{"id":10,"name":"Eli McConachie","url":"","description":"Growing up with dyslexia Eli never once thought about the possibility of writing and instead focused on visual arts. It wasn't till college that he became more of a reader and began to consider the possibilities. Even though he began taking a stronger interest in English and writing essays and poems that impressed his teachers, he hadn't put anything out there for everyone to see. After hearing about the Shadowvane podcast writing contest he finally threw caution to the wind and wrote a short story of his own. This story <a href='http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Curious-Patient-Ross-Research-Journals-ebook\/dp\/B0131WBBE2\/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1445125092&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr0&amp;keywords=curious+case+of+dr.+ross'>\"The Curious Patient of Dr. Ross\"<\/a> won first place in the contest and is now available on amazon kindle, but regardless of how the contest ended, simply doing this instilled a new found confidence in him as he continues to expand his writing.","link":"https:\/\/www.theredactedfiles.com\/?author=10","slug":"eli","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/825b8f0d316dacb5e76d0abbcbb390a90f337cad05ef1629ec6d20233f25ae88?s=24&d=retro&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/825b8f0d316dacb5e76d0abbcbb390a90f337cad05ef1629ec6d20233f25ae88?s=48&d=retro&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/825b8f0d316dacb5e76d0abbcbb390a90f337cad05ef1629ec6d20233f25ae88?s=96&d=retro&r=g"},"meta":{"jetpack_donation_warning_dismissed":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theredactedfiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theredactedfiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}