Gamma Radiation? No. It Was Gumbo

Sometimes, folks ask me, “Ken Wheaton, what is the Ken Wheaton origin story? How did you get from mild-mannered Louisiana boy to a fully-fledged Ragin Writer?”

Note: No one has ever asked me that.

Still, Octavia Books — WHERE I WILL BE APPEARING THURSDAY OCT. 2 at 6 p.m. — asked me to write a guest post for their blog. So I did. And, as one friend pointed out, it is an origin story. Perhaps one not as dramatic as Spiderman’s or The Hulk’s, but it’s an origin story all the same. So go read it.

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