About Lawson j dutton

My New Writing Career

Writing is hard work.

If you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life.

Today, I will learn, write, and learn.

My top three writing goals:

1. Learn and respect the craft of writing.

2. Entertain my readers.

3. Do no harm.

I love working...

Join My Journey

My New Writing Career

Before this year, I wrote for fun and to release stress. In August of 2023, I challenged myself to learn the writing craft, and my writing journey began. My "novel in progress" continues to evolve as I learn something new every day.

Go to the Contact Me link and send me your email address. I will provide you an update on my progress.

My Community / Tribe

My New Writing Career

My Community / Tribe

If you are interested in books, you will fit nicely into our tribe. I am interested in books that take us on a journey with action and trigger deep emotions. Books with characters that we love and love to hate, and who inspire us with a language of respect and decency.

Fun reading books that do no harm.

MY STORY

MY Early Years

At seven years old, my family of eight moved to Miami, Florida. My parents ran herd over three boys and three girls. Our house of eight roared, quiet did not fit our vernacular. I found solace in my imagination. Mom always said, “Give Lawson a string and a stick and he will entertain himself all day.”

I once spent an entire day building a bear trap from ropes, CBS blocks, and sticks (of course). My skinny seven-year-old body shimmied eight CBS blocks (one by one) up onto sticks strategically placed across three limbs high in the Ficus tree that covered our backyard. I gingerly attached a rope to the precariously situated limbs and fashioned the other end into a neat noose on the ground. When finally finished, I marveled at my skillful handiwork and wondered if I had enough weight (CBS blocks) to catapult my captured bear upward. But pride in my accomplishment soon sunk into a dismal realization; there are no bears in Miami. What was I to do? I did what every curious seven-year-old boy would. I put my foot into the loop and stepped through the twigs and leaves that hid the hole in the ground. The good news? It worked. The noose snapped around my skinny ankle, jerking the rope that set the CBS blocks free from the limbs to descend toward the ground and me up to the sky. With pride, I sailed up as the blocks careened down. My short-lived euphoria of success met a painful reality — 60-pound boy meets two hundred pounds of concrete. Wounded and hanging upside down with the breath knocked from my lungs, my soundless cries for help went unanswered. That ended my bear trapping career, but not my imagination or curiosity.

Somehow, amidst the chaos, my parents started Dutton Press, a printing company in Miami. Good, I needed a new career option. That year, I turned nine years old and became a part-time printing apprentice. During summers, weekends, and after school, my brother and I learned everything about the printing process, through hands-on education.

Career & Interests

Current:

Writer and Future Author

Previous Career

Dutton Press Inc. President & CEO

Passionate Accomplishments

Chairman of the Board, Printing Association of Florida (Two Years)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation -Co-Founder & Co-Chairman -Jeb Bush Florida Classic (Went on to raise $7.5 Million for CF over 20 years)
NSU, H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship - Board of Governors Member
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Breath of Life Award Winner
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - 2010 - 65 Roses Award
City of Miami Beach - Awarded Key to the City - Two Consecutive Years - 1999 & 2000
South Florida Business Journal - 1995 Up & Comers Award Winner

Lawson J DuttonWriter/Future AuthorLife Long Learner

About Lawson j dutton

My New Writing Career

My New Writing Career

My New Writing Career

Join My Journey

My New Writing Career

My New Writing Career

My Community / Tribe

My New Writing Career

My Community / Tribe

MY STORY

MY Early Years

Career & Interests

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Lawson J Dutton
Writer/Future Author
Life Long Learner