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Elias Tobias
Elias Tobias is the pen name of Michael D. Hall that he started to use in the early 1990's after writing and publishing poems and short stories for nearly 20 years. His first works...view moreElias Tobias is the pen name of Michael D. Hall that he started to use in the early 1990's after writing and publishing poems and short stories for nearly 20 years. His first works were published in junior high school. This interest in writing lead to a career in photojournalism and education, teaching Secondary English. Throughout college and the different jobs that supported him, writing was and continues to be a constant factor in his life. The pen name was created by combining two different names from a movie screen credits in a western. The early American West is one of his major interests with movies, music CDs, belt buckles, and wooden nickels among his collections.
In 1998, he started the web blog, "The World of Words by Elias Tobias," (http://eliastobias.net) which has been an alternate venue for his poetry and photography and other related articles and videos. Hall has created over 30 videos that integrate his photography and poetry, and one video of the only recorded musical version of his poem “Next Flight” by ex-college roommate Michael Albright. Articles include how to write poetry and a popular instructional titled, “How to have a free poetry blog in three easy steps or claiming your homestead on the wild frontier of the Internet.” Recently more people have sent their poetry to be published on the highly ranked Internet site.view less