User:Lynija23/sandbox

Lynija23 is the user name for Scott L Vannatter, a resident of Middletown, Indiana. He was born in the 1950s and lived in Middletown until his college days. He attended the University of Indianapolis where he obtained his BA in English along with Minors in Psychology and Religion. Scott remained at the University of Indianapolis to obtain his Masters in English (MA). He was married and father to two children, Aaron and Aarika. He was married and divorced twice. Following his second divorce, he attended Anderson University in the TIP program to become a licensed elementary teacher. He further attended an online program from Indiana Wesleyan University to obtain his Special Education Certification. After substitute teaching for a time, he became employed by New Castle Schools Special Education Department as an aide to work with special needs students. He became employed as a teacher by New Castle after all requirements were met. He taught for nearly 6 years there until a hemorrhagic stroke forced him to retire as a disabled person in February 2011. He became a published author after his stroke and as of December 2015, he had published 6 horror short stories under 2 publishers and 1 private individual. He is the blog writer of kindredspirit23 found at https://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com and has published over 900 posts to date. He currently lives in Middletown, Indiana with his cat of almost 8 1/2 years. source: Scott L Vannatter writing as himself, December 2015