50 ratings | 0 reviews | avg rating:3.68

Rod Williams’s Followers (1)

Rod’s Bookshelves

to-read (8)
currently-reading (0)
read (50)

Rod Williams

Goodreads Author

Born

in Ozone Park, NY, The United States

Genre

Contemporary, Fiction

Influences

Ray Bradbury, John Irving, Louise Erdrich, James Lee Burke, Saul Bello ...more

Member Since

November 2014

edit data

Rod Williams has published poetry, short stories, essays, and music reviews over the past twenty years. In October 2014 he completed and self-published his first novel, "An Americana Singer for the Twenty-First Century." He's been a member of numerous writing groups, most recently the Unknown Writers of the Antelope Valley (California) and Professional Writers of Prescott (Arizona). He was the founder and host of the spoken word series, "That Literary Jam Thang" in Palmdale, CA and co-editor of an annual anthology featuring local authors of the Antelope Valley.

Rod has worked in the fields of mental health and adult literacy. He is Past President of the Southern California Library Literary Network (SCLLN) and "Write Often, Read Daily Antelop ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Rod Williams questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Rod Williams I'm lucky. I haven't had writer's block for the past twenty years; my bigger problem is making time for my writing. Everybody's different, but my one …moreI'm lucky. I haven't had writer's block for the past twenty years; my bigger problem is making time for my writing. Everybody's different, but my one piece of advice for folks suffering from writer's block is to let the story (or poem, or essay) cool off for a while, get out of the house, and go somewhere to hear other people talking. Go to a bar, or a church, or a club, or a city council meeting, or whatever. And listen. People love to talk and tell stories, and by getting out of your own head for a while, you can pick up new plotlines, speech cadences, colorful anecdotes, points-of-view, etc. Writing itself is a mostly solitary endeavor, but we don't write in a vacuum. If you're dealing with writer's block, you probably just need a bit of recharging.(less)

flag

like
Comment

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Rod Williams The best thing about being a writer, for me, is that rarest of times when I get into "the zone" and can write effortlessly, poetically, profoundly, co…moreThe best thing about being a writer, for me, is that rarest of times when I get into "the zone" and can write effortlessly, poetically, profoundly, comically for two or three pages (never for much more) without struggling over word choices or character consistencies or run-on sentences (like this one). That's freedom, that's synchronicity, that's Nirvana, that's call-it-what-you-will. I'm creating my own little universe and everything's flowing without me having to worry about the "craft" of it all. I'm doing it, not over-thinking it. I imagine it's the same feeling an a top basketball player might have when he just "can't miss," or when a baseball player gets hot. You ride the feeling as long as you can, without fretting over the fundamentals. (less)

flag