"You're Probably from Holden, If...": Growing Up in A Vanishing New England
I live in East Hampton, Long Island, but spend at least as much time writing (and reading) as I do on our glorious beaches or in our art galleries, shops, and restaurants. I grew up on a farm in Holden, Massachusetts, but I've spent my career in New York City as a writer, publishing more than 100 articles, essays, and stories and helping foundations, museums, hospitals, schools, conservation organizations, and all sorts of other good causes with my writing talents. After a life-long love affair with poetry, I published my first book of poetry, "Touched By Its Rays," in 2008. "How Glad I Am for Man, Tonight" my second poetry book, published in 2013, comprises 77 poems I have written since then. My first novel, "The Price of Hannah Blake," was published in 2013, followed by a second novel, "The Lailly Worm," a suspense and action thriller, and, then, "O Human Child."  I also published a collection of short stories and highly personal essays, "Holidays Frightened My Father and Other Stories." I always have had a passion for stories with gripping plots driven by logic, with heroes and heroines fighting for their values and desires, and with settings and action and dialogue that carry me away to "the homeland of my soul." Nothing brings these elements together like a battle for justice, a struggle for love and the fulfillment of sexual passion, or the obsessive need to understand a mystery, a problem, a threat. I think you will find I am a stylist whose writing will be a pleasure to read--and will take you into places, characters, and the heart of action in a way that will make the pages fly by. I want to hear from you.  If you like my books, write a review. Brief is fine, sometimes better, but express yourself. And write to me anytime, and often, at WDonway@Gmail.com. Keep reading: To experience the world "as it might and ought to be" is the emotional fuel that keeps us all going, willing to fight for our values, seeking our happiness in life.