After college, I realized a dream by touring the country in an old Dodge van, making heartfelt original noise with a DIY punk rock band, selling enough of our CDs and t-shirts along the way to keep gas in the tank and a little fast food in our bellies as we managed to see much of the country, coast to coast.
After that, in graduate school, I taught a college-level writing course, led a team of grad-student tutors in the University Writing Center, published my research-based writing in academic books and journals and presented it at conferences nationwide. After earning my MA in English, I worked as a barn-hauling, barn-repossessing truck driver across the rural south before my professional writing career began in 2010.
In 2016, I self-published a darkly comic memoir about these indelible early working experiences and more, reflecting on my initial struggles to convert a liberal arts education into a meaningful career. It got some good reviews and won some indie awards but remained pretty far below the radar, just like my music always had.
I’m a voracious reader and a film nut who occasionally blogs about one or the other. Learn more at my MEMOIR & BLOG site.
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Cheers,
Chris