J.E. Rosser interview
AUTHOR INTERVIEW
A little introduction:
Reading is a family tradition for me influenced by my father. He was a working class guy always researching books and manuals on repairs—Mr. Fix It. Going to the library became a family tradition. I started reading the cartoon section of the newspaper sitting with him at kitchen table. I wanted to read well enough to discuss the news with him. At age 6, I got my first library card. Books have been a source of fascination for me starting with comic books.
When did your love of books begin?
Elementary school—First grade
When did you start to have the wish to become an author?
In college. I wrote the first 3 chapters, synopsis and cover letter as class project in Psychology 101. My Professor encouraged me to complete it as a novel.
How have you found the process for becoming an author?
I write because I read. You develop vocabulary and learn to spell by reading. Books have always been how I escape boredom. It helps to be comfortable with lonesome and alone to be a writer. Once you can write a good sentence and cohesive paragraph, then your imagination takes over. Always write about what moves you—there is no good or bad theme. Everything works if you can bring passion with observation and verbal reaction.
What would you say to those wanting to become an author?
Read. And read more. Practice gathering your thought with words. Read dictionaries. Diary, or letters to yourself are great beginnings. No one but you reads them. Don’t be afraid of yourself. What come out is YOU. Embrace it.
Tell us about your book/books:
My series of poetry books is titled, Rebirth of Free Verse. Each chapter is a sperate book: Society, Politics, Race, and Man Meets Woman. It cover decades of Social observation about culture of America. My poetry is influenced equally by journalism as literature. I call it journo-poetry
What do you love about the writing/reading community?
This is my first involvement with a writing community. But I would say: external encouragement is helpful but the fire burns from within. To develop as writer you have to write because nothing else in life moves you as much. No one is going to be there but you when the Muse comes knocking at 2:00 in the morning.
If you could say anything to your readers what would it be?
You have to read a poem more than once for it to resonate with you. If you don’t feel compelled to do so, then you just don’t get it. It doesn’t make you a bad reader or it a bad poem.
Where can people connect with you?
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