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Sumner Blanchard is a retired speech/language pathologist whose professional career has involved both hospital practice and university teaching. To date, he has only published research in communication disorders, but now wants to write fiction somehow drawing upon his interests and experiences in military aviation, sculling, travel, communication issues, and music. His recent membership in CWC has encouraged the hope that new writing skills can be learned to begin a new chapter.