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...]
What, Why, How: Denise Sedman
WHAT? “I’m a writer.” Those words didn’t come easy to me. Friends would ask what I did for a living and I’d hem and haw and never give a clear answer. I was embarrassed to say I was a writer because I truly didn’t believe it myself. I heard my mother’s nagging words clearly state that I was a simpleton with a limited vocabulary. I took it as a challenge and bought a dictionary. My pursuit of … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Cynthia Kraack
WHAT? Author and writer. I’ve written five novels, some speculative fiction and one literary. Before and during my publishing years, I’ve also been a freelance writer in the interactive niche, designing business simulation games and creating content for consumer websites. WHY? I’ve been a corporate professional because that was easy. I sing because music is like air. I have come to understand I … [Read more...]
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