COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
Oct. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Continental Who's Who would like to proudly
acknowledge Mark T.C.
Bounds for his professional accomplishments as a
successful author and self-publisher in 2020.
Mark T.C. Bounds, a native Texan,
is a world-traveled author who began his travels at six weeks old.
He has been traveling and living a bohemian, free-spirited
lifestyle ever since. Throughout his travels, he has lived in
Northern Italy as a child,
Sicily as a young adult, and
Spain in his thirties. He has also
lived and traveled throughout the United
States, graduating high school in Cushing, Oklahoma.
Some of Mr. Bounds' travels and adventures include stomping
grapes to make wine in Italy, ice
skating in Saudi Arabia, sleeping
in a Bavarian castle in Germany,
visiting the Olympic Ski Village in Austria, and camping in the back of a
Chevy van at the Christopher
Colombus School of Navigation in the Algarve, Portugal. He enjoyed swimming in the Atlantic,
Pacific, and Indian Oceans, cliff diving in Sicily, skydiving in Florida, climbing to the tops of active
volcanoes in Italy, Sicily, and Pompeii, waterskiing in
agricultural canals in California,
as well as whale watching in Washington
State. He lived in a log cabin in a small lobster fishing
village in Maine. He also has done
cross country motorcycle rides, his first being, going from
Oklahoma to California on historic Route 66. He has
traversed the Straights of Gibralter and the Suez Canal and crossed
the equator at sea and undergone the Shellback initiation hosted by
King Neptune himself. He sailed to the Mediterranean Sea, The
Persian Gulf, The Red Sea, and the Gulf of Oman visiting such exotic ports as
Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi
Arabia, Morocco,
Hong Kong, and Australia.
Retired from the U.S. Navy, Mr. Bounds is also a Desert Storm
Veteran, having begun his naval career as an aircraft structural
mechanic working on fourteen different types of aircraft. About
halfway through his career, he went on to cook in the Officer's
Wardroom for Admirals, Foreign Dignitaries, Deckhands, and Sea
Captains alike. He served in squadrons based aboard three different
aircraft carriers and overseas shore locations. Although retired,
Mr. Bounds remains an active lifetime member of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans, and The Retired
Enlisted Association. Additionally, he is a founding sponsor for
the National Desert Storm War Memorial and the American Veterans
Disabled for life Memorial in Washington, D.C.
In 2020, Mr. Bounds is proud to have had his
webpage, www.marktcbounds.com redesigned for a more
professional appearance, followed by redesigning his cover designs
and interior layout for both volumes of his
books, Record of Poems Volume 1 Anchors
Aweigh and Record of Poems Volume 2 Into
The Storm, both with full-color illustrations. Both books
are in the printing and binding stages of publication and due for
release in the late part of October
2020 or early November 2020,
depending on production time. Both books will be self-published by
Pieces of a Dream LLC, a company Mr. Bounds established in 2020 for
the publications of his books and retail sales online. Hardcover
copies of the books will be the first items available.
Hand-designed coffee cups and beverage tumblers will also be
available. Each will feature one poem written by me on one side and
my newly designed logo on the opposite side. Future items will
include softcover copies of both books, Audiobooks, and other
merchandise for retail sale, and Record of Poems Volume
3 when he finishes writing it.
This year has also brought Mr. Bounds many other accomplishments
including receiving the Diamond Award from
Carrington Publishers, The Legacy Award of
Honor, Carrington Publishers, Awarded
the Edgar Allan Poe Award
for Poetry, Carrington Publishers, Man of
the year for outstanding efforts and achievements in the field of
writing, Top 100 registry of Business Leaders and
Professionals, Professional of the year in recognition
in leadership and achievement in publishing, Global
directory of Who's Who, The Prestigious Five of Topmost
Influential men of 2020 Registry, EMP Group,
Recognized as Lifetime
Achiever, Continental Who's Who, and received
the Top VIP Lifetime Achievement Presidential
Award from Carrington Publishers.
Additionally, Mr. Bounds also successfully completed a six-week
live radio broadcast on
Blogtalkradio.com introducing himself and his
poetry to internet radio and his audience.
Mr. Bounds currently lives in Colorado
Springs, Colorado with his life partner and book
illustrator, Jaleen Brooks. "She is
the artist and I, the poet." In his free time, "T.C." enjoys
spending time with family and friends, riding his Harley Davidson, listening to music, watching
movies, and more traveling.
For more information, please visit
http://www.marktcbounds.com
Contact: Katherine Green,
516-825-5634, pr@continentalwhoswho.com
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