ERIC MICHAEL

I'm a freelance writer, photo/videographer and brand strategist who in a former life shepherded two of the top media brands in the scuba diving industry to award-winning quality, as well as helped to improve a half-dozen other water-related enthusiast titles for one of the largest publishing companies in the U.S.

As a newspaper outdoors columnist, I survived first-person mayhem from NASA's "Vomit Comet" zero-gravity training to piloting a WWII relic through barrel rolls with no clue how to fly, hitting 148 m.p.h. in a stock car at Daytona International and playing goalie against a bunch of preteen roller hockey hooligans. I've also ridden every coaster, simulator and other ride that the Central Florida attractions have to offer.

Nowadays, I'm a writer for hire who can find the diamond in any rough story idea, polish it with details, color and personality until it shines like the sun and deliver the goods in print, digital, video or any other content channel that connects to your audience.