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Hello Cliff! I'll just tack mine on to this thread to avoid multiple introduction threads but let me know if I should move it. I am author of The Doctor's Daughter, historical fiction set in 1860 Nashville, where I have lived my adult life after growing up in Knoxville. Hey y'all! ;)
Hey Y'all, nice to meet you. I'm outside Knoxville in retirement now and will probably be here for the rest of my life very beautiful here in the mountains. I like Nashville too but this was where the wife had spent many long summers as a child and wanted to return. So is your book a civil war book? a historical romance or ? I know from my limited reading about the civil war that Nashville was quite a hot spot. A hard fought over location because of the Cumberland River and some tales of the bordello's in the cities red light district that the Union soldiers took full advantage of. Thanks for the intro and I look forward to further conversation. Oh by the way, I write action adventure thrillers and mystery suspense thrillers-got to have a trill. Author Cliff Roberts
Sounds like you have led quite a varied life. I have always heard the ones that survive are the ones that can adapt to change.My book is focused on the people in the city and how the war affected them but is not a military book. It has lots of antebellum law and medicine and some laughs along the way. And, of course, there is a murder mystery. I know exactly what you are talking about with the soldiers!
About me, yes, it’s all about me:I spent over twenty years as a Technical Writer and manager, I am a published songwriter and have written subject matter articles. I am currently working on an unpublished novel The High Water Mark and is currently working on his second The Last Man Standing. I have a pile of notes that will become Tullahoma Mud. Born in Augusta Georgia, a graduate of Georgia Southern University and grew up a military brat. I have had a variety of employment and life experiences. My passion is historical fiction and the research this genre involves. My influences include Hunter S. Thompson, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, H.L.M. Mencken, Bill Bryson, Jon Meacham and the public library. I love the history of the weird and other mostly unknown facts. I currently lives in Tullahoma, Tennessee and goes by the name Hal, although the sheriff calls me Mr. James H. Bird. So when hear that name I’m usually in big trouble.
In no particular order, I like to read, cook, play music, write, learn and erudite conversation. I have worked shoulder to shoulder with laborers, artisans, thieves, government officials, shadowy people, racers, mechanics, chefs, professionals, happy idiots, and serious neurotics. I have worked as a ranch hand, dirt bike racer, library assistant, mover, truck driver, salesman, analyst, paralegal, manager of the weird, hunter-gatherer, researcher, tech writer, marketer, chronicler of the strange, musician, songwriter, construction worker, elevation engineer, cook, sex critic and keeper of the key. Some of these jobs I made many hard dollars, some nearly cost me my life, some rendered me disabled and others printed an indubitable mark on my troubled mind.
I also suffer from a bad case of tongue in cheek disease.
You can hunt me down here:
http://www.facebook.com/JamesHBirdWriter
Where 5 million adoring fans hang on to my every word. I am also on Google+, and LinkedIn.
You can send money here: jamesbird4@aol.com. Don’t tell my ex-wife, I think she’s looking for me.
Now let’s have some fun!
Hi, I am a writer from Concord, NC. I work full-time as a legal assistant and write in what little free time I have. I have a self-published suspense novella out and am working on a contemporary romance book. Nice to "meet" everyone.
I'll just be giving the short version of my bio tonight but over time I'll share a lot more.
I grew up in suburban Detroit and has since lived in several different states. From Maine to California to Texas to Florida to Tennessee, I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to experience a wide spectrum of American life. I have worked as many different careers as he has places he’s lived. I’ve been an employee, business owner, award winning salesman in two fields, a Politian and now an author. For a short time, I had the privilege to serve as the Township Supervisor/Safety Director in my adopted hometown in Michigan, where I had a successful career running a local refuse company and was elected to the post in the early nineteen nineties.
I married to my sweetheart, Donna and between us we have two daughters and six grandchildren. When I’m not writing, I’m busy exploring the mountains or painting one of a kind artwork or taking spectacular landscape photos which I’ve been known to sell along with other artwork at local flea markets and fairs.
With my foray into being a published author, I’m once again opening a new chapter in my life. I’ve reinvented himself several times as life has presented new challenges and writing is the latest and the greatest reinvention yet. I likes quotes and a couple of my favorites are;
“The most successful people in life are those who are good at plan B or in my case plan C, D, E, F, or G.” and
“Success is the river of life. Perseverance is the boat you sail upon it.”
Of course I wrote them both.
I’m a former business owner, award winning salesman, reformed politician and now
an author!
“The most successful people in life are those who are good at plan B
or in my case plan C, D, E, F, or G.”
My entire life I’ve had to continually reinvent myself time and again. With each new challenge, I’ve had to discover a new strength within myself to help me move on with life despite the circumstances that I’ve faced. It wasn’t always easy, but then, if success was easy everybody would be successful.
In conclusion, I leave a couple more of my quotes for your to ponder.
Books-What God Intended to fill the space between your ears!
Write what you know, write it with passion and set the world on fire with you dreams!
Thanks for inviting me and we'll talk again soon,
Author Cliff Roberts