Being a writer on the show, Special Agent Timothy McGee needs to find a source of inspiration. McGee needs a source that allows him to base the characters and story lines on something other than his fellow team members. In his first book titled Deep Six he did just that. One place that could be a source of inspiration could be a reading series called Frequency North.
Now you may be wondering what Frequency North is ? It is a reading series that is held at The College of St. Rose. It is organized through the English department. During the year there are several installments. The first installment was held on October 8th. The first author who read was Peter Conners. He wrote a book titled: Growing up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead. Jessica Anthony was the second author to read. She wrote a book titled: The Convalescent.
I found both of the writers to be very influential. I liked the way they both used their experiences when deciding what they wanted to write about. I mean when you hear someone like Peter Conners who writes about their love of something in his case The Grateful Dead, it shows a lot of dedication and that inspires me. His enthusiasm was awe inspiring.
Jessica Anthony then reads from her book, in her book she writes about a guy who lives in a bus and sells meat from it, and all the experiences he goes through. At first I thought "selling meat out of a bus and living out of that bus...who does that" but as the reading goes on you see that the main character Rovar Akos Pfliegman has other experiences. Those experiences make the book a hilarious must read.
Both Peter Conners and Jessica Anthony have presented different ways of writing, along with different ways of deciding what to write. If you're an up and coming writer in need of inspiration, then go to an installment of Frequency North and be inspired. Who knows McGee might show up as well.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Will McGee Attend Frequency North?
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Do you have any links to these authors that did the reading? I wonder what you would say to the writer of NCIS if you got to have lunch with him...
ReplyDeleteI accidentally a Coca Cola bottle while reading this... Is this bad?
ReplyDeleteMaybe this McGee dude sold meat out of a bus at some point while listening to the Dead. We'll never know. Nice post--add some links! And commas,
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