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The Storytellers (Part XIV) – An Interview with Author James Hankins . . .

June 17, 2016A. Keith Carreiro2 commentsCreativity, inspiration, James Hankins, self-publishing, Storytelling, writing

Author James Hankins being interviewed in September 2015 about his thriller story The Prettiest One for Kindle Most Wanted, Amazon’s community for fans, mysteries and suspense novels. (Photo permission and courtesy of James Hankins.)   This blog post is the second of a two–part interview with author James Hankins. Following the format I used last…

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The Storytellers (Part XIII) – An Interview with Author James Hankins . . .

June 10, 2016A. Keith Carreiro4 commentsGreg Iles, inspiration, James Hankins, self-publishing, Storytelling, writing

–Author James Hankins. (Photo permission and courtesy of James Hankins.)   My wife Carolyn is a voracious reader.  She lately has pored through all five of James Hankins’ novels. “You’ve got to read this author,” she kept telling me. “Well, why do you like him so much?” I asked her recently. “His stories have a…

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Prepping a Garden = Preparing to Publish . . .

June 3, 2016A. Keith CarreiroGardening, inspiration, writing

Prepping the Vegetable Garden. (Credit: photo by Keith Carreiro, June 2016, Swansea, Massachusetts.)   The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.  — Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath   I thought that once my college classes were over for the spring semester the time, formerly spent in preparing classes, getting there and back,…

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The Storytellers (Part XII) – An Interview with “Storyman” David Estes . . .

May 26, 2016A. Keith Carreiro4 commentsChristopher Paolini, David Estes, Dean Koontz, Fiction Writing, George R. R. Martin, Hugh Howey, inspiration, Neil Shusterman, Self-Confidence, Storytelling, writing

Author David Estes: “Signing books with Bailey the cat—in this one I’m signing hundreds of bookmarks ahead of a Library book signing event. Our cat, Bailey, is ‘helping,’ which basically consists of her hitting all the bookmarks off the table.” (Photo permission and courtesy of David Estes. Credit: Photo by Adele Estes, June 21, 2014,…

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The Storytellers (Part XI) – An Interview with “Storyman” David Estes . . .

May 20, 2016A. Keith Carreiro4 commentsDavid Estes, Dean Koontz, Fiction Writing, inspiration, Libba Bray, Neil Shusterman, Patrick Ness, Self-Confidence, Storytelling, writing

Author David Estes: “First copy of The Moon Dwellers – this is me holding the very first copy of The Moon Dwellers, the book that changed my life!” (Photo permission and courtesy of David Estes. Credit: Photo by Adele Estes, July 15, 2012, taken on the North Shore of Hawaii).   It’s been great speaking…

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Framing a House = Building a Story . . .

May 12, 2016A. Keith Carreiro1 commentArtistry, Craftsmanship, inspiration, Literary Arts & Building Trades, Love of Writing, Novel Writing

Keith Pedro, of Keith & David Home Improvements (Falmouth, MA), is rocking out the roof framing of a local green home† he is building. (Credit: Keith Carreiro, May 2016.)   Fiction is the truth inside the lie. — Stephen King   I have been thinking how writing a novel, especially one that is the basis…

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Unblocking a Long Term Writer’s Block . . .

May 5, 2016A. Keith Carreiro2 commentsFiction Writing, Genesis of a Story, inspiration, Prewriting Strategies, Unblocking Writer's Block, Writer's Block, writing, Writing Strategies

Raindrops falling onto the Surface of a Pond. (Credit: Keith Carreiro, May 2016.) We are having a lot of rainy, gray weather in our area lately, as the leading photo to this blog post visually attests. It seems that we have gone from a very mild winter, especially in contrast to the one the year…

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The Storytellers (Part X) . . .

April 14, 2016A. Keith Carreiro10 commentsCarolyn Carreiro, Folk Music, guitar playing, inspiration, Music Performance, Performing Arts, Singing, Songwriting, Storytelling

Carolyn Carreiro (c. 1975)   When you write a song you need an acoustic guitar, a dreadnought, to compose it. — Carolyn Carreiro The most beautiful singer I have ever known is Carolyn Carreiro. I make this claim not only as her husband, but as her most ardent fan. I have known her since 1988…

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The Storytellers (Part IX) . . .

April 7, 2016A. Keith Carreiro4 commentsArtistry, Creativity, Guitar Mastery, inspiration, Jazz Guitar, Lenny Breau, Performance Skill, Storytelling

Leonard Harold “Lenny” Breau (Photo courtesy and permission of Art of Life Records.†)   Lenny, how would you describe your music? In what terms? Well, if I had to say something fast, I have to say, “It’s just music.” You see? But it’s a combination of all the different kinds of music that I learned—all…

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The Storytellers (Part VIII) . . .

March 31, 2016A. Keith CarreiroCastlebay, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Folk Music, Fred Gosbee, inspiration, Irish & Scottish Music, Julia Lane, Luthier, Nick Appollonio, Performing Arts, Storytelling, writing

Castlebay: Fred Gosbee and Julia Lane in Library Park, Bath, Maine. Credit: Martin Kummer. (Photo permission and courtesy of Castlebay.)   Fred Gosbee grew up, fittingly, in Harmony, Maine. He was immersed from the day he was conceived in the traditional music of his family, whose elder members played and sang Irish and Scottish songs….

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