I guess what I want from my writing is to give readers a chance to confront a new set of characters and not the unique, but the unexpected, story that allows him or her to think about issues in their lives in a different way. To give the reader a ride that they wouldn't necessarily have taken otherwise. Or, with apologies to Rober Frost, a road less travelled by.
What do you think about that? I'd like to know, so post a comment. And Christmas is coming. Download this book for free or order a copy.
Writing is to me an entrepreneurial actifity. For my entrepreneuship blog, click on www.hatman2.blogspot.com and for entrepreneurial real estate on www.yourstopforrealestate.com/blog.
Friday, November 7, 2008
What is to be Done? and the Reader
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What is to be done?
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Author Profile:
Tim was a market and survey research consultant from 1983 to 2000 and a smoking cessation researcher from 2000 to 2003. His consulting practice focused primarily on conducting community health needs assessment. He authored hundreds of market research reports and published a number of his assessments in Community Health Needs Assessment published by McGraw Hill in 1996 and in a revised volume published in 1999. In 2000 he joined the staff of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he conducted smoking cessation research. He published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and spoke at national smoking cessation conferences.
In 2003 he moved to Philadelphia and earned his real estate license. He now practices real estate, works on publishing his novels, and studies and teaches entrepreneurship.Tim has written a dozen novel-length stories, a volume of short stories, and about a 3-foot stack of pages poetry. He is currently working on earning his 4th million in real estate sales, publishing his novels, and working on an entrepreneurish handbook as a support for his students.
Tim is a trained violist and an experienced string quartet player. He is an avid listener to classical music and regularly attends classical music concerts. He has two grown children by his first wife and a stepdaughter with his second wife. He likes to cook, read, write, entertain, develop relationships, and help other people. Formerly Tim used to travel frequently. He doesn't so much anymore. Now he regards the combination of real estate practice, writing and publishing, and the teaching and studying of entrepreneurship as enough of a trip.