Writing my short story “The Western Trip”
All the hard work is worth it if you can create a great work of art and still enjoy a morning cappuccino while you’re at it.
Writing my short story “The Man Who Invented the Computer
Back to my first love, writing short stories. This one was a joy to write. Doing proofreading in my favorite cafe is a great way to start off the day.
Reading my professor Jesse Hill Ford’s book THE RAIDER
I took a literature class from Jesse at the University of Rochester during my senior year and it really impacted my decision to become a writer. He was working on THE RAIDER while he was teaching us. Jesse is a lot like Faulkner or Flannery O’Connor. He’s one of the greats. Some of Jesse’s other books, and a book about him, lie on the table.
Manuscript page for my short story “The Man Who Invented the Computer”
Just in case you thought writing was easy…it is extremely complex…pacing, choice of words, etc. Manuscript page Copyright © 2019 Mathew Tekulsky. Leonard Cohen in a documentary said he went to music to avoid the blank page of writing novels. I can understand that but I’m not a songwriter.
My professor Jesse Hill Ford wrote this novel
It’s called THE RAIDER and he was working on it while he taught me English literature at the University of Rochester. I hope to carry on the tradition with my literary career.
With my mother and Hemingway’s short stories
Mom (at right) was an English major in college and we had bookshelves of classics in our house when I was a kid. I guess something rubbed off on me. Now, about to have my first novel published (The Martin Luther King Mitzvah, from Fitzroy Books in 2018), I look back on my early days of reading the great master Hemingway. Maybe some of his talent rubbed of on me as well. I hope so.
