Hello Readers,
and thank you for stopping by! As you already know, from 5/3/20 to 6/7/20 I changed things up a bit. In addition to my weekly Wednesday post, I played hostess to one of my fellow authors, as well as be a guest on their blogs. Thank you for stopping by one more time, and learn a little bit more about this fantastic wordsmith and his wonderful writings. You won't want to miss the fun!
Without further ado, I'm pleased to introduce to you my guest this week, fellow author Christopher Bremicker!
Christopher G. Bremicker was a Green Beret medic stationed
at Ft. Bragg NC from 1968 to 1970. He has a BA in English and a Master’s in
Business Administration, both from the University of Minnesota. He is a
newspaperman, downhill skier, and grouse hunter. He plays handball and reviews
theater. He is a sales associate at Walgreen’s in St. Paul, MN, his forty-sixth
job since high school. His hometown is Cable, WI. He has won awards from Veterans
Voices Writing Project Inc. from the VFW, and the American Legion.
Blog URL: www.livingwellwhilementallyill.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cbremicker
YouTube: https://youtu.be/hnmfAK9L0qQ
About Song for My Baby and Other Stories
Publication date: June 16, 2020
Publisher: Unsolicited Press
Genre: Hybrid, fiction, nonfiction, memoir
Song for My Baby and Other Stories is best
described as a work with great variety. What begins with the sudden demise of a
father on a hunting trip, transforms into a collection that deals with mental
illness, hitting bottom, and an appreciation for those who stick around in the
worst of times. Bremicker takes readers for a ride with no degree of certainty.
From a high stakes golf game to pay off a son’s cocaine debt, a dating service
that results in twelve dates in twelve months, a kidney transplant, a heart
attack, a relapse on alcohol, to years in and out of psych wards and veterans’
homes, the book shifts gears from story to story.
Buy the book: Song for My Baby and Other Stories
Unsolicited Press: www.unsolicitedpress.com
Interview with Christopher
G. Bremicker
What does the act of
writing bring into your life? Why do you want to write?
I don’t want to write. I can’t help it. At a dinner party,
James Thurber’s wife looked at him and told him to stop writing. I’m like that.
I do it subconsciously.
Do you have a
favorite writing space or a place you go to for inspiration?
I need to be around people to write, like a coffee shop or
the community room in my hi-rise. Many writers like to write in solitude. I
can’t stand it. I draw energy from a crowd and concentrate better when there’s
commotion.
Do you have any
writing totems? Superstitions? Strange routines?
I never talk about work in progress. It’s bad luck and
invariably kills the story and the creative juices. I won’t even tell my
psychologist. I’ve experimented with this theory and it’s true. I keep my mouth
shut.
What is your most
recent book and what inspired it?
Song for My Baby and
Other Stories—inspired by my recovery from a heart attack and mental
illness. It is a compilation of stories that a Dutch journalist and friend of
mine liked. He was knighted by the Queen of Holland for his work also as a
literary critic and his judgment is impeccable. I am highly prolific, and the
book is my best stuff.
What is the message of your book? What do
you want readers to come away with after they read your book?
Mental illness can
be overcome with hobbies that give a person a life worth living. You’re living
in Hell, might as well enjoy it and have something to look back on, if you ever
make it to a semblance of health.
Tell us an
interesting fact or hidden secret about one of the characters that we wouldn’t
know by reading the book.
The greatest handball player in the world is me. I’m the
worst player in our handball league but have the greatest of the game’s
personality. Booze, women, and cigarettes, although I quit all three.
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