First and Foremost (if you're reading this) How are you? How are you coping? Is your family well? Hopefully these "Unprecedented" (the buzz-word of 2020) times find you well physically, mentally, and emotionally. For anyone old enough to remember the 1983 television film "The Day After" to some extent we are finally living (to some degree) all those 1980s dystopian films in the form of COVID-19. Who knew that salt wouldn't be the most coveted resource in our new post-apocalyptic era...it was always toilet paper! Not to make light of such an awful situation but if you lose your sense of humor what else do you have left? So this is my first blog and a somewhat "re-booted" version of my author platform.
I can't even articulate how profoundly tedious the endeavor of creating an author platform has been given my aversion to being a public individual now being the father of two children (really its my lack of how the hell to use the damn site) and the fact that I didn't want to work so hard on something no one would visit...but alas, I am trying to get better. Why? Well, I am currently awaiting the publication of my first novel. Its pretty exciting, but also because this shelter in place quarantine has afforded me opportunities to indulge in new hobbies and discover amazing films, songs, and moments that are manifesting out of all this uncertainty and frustration. So, this is my official second first blog for this site. I don't know how diligent I will be about it but several things started happening around the tail of 2019 (before this crisis unfolded). I published my first short story. "The B.K.R. Killer" I have also been published in The Penman Review, Terror House Magazine, and most recently in Better Than Starbucks Shameless self promotion aside? Being a stay at home dad going on two years now? I know how important connection and communication with the outside world truly is. Thankfully, we have that in spades these days but despite our immediate accessibility to so many people and so much information? Sometimes it can be both overwhelming and the stuff we allow ourselves to be inundated with can exacerbate our already frail psyche. The idea is to make this blog something personal but also something beneficial as we ride out both this pandemic and I get to the final stages of my first novel being published. I woke up this morning to an e-mail that someone had reached out through this website to me to tell me they saw my poem in Better Than Starbucks. To this individual? I literally didn't think anyone would actually follow that link to this page, I also didn't expect to get a friendly hello from them. So, I guess that's my motivation to getting back on this thing. So what the hell will I write about? Depends, I still have a rather guarded relationship with the internet because of my kids. However, I have become obsessed with my recent Polaroid/Social Distance Photography hobby. I have subscriptions to the WWE Network, Shudder, and the Criterion Channel, and I am always looking for new podcasts to listen to. So again, welcome. I am Eddie Brophy (poet and author) and if you're curious about the stuff I write or the kinds of things I enjoy? Here is where you'll find it! I look forward to joining you in the trenches during this ordeal and when its finally over? I am looking forward to sharing how much more we appreciate life after living in fear. Take care of yourselves. We're going to get through this.
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