WHAT? Hiker, percussionist, digital art photography, poet, painter. Have had poetry and prose, digital photos published in various 'zines, compilations and art/literature journals. A few paintings bought by appreciative souls. Performed percussion from street musician/busker to professionally for thousands. Worn out many a hiking boot on the dusty trail! WHY? I'm passionate about … [Read more...]
Music Playlist for In the Context of Love
Do you listen to music when you're writing? Is there music in your novels? If so, make a playlist! Music plays a role in In the Context of Love, and it helps establish the time period. The novel begins in the nineties, then travels back to the mid-seventies before catching back up to the nineties again, and pop culture references help set the tone. Just for fun, I made a playlist of the songs … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: A. B. Funkhauser
WHAT? I didn’t ask for things to work out the way they did, I just allowed myself to follow my nose and it led me to: Careers in: Politics; The Auto Lobby; Mortuary Science; Writin’ Books That People Might Want To Read. Life on: Planet Earth, by the lake (Ontario), not far from Detroit, Michigan (home of the finest annual classic car show in the world ‘The Woodward Dream Cruise’), in … [Read more...]
When Opportunity Intersects with Dreams
"Outer-space alternative country" musician Jim White wrote an essay titled "Superwhite" about how stumbling across David Byrne's music enlightened him when he was a struggling musician, and then years later, how Byrne discovered White and his music...which led to a record deal with Byrne's Luaka Bop label. His story of bizarre twists was awarded a 2014 Pushcart Prize. I've been listening to … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Kelly Fordon
What: I write fiction, poetry, book reviews and nonfiction. How: Bird by Bird as Anne LaMott says. When I am writing, I just keep forging ahead until I have something I like. In the case of "Garden for the Blind" for years I thought I was writing eleven separate stories about people who had nothing to do with one another, but then one day it occurred to me that they were really the same … [Read more...]
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