terrynelsonauthor

A loony writer viewing the looniness of the human race-with humor and love. The boring stuff: I have a degree in English Literature from Western Washington University. Wrote film reviews for ten years for a small town newspaper and a few freelance stories freelance news stories. I live in the Pacific Northwest with a cat who insists she is a zombie. Now the fun stuff: Since I was born the following has happened to me; my mother and I saw a UFO; my voice was recorded at the Washington State Performing Arts Center and used as a radio DJ in a play; I was a volunteer legislative aide for one year in the Washington State House of Representatives; I managed theatres; owned a bookstore; a brief memoir of mine was published in "Christmas Spirit" by St. Martins Press; I visited the homes of John Keats and Charles Dickens when I was in London (they weren't home); I stayed in the same hotel in London-though I did not know it at the time-where Jimi Hendrix died; I nearly severed a large vein or artery (how do you tell which is which) on the back of my hand with a broken dish I was washing at a friend's apartment in Goteborg, Sweden; while house sitting at Ocean Shores, Washington, a butcher knife fell out of a cupboard nearly slicing my finger off; I may have met the Manson Family one month before the Tate-La Bianca murders; I was stranded in Esbjerg, Denmark, without money; I am descended from two Danish Squires; I am a Strat-o-matic fanatic; I learned when living on North Cherokee in Hollywood, that across the street on the next block was one of the places where "The Black Dahlia" lived; I owe Rick Barry, NBA Hall of Famer, an apology; I heard Anthony Burgess, author of "Clockwork Orange" tell a lie-and I was reasonably disheartened; I could go on, but I have to stop sometime.