My Story
I am a retired educator with a BA in Education from Fairmont State University (WV), and a Master’s Degree in Special Education from West Virginia University. I am a Navy veteran, having served on submarines, specifically, Diesel Class. I have been married to my wife for 49+ years, and we were blessed with two children, a son and a daughter. I also have two wonderful grandchildren.
I tend to be an emotional writer, writing from the heart. I began writing in my mid-twenties. However, I didn’t start writing for publication until I was in my early forties. Currently, I have independently published 10 books through Amazon. I often think of myself as an inspirational writer, given my past success in that category. I have a blog called “Crosby’s Corner.” I write short essays on various topics on facebook.com under the title “The Other Day.” A sampling of those essays can be seen on my blog or my Facebook Author’s Page. Lastly, using the pseudonym of David C James I have published six novels.
"Be the Best in the Room."
Featuring Some of the Best
Welcome to “Be the Best in the Room.” I learned a long time ago that there are many amazing people in the world. Starting now, my “About Page” will be introducing people that I have met through the years, who have brought me joy in just knowing them. I will present to you some wonderful people who are doing amazing things with their lives. I will write a brief description about them or their business, include relevant media such as pictures or video, and also provide a link to allow you to contact them directly. My reward is when people come across these gifted individuals or their businesses, it will give me more hits on my site, Crosby’s Corner, Where You Can be the Best in the Room! MUH!!
Little Glass Slipper
This person and their business were at the top of my list when I had the idea of posting these. I met the owner and organizer, Kristina, at the 2023 West Virginia Pop Culture & Comic Book Convention, as Barbie. For a moment, I thought she was Barbie. I wrote The Other Day… V7, #070, Little Glass Slipper, which garnered over 4,000 views. She is brilliant and a great marketer.
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Nikita VanScoy-Illustrator
I first met Nikita VanScoy at a book fair held at the Charleston Book Festival. I needed to find someone to illustrate my second children’s story. Her mother introduced us and the rest is history. After she gave me the final illustrations she said that (and I’m paraphrasing), she too was looking for something and wasn’t quite sure what that was and completing the illustrations for “Thomas the Teddy Bear Finds Love,” gave her closure. I’m so grateful.
Today whether she is homeschooling her son, working her Hobby Farm (for which she just received her first got for Mother’s Day), or painting a mural in the Philippi-Buckhannon area, or creating cardboard cutouts which people can pose with for photos, raising bees, or illustrating children’s books, Ms. VanScoy is doing an incredible job at every task she attempts. Also, she was remarkable in recent interviews with 304 today hosted by Lauren Winans for WBOY television.
For those reasons and I know I have just scratched the surface of all kinds of creative things she can do, I wanted to have a place on the “Be the Best in the Room!” wall.
Joey Rauso is a former student of mine whom I first met in 1984. I was his World Cultures educator at the time. A neat little tidbit about that class was that we used the same textbook that was featured in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” Through the years, I have watched him do some remarkable things. I remember him as a quiet individual who let his talents speak for him. Joey went out into the world and did some remarkable feats. However, he returned home and was a news director at the WBOY television station for a while. He did a Christmas commercial for the station that I enjoyed. He eventually left the area when he was invited to work at Walt Disney World as a director. So, whether he was allowed to be the lead drummer on Michael Jackson’s tour and played at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, or worked alongside the Blue Man Crew at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, he was always Joey to me. Kind, friendly, and giving. We try to contact him whenever we are in Orlando, and he is very generous with his time
I first met Nick while he played middle school basketball. He was a joy to coach, and once I left school, those boys went their own ways. However, Nick and his mother always kept in touch. In the short time I’ve known him he has made music videos and created music. He has a son who is just as handsome as his father is. I’m hoping once he sees this, he will fill in the blanks to his life. Until then, I will leave you with his most popular video and some pictures when he was much younger. Please enjoy!
