I’m writing a story about a hobo named Cowboy, a twenty-year-old full of agitation and wanderlust—who leaves behind his turbulent childhood to ride freight trains across the country in the 1980s and 90s. He’s seeking freedom and adventure and finds instead self-destructive cycles of addiction, depression, and prison. The story is inspired by my brother, who self-identifies as a hobo….
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Interviewing myself here as if my local bookstore was profiling me and asking about my favorite authors and books. It’s good to practice things like this, for when I’m a published author, right?
Bart’s Books in Ojai, California was an unexpected find and treasure of a bookstore. Bart’s claims to be the world’s largest outdoor bookstore and “believes there is a book for everyone.”
When traveling, after finding a grocery store and coffee shop, a bookstore or library are usually next on my list, and I was pleased to find The Book Den in Santa Barbara, California.
The Raven BookStore was founded in 1987 in Lawrence, Kansas, where I attended college. While my first visit was too long ago to remember the specifics, I’m sure I was drawn to…