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The purpose of the Writers4Higher blog: to feature authors in a new light, a fresh look at the way writers use their talents and life energies to uplift humankind. Writers4Higher doesn’t promote religious or political views. Authors are asked to answer three simple questions: simple, yet complex.
This issue, Writers4Higher features
Stephen Wetta
Hi, Stephen. Welcome to the Writers4Higher family!
1. Tell me about yourself. Your book(s), your life, your inspiration.
My life is the usual human mess, and I've made it worse by
wanting to write books. I have no grand plan as a writer, I simply put things
down as they come to me.
I grew up in Richmond without making any mark on the town,
and I moved to NYC when I was in my thirties. I did in New York what most
people do: worked and struggled and pretended to be involved in interesting
things. I wrote a novel about 1950s rock and roll and tried to sell it and
almost did. I got a Ph.D. and began to teach and somehow that became my career.
To my surprise, Amy Einhorn agreed to publish another novel I wrote (called If
Jack's in Love), which has sold modestly and gotten some good reviews. It
won the 2011 Willie Mitchell Award for Southern Fiction.
2. Where do you see your writing taking you in the future?
I have several novels on my hard drive. One involves a
hostage situation, a Louisiana hurricane, William Blake and Old Testament
prophecy. My rockabilly novel still stands: I've rewritten it, and I hope that
it (and my Louisiana hurricane novel) will some day see the light of day. At
the moment I'm attempting a narrative set in Brooklyn, although I'm not sure
I'm committed to it.
3. How do you use your talents/time to help others?
I can't say I see myself as being much of a help to anyone. With my 57-year-old back I can't even help others lift furniture. The best I can do now is serve as a cautionary tale for young people.
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