5500 Years From Home

In addition to the 250 plus Lyrical Pieces that I have written and received Copyright Protection from the Library Of Congress - I have, also, written a Novel (copyrighted but not Published) entitled 5500 Years From Home. I am currently working on a 2nd Book entitled The Island that I am about 1/2 the way towards completion, at this date.

I have decided to, occasionally, post excerpts from 5500 Years From Home in this Blog space.
Today, I begin with the pre-page About The Author. Enjoy !

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5500 YEARS FROM HOME

About the Author

I started this project in 1995 using an old Manual Typewriter.

After the first Chapter, I thought that I had bitten off more than I could chew and quit.

Then, in 1998, I picked it back up and gave it another go. After the second Chapter, I got angry that I had no technical knowledge of developing a storyline and quit, again.

Then, in January of 2008, I picked it back up one more time and completed it on March 31, 2008.

Let me say, right up front that I have a unique creative writing style. It’s not that I don’t know the Rules of Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation – it’s just that I make up my own, at times, to make my own point, clearly in my own style. For instance, the word family is all lower case BUT, if I’m talking about my Family – I’ll capitalize it. And if I want to draw heavy attention to certain subject words – I’ll capitalize them, as well .. or underline them. I use the hyphen, quite often (as you’ve seen) when a comma just doesn’t suit my expression. Also, I’ll use ( .. ) to have the Reader pause, longer, with me. And, I feel the parentheses is needed more than it’s given credit for. I have been known to capitalize an entire word, for emphasis. I may wish to have you stop and think about a point by ending a sentence with ( … ) instead of a period.

If you would like to contact me – you may, through my agent, at:

kozmiqquick@yahoo.com

LARRY CURTIS SPURLOCK