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Monday, July 27, 2020

Kimberly Kurth Gray’s short story “Tidings of Comfort and Joyce” is #178 in the never-ending series called INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION

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****Kimberly Kurth Gray’s short story “Tidings of Comfort and Joyce” is #178 in the never-ending series called INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION where the Chris Rice Cooper Blog (CRC) focuses on one specific excerpt from a fiction genre and how that fiction writer wrote that specific excerpt. All INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION links are at the end of this piece

Name of fiction work? And were there other names you considered that you would like to share with us? The last short story I published was called Tidings of Comfort and Joyce. I knew I wanted my character’s name, Joyce, to be part of the title. I like the thought of substituting the name Joyce for joy in popular phrases and using them for the titles of my stories pertaining to her. Currently I’m working on one I’m calling Joyce to the World.

What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? Tidings of Comfort and Joyce took me about a week to write the story and get it together to my satisfaction.

Where did you do most of your writing for this fiction work? And please describe in detail. And can you please include a photo? This particular story was written while I was on a spring retreat with my Mindful Writers group.Three times a year we meet in Ligonier, Pennsylvania at a lodge(Above Right). We stay for a week and we each work on our projects. I write for about ten to twelve hours a day when on retreat. The lodge is quite large and there are usually twenty- two to twenty-four other writers with me. We have our own spot, but are all together in the great room.

What were your writing habits while writing this work- did you drink something as you wrote, listen to music, write in pen and paper, directly on laptop; specific time of day? Writing on retreat is different for me than writing in my home office.

I’m much more focused. I drink endless cups of coffee and snack on grapes, popcorn and peanut M&M’s. The room is quiet, no music or talking is allowed during writing times. That’s fine with me because I need silence when I write. I use a Moleskine notebook to develop my ideas and flesh out my story.

When I have all the details worked out I use my laptop to write the story out. On retreat we write nearly all day. At home I write for an hour in the morning as part of Ramona DeFelice’s Sprint Group, and then I write for another two – four hours in the late afternoon. I think more clearly after 2PM.

Please include just one excerpt and include page numbers as reference. This one excerpt can be as short or as long as you prefer. Here’s my excerpt. This is the first paragraph of my story which can be found in Over the River and Through the Woods anthology page 47.

“It was harder and harder to get arrested these days in Waverly Springs. I shifted the gear into drive, pushed my foot firmly on the gas pedal and plowed directly into the back of Chief Beau Garland’s brand new Ford Expedition.”

Why is this excerpt so emotional for you as a writer to write? And can you describe your own emotional experience of writing this specific excerpt? This was my introduction to Joyce Pine, a character I’d been imagining for a long time, but could never quite get the proper story for her. I was thrilled to find her a home, so to speak. Once I put her in that car, I knew exactly who she was and what she was capable of doing.

Were there any deletions from this excerpt that you can share with us? And can you please include a photo of your marked up rough drafts of this excerpt. This opening scene was exactly how I wrote it, I didn’t change a thing. The way it appears in the book is exactly the same.

Kimberly Kurth Gray is a short story writer and blogger. She has written as The Detective's Daughter for The Wicked Authors blog and now can be found writing her posts on Scenes from a Baltimore Kitchen and Getting Cozy:My Year Discovering Agatha Christie. She was a Hruska Fellowship finalist and a Wellstone Emerging Writer winner and also the 2009 recipient of the William F. Deeck/Malice Domestic grant for unpublished writers. She resides in Baltimore with her family and two dogs.

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003 11 23 2018 Janice Seagraves’s

Science Fiction Romance

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004 11 29 2018 Christian Fennell’s

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005 12 02 2018 Jessica Mathews’s

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Adult Paranormal

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“KILLER’S COUNTDOWN”

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“THE GEMINI EXPERIMENT”

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Lesbian Thriller

“TILL DARKNESS COMES”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/112-inside-emotion-of-fiction-till.html

#113 12 29 2019 Jo Wilde’s

Vampire Thriller

“THE CROSSING”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/113-inisde-emotion-of-fiction-crossing.html

#114 12 30 2019 Sam Richard’s

Short Story Collection of Weird and Transgressive

Horror

“To Wallow In Ash and Sorrows”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/114-inside-emotion-of-fiction-to-wallow.html

#115 12 31 2019 Duncan B Barlow’s

Literary Fiction Novel

“A DOG BETWEEN US”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/inside-emotion-of-fiction-dog-between.html

#116 01 02 2020 Allison Landa’s

Young Adult Novel

“BAD HAIR”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/116-inside-emotion-of-fiction-bad-hair.html

#117 01 03 2020 Pablo Medina’s

Literary Satire Novel

“THE CUBAN COMEDY”

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/117-inside-emotion-of-fiction-cuban.html

#118 01 06 2020 William Trent Pancoast’s

Historical/Literary Novel

“THE ROAD TO MATEWAN”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/118-inside-emotion-of-fiction-road-to.html

#119 01 07 2020 Jane Bernstein’s

Contemporary Novel

“The Face Tells the Secret”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/119-inside-emotion-of-fiction-face.html

#120 01 09 2020 Terry Kroenung’s

Young Adult, Historical and Fantasy

“Brimstone And Lily”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/120-inside-emotion-of-fiction-brimstone.html

#121 01 12 2020 Melissa Yi’s

Fiction Thriller

“GRAVEYARD SHIFT”

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/121-inside-emotion-of-fiction-melissa.html

#122 01 15 2020 Marcie R. Rendon’s

Crime Thriller

“GIRL GONE MISSING”

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/122-inside-emotion-of-fiction-girl-gone.html

#123 01 16 2020 Tori Eldridge’s

Multi Genre Novel

“THE NINJA DAUGHTER”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/123-inside-emotion-of-fiction-ninja.html

#124 01 17 2020 Kristen Joy Wilks’s

Christian Romantic Comedy

“YELLOWSTONE YONDERING”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/124

inside-emotion-of-fiction.html

#125 01 20 2020 Susan C. Shea’s

Cozy Mystery

“DRESSED FOR DEATH IN BURGUNDY”

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/125-inside-emotion-of-fiction-dressed.html

#126 01 22 2020 Phong Nguyen’s

Improvisational Fiction

“ROUDABOUT”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/126-inside-emotion-of-fiction.html

#127 01 23 2020 Kate Thornton’s

Mystery Short Story In Its Entirety

“Ai Witness”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/127-inside-emotion-of-fiction-ai.html

#128 01 24 2020 Phil McCarron’s

Semi Fictional Essays

“The Great Facepalm: The Farce of 21^st Century

Normality”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/128-inside-emotion-of-fiction-great.html

#129 01 27 2020 Kenneth Weene’s

Historicized Literary Fiction

“Red And White”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/129-inside-emotion-of-fiction-red-and.html

#130 01 28 2020 Graham Storrs’s

Science Fiction Thriller

“TimeSplash”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com

/2020/01/130-inside-emotion-of-fiction.html

#131 02 08 2020 Angela Slatter’s

Short Story “Terrible As An Army With Banners”

From her Short Story Collection THE BITTERWOOD BIBLE AND OTHER RECOUNTINGS

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/02/131-inside-emotion-of-fiction-terrible.html

#132 02 11 2020 Joan Joachim’s

Romance

Just One Kiss

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/02/132-inside-emotion-of-fiction-just-one.html

#133 02 16 2020 Kelsey Clifton’s

Science Fiction

A DAY OUT OF TIME

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/02/133-inside-emotion-of-fiction-day-out.html

#134 02 17 2020 Soraya M Lane’s

Women Historical Fiction

THE GIRLS OF PEARL HARBOR

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/02/134-inside-emotion-of-fiction-girls-of.html

#135 03 07 2020

Linked Fiction

BLEACHERS Fifty-Four Linked Fictions

By Joseph Mills

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/135-inside-emotion-of-fiction-bleachers.html

#136 03 15 2020

Science Fiction Romance

BLUE VISION

By Marie Lavender

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/136-inside-emotion-of-fiction-blue.html

#137 03 17 2020

Crime Fiction

12 Bullets

by O’Neil De Noux

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/137-inside-emotion-of-fiction-12.html

#138 03 18 2020

Flash Fiction Piece

Radical

by Kelle Grace Gaddis

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/138-inside-emotion-of-fiction-radical.html

#139 03 20 2020

Mystery

HERE BE MONSTERS

By Jamie Sheffield

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/139-inside-emotion-of-fiction-here-be.html

#140 03 21 2020

Character Driven Novel

UNBROKEN

By Jamie Lisa Forbes

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/140-inside-emotion-of-fiction-unbroken.html

#141 03 23 2020

Literary Murder Mystery

COLD COUNTRY

By Russell Rowland

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/141-inside-emotion-of-fiction-cold.html

#142 04 01 2020

Sci-Fi/Paranormal

SWEET SLEEP

By Kim Cormack

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/142-inside-emotion-of-fiction-sweet.html

#143 04 02 2020

Western Noir Short Story

“Night Rounds”

by James Reasoner

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/143-inside-emotion-of-fiction-night.html

#144 04 03 2020

Southern Fiction

LITTLE TEA

By Claire Fullerton

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/144-inside-emotion-of-fiction-little.html

#145 04 04 2020

Mainstream novel with elements of crime, mystery, and magic

THE FORGETTING FLOWER
by Karen Hugg

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/145-inside-emotion-of-fiction.html

#146 04 07 2020

Historical Fiction

MEDICIS DAUGHTER

by Sophie Perinot

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/146-inside-emotion-of-fiction-medicis.html

#147 04 08 2020

Dark Urban Fantasy with elements of Paranormal Romance

COVEN BORN

by Stephanie Reisner aka AUDREY BRICE

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/147-inside-emotion-of-fiction-coven.html

#148 04 13 2020

Mystery With A Fantasy Twist

DEATH LIVES IN THE WATER

By Shoshana Edwards

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/148-inside-emotion-of-fiction-death.html

#149 04 14 2020

Historical Fiction

ASHES

by Sharon Glogal Friedman

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/149-inside-emotion-of-fiction-ashes-by.html

#150 04 19 2020

Vampire Horror Novelette

Blood Thrasher: The Devil’s in the Metal

by Adam Messer

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/adam

messers-blood-thrasher-devils-in.html

#151 04 25 2020

Historical Fiction

Charis in the World of Wonders

by Marly Youmans

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/marly-youmans-charis-in-world-of.html

#152 04 29 2020

Historical Fiction

The Master of Verona

by David Blixt

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/david-blixts-master-of-verona-is-152-in.html

#153 04 30 2020

General Fiction (Family)

Bread Bags & Bullies: Surviving the 80s

by Steven Manchester

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/steven-manchesters-bread-bags-bullies.html

#154 05 01 2020

Adventure-Thriller/Horror

Into The Ashes

by Lee Murray

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/lee-murrays-into-ashes-is-154-in-never.html

#155 05 06 2020

Coming of Age/Crime Novel

All Things Left In The Wild

by James Wade

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/james-wades-all-things-left-in-wild-is.html

#156 05 10 2020

Paranormal Mystery

Southern Bound

by Stuart Jaffe

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/stuart-jaffes-southern-bound-is-156-in.html

#157 05 13 2020

Mystery/Crime Novel

Yardbird

By Mark Slade

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/mark-slades-yardbird-is-157-in-never.html

#158 05 15 2020

Horror/Crime Novel

Hotel Nowhere

By David E Adkins

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/david-e-adkinss-hotel-nowhere-is-158-in.html

#159 05 16 2020

Satire/Crime Novel

THE LYING BASTARD

by Clint Margrave

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/clint-margraves-lying-bastard-is-159-in.html

#160 05 19 2020

Southern Gothic Fiction

REVIVING THE HAWTHORN SISTERS

by Emily Carpenter

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/emily-carpenters-reviving-hawthorn.html

#161 05 21 2020

Women’s Domestic Life Fiction

MERCY HOUSE

by Alena Dillon

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/alena-dillons-mercy-house-is-161-in.html

#162 05 26 2020

Screenplay/Film

BEAST MODE

by Drew Fortune and Spain Willingham

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/drew-fortunes-and-spain-willinghams_26.html

#163 05 31 2020

Coming of Age/ Psychological Thriller

MY SISTER & OTHER LIARS

by Ruth Dugdall

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/ruth-dugdalls-my-sister-and-other-liars.html

#164 06 01 2020

Psychological Thriller

IN HARM’S WAY

by Owen Mullen

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/owen-mullens-in-harms-way-is-164-in.html

#165 06 02 2020

Small Town Short Story Collection

SNAPSHOT “Old Lady”

by Eliot Parker

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/eliot-parkers-old-lady-from-snapshots.html

#166 06 04 2020

Noir Crime Novel

SKIN OF TATTOOS

by Christina Hoag

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/christina-hoags-skin-of-tattoos-is-166.html

#167 06 06 2020

Coming of Age/Historical

THE ORPHAN COLLECTOR

by Ellen Marie Wiseman

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/ellen-marie-wisemans-orphan-collector.html

#168 06 08 2020

World War Two Historical Fiction

THE PRISONER’S WIFE

by Maggie Brookes

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/maggie-brookess-prisoners-wife-is-168.html

#169 06 09 2020

Novella

(about the 1960s,

Rolling Stones in their exile,

genocide, it’s survivors, and

people from places that no longer exist.)

BLUE COAST MYSTERY: ALMOST SOLVED

by Nick Sweeney

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/nick-sweeneys-blue-coast-mystery-almost.html

#170 06 11 2020

Family Life/Coming of Age Novel

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF SAME HELL

by Robert Dugoni

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/robert-dugonis-extraordinary-life-of.html

#171 06 26 2020

Women’s Divorce Fiction

QUEEN OF THE OWLS

by Barbara Linn Probst

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/barbara-linn-probsts-queen-of-owls-is.html

#172 07 01 2020

Short Story “The Belindas” from the Short Story Collection LOVE WAR STORIES

By Ivelisse Rodriguez

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/ivelisse-rodriguezs-short-story.html

#173 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

07 04 2020

Organized Crime Thriller

BLUES IN THE DARK

by Raymond Benson

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/raymond-bensons-blues-in-dark-is-173-in.html

#174 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

07 08 2020

Contemporary Literature & Fiction

THE ESCAPE OF MALCOLM POE

by Allison Burnett

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/allison-burnetts-escape-of-malcolm-poe.html

#175 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

07 09 2020

Horror Novella

TERMINUS STATION

by Jeff Lyons

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/jeff-lyonss-terminus-station-is-175-in.html

#176 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

07 12 2020

20^th Century Historical Romance

“The Bootlegger’s Wife”

by Denise Devine

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/chris-rice-cooper-blog-176-inside.html

#177 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

07 24 2020

Literary Fiction Novel

“What Drives Men”

by Susan Tepper

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/susan-teppers-what-drives-men-is-177-in.html

#178 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

07 27 2020

Short story

“Tidings of Comfort and Joyce”

by Kimberly Kurth Gray

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/kimberly-kurth-grays-short-story.html

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Jim Landwehr’s "Dirty Shirt: a boundary waters memoir" is #004 in the never-ending series called THE MAGNIFICATION OF ONE MEMORY IN MEMOIR

Chris Rice Cooper

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****Jim Landwehr’s "Dirty Shirt: a boundary waters memoir" is #004 in the never-ending series called THE MAGNIFICATION OF ONE MEMORY IN MEMOIR. All THE MAGNIFICATION OF ONE MEMORY IN MEMOIR links are at the end of this piece.

Name of memoir? And were there other names you considered that you would like to share with us? Dirty Shirt: a boundary waters memoir. This was such a good name, recommended by a fellow writing colleague, that no other names really came into play.

Has this been published? If yes, what publisher and what publication date? Yes. Electio Publishing. June 16, 2014

https://electio

publishing.ecwid.com

/Dirty-Shirt-A-Boundary-Waters-Memoir-Paperback-p37056858

What is the description of this memoir? Jim Landwehr and his brothers (Right) pursue their love of the outdoors by tackling some of the country's most remote terrain, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

While encountering crazed loons, widow-making portages, and temperamental automobiles, they also discover more about each other and their long-deceased father. (Left) In recent years, with a desire to instill their love of the area into their own children, they include them in their voyages, and the legacy continues. Their exploits are woven throughout with humor,
emotion, and warmth.

What is the date you began writing this memoir and the date when you completed the memoir? I began writing these stories down as part of a writing workshop in 2009. I finished the book in 2014.

Where did you do most of your writing for this memoir? And please describe in detail. Much of this book was written in a notebook and then transcribed with a laptop. I did most of my writing from my favorite chair in my living room. As I’ve progressed in my writing, I use the laptop almost exclusively. When I tire of that, I’ll handwrite a story and transcribe.

What were your writing habits while writing this memoir- did you drink something as you wrote, listen to music, write in pen and paper, directly on laptop; specific time of day? I am a discipline nut, so am faithful about my writing time. I have developed the concept of “anchor time,” which means I dedicate 2-3 hours every Saturday to writing. Before the pandemic, I usually spent this time at a favorite coffee shop with a large cup of afternoon coffee and a cinnamon roll, or sometimes at the local library, with coffee/seltzer and a granola bar.

My wife has been supportive of this time and realizes how much it means to me. I also write during the week, as I can, but if I don’t get to it I know that at a minimum, I got my anchor time in. It is a large part of my success. (Above Right: Jim with wife Donna in December 0f 2019)

I credited my second memoir in part to the music of Pink Floyd. Their album Division Bell fueled the writing of that book, and is still part of my writing playlist.

How do you define memoir? And what makes memoir different from an autobiography? Memoir is a nonfiction account of personal, life experiences by the author. It is a recreation of an approximation – so to speak.

Some of my memoir took place over 40 years ago, but I remember many of the details vividly. People often say, “How do you remember these things? I can’t even remember 5 years ago.” It is my sincere belief that good writers have a gift for noticing details and how they see life. Of course, fact checking is essential to a factual memoir, so I do a fair amount of that.

As far as the differences, I think an autobiography spans a person’s entire life. Memoir can be a snippet out of that entirety. In my case, I use humor to tell the story of particular periods of my life that stood out as formative, adventurous, or memorable.

Out of all the specific memories you write about in this memoir, which ONE MEMORY was the most emotional for you to write about? And can you share that specific excerpt with us here. The excerpt can be as short or as long as you prefer, and please provide page numbers as reference. It would have to be the scene where we sprinkled my brother’s ashes on a lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on the Father’s day after he lost his fight with cancer.
His daughter Alison was there and it was a sacred moment between all of us present. It chokes me up every time I think about that day. Here’s the excerpt.

There was one more task that needed to be accomplished before we left. I reached into my pocket and pulled out the small Ziploc bag with “Rob’s Ashes” written on it in marker.

“Okay everybody, we’re going to sprinkle Rob’s ashes now. Alison has requested that everyone sprinkle a little portion, but I think it’s only right, with today being Father’s Day, that she go first,” I said to the group.

Alison came over and held out her hand as I grabbed a handful of the coarse, white ashes and put them into it. Alison stepped out onto what we jokingly called “contemplation rock,” paused for a minute, and then tossed the ashes over the water. No one spoke. This was a moment between father and daughter, as the holiday was meant to be. I cannot begin to fathom what emotions were going through her at the time, but she faced them with strength and courage.

I continued on in the same way to the next person, and the next. Not much was said during these moments. Everyone spread his ashes over the water except for Tom, who sprinkled his portion around a nearby tree, saying Rob would like a good place to camp. The kids were reverent and respectful the whole time. It was clear they understood the event’s significance to Alison as well as them. In a weekend jammed with adolescent craziness and the rattle and hum of teenage energy, the mood at the moment was nothing short of spiritual.

With the last portion of the ashes left for me, I walked over to the rock. I climbed out onto it, grabbed the baggie by the bottom seam, threw the ashes to the wind and said, “Love ya, bro!” The ashes rained out over the water, leaving a long, linear translucent sheen on the surface. No one spoke for probably ten seconds. It seemed an eternity. We were all caught up in the magnitude of the moment and were collectively speechless. It was moving and powerful. We, seven people Rob held dear to his heart, were spending time together and making memories in a place very special to him—the Boundary Waters. This trip was not a goodbye but rather a reminder that we will return . . . and he will be right there with us.

Can you describe the step-by-step process of writing about this ONE MEMORY? I was in the process of writing the memoir when we took the trip, so made it a point to be ultra-observant of the events of that day. Events of this magnitude get burned into people’s memory, so recalling it wasn’t difficult. It was just the combination of Father’s Day, his daughter’s presence, two of his brothers, and the sacred place known as the BWCA that made the whole thing magnificently sad, yet powerful,

Were there any deletions from this excerpt that you can share with us? None that come to mind. Most of my edits are lost forever. LOL. Sorry!

Other works you have published? I have one other memoir titled, The Portland House: A '70s Memoir about the house my single parent mother raised me and my five siblings. It was published in 2018 and took 4 years to write.

I also have five published books of poetry, Thoughts from a Line at the DMV, Genetically Speaking, Reciting from Memory, Written Life, and On a Road. Memoir is my first love and poetry is my mistress. I think poetry helps you become a better writer overall, but that's just me.

Anything you would like to add? People ask if you had to give one reason why you write, what would it be? My reply is that, because I can’t imagine not writing. My only regret is that I waited until my late 40’s to start doing it seriously. I’ve been writing furiously ever since in an attempt to make up for lost time.

Also, none of writing is about the money for me. It is for the love of the craft. One person telling me that my writing impacted them is worth more than a lot of royalties. But don’t get me wrong, the money helps. Ha!

Jim Landwehr is a twenty-first century cartographer and Renaissance man. In between his day job that keeps the lights on and the creditors at bay, he walks his dog, takes an occasional bike ride and scribbles out books and poetry.

Next to his wife and his two above average children, his seven books, Dirty Shirt, The Portland House, Thoughts from a Line at the DMV, Genetically Speaking, On A Road, Reciting From Memory and Written Life are his biggest pride and joys. He’s working towards a Pulitzer, but at the moment would settle for a few good Amazon Reviews and a little beer money.

E-Mail: jimlandwehr@att.net

Web: http://jimlandwehr.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jim.landwehr.31

Twitter: @jimlandwehr61

THE MAGNIFICATION OF ONE MEMORY IN MEMOIR links

001

03 18 2020

“Two Minus One”

by Kathryn Taylor

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/001-magnification-of-one-memory-in.html

002

03 19 2020