About Mark Holter
A little about me...
My name is Mark Holter, and I live in Minot, North Dakota. I spent ten years in the US Navy as both an electronics technition and a military police investigator. After getting out of the Navy I started my career in journalism and broadcasting. I spent a few months at a small newspaper in Williston, ND as a sports reporter before being hired as the News Director at KUMV-TV in Williston. After three years in that position, I found I missed law enforcement. I took a job with the Ward County Sheriff's Dept., where I am currently a Night Patrol Sergeant.
I have enjoyed writing for many years, having written both fiction and non-fiction. I have written training manuals for the US Navy and other law-enforcement related projects. I have also been published in on-line e-zines and in Fate magazine. I produced my own independent wrestling magazine for about a year and a half in 2006-2008. While I have several projects in the works, I am focusing on two currently. One is a book about the subculture of independent professional wrestling. The second is completing my Bachelors in General Studies at Minot State University, concentrating on business and English, which I am a year away from doing.
I also, very rarely anymore, take bookings as wrestling manager "Elegant" Eddie Fyne. I started portraying that character in 2006 with Charlie Cox's X-JAM Wrestling. While I enjoy it emmensely, I find that managers are not as in demand on the independent circuit as they once were in professional wrestling.
Why I started writing about independent wrestling....
In May of 2006, I was preparing for a wrestling event in which I was to appear as "Elegant" Eddie Fyne. While practicing taking bumps in the ring, in a freak occurance, I broke my leg in two places. With a couple of months to think about why, at 35 years old, I was trying to live my dream as a pro wrestler, I decided to use my talents as a writer instead. I started Indy Circuit Pulse magazine a few months later. While I still portray the character occasionally, I don't become too physically involved in the matches anymore.
