Newspaper guy turned author

Vince Vawter

Finding my voice. Telling my stories.

Vince Vawter

Finding my voice. Telling my stories.

 Newspaper guy turned author

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The Story Behind PAPERBOY, THE MUSICAL
The Story Behind PAPERBOY, THE MUSICAL

My best friend from my days at Rhodes College (known as “Southwestern” at Memphis back in the day) is John Verlenden, a writer, poet, translator and retired as a tenured professor of rhetoric at the American University in Cairo....

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Four reasons I like the Japanese cover for COPYBOY
Four reasons I like the Japanese cover for COPYBOY

Designing book covers is an art that would appear uncomplicated at first glance, but look at it another way: how do you tell a 60,000-word story with one image?I just received four copies of the Japanese edition of COPYBOY from its publisher, Iwanami Shoten of Tokyo....

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The reason I’m giving away my books on writing
The reason I’m giving away my books on writing

I have donated my collection of books on writing to my local library. Why? We will get to that.The books were gathered over a period of 40 years or so. I didn’t publish my first novel until 2013, but I cannot recall a time I didn’t think about telling my stories on...

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