985. He is married and is the father of two sons and a daughter. He also has four grandchildren. |
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