Hello! My name is Tate Zellman. I am from Grand Haven, Michigan. I’m currently a junior majoring in English education and minoring in multimedia journalism.
I knew I wanted to be a writer after my freshman year of high school. That same year, I self-published my first Western novel – Litchfield: A Peaceful Western Town. Since then, I have a trilogy of Western novels and am working one my fourth novel, which is about a high school basketball player who becomes the heart and soul of the team. The film The Magnificent Seven from 1960 inspired me to write my novels.
As of now, I am a freelance reporter for the Ferris State Torch. Even though I can write for any section, I mainly write for the culture section. My goal is to write for news, culture, sports, and opinions multiple times this semester and next semester. This is my second year with the Torch. I was a news reporter my first year. I moved to freelance because I wanted to give myself an opportunity to write for all the sections.
While on campus, I enjoy hanging out with friends and attending sporting events. I also like to play video games, play sports for fun, spend time outdoors, and write in my free time.
After Ferris, I plan to become an English teacher. I hope to teach high school, but I’d also be fine with teaching upper elementary or middle school. I also plan to continue writing novels and I hope to publish them to Barnes & Noble and Amazon.