A WHIFF OF MEMORY CAN SEND YOUR MIND BACK IN TIME
August 12, 2013
By Olivene Godfrey
Just a whiff of memory can send your mind back in time. That happened to me this past weekend. Son, Barry and I were talking about the recent sale of my novel, "Seasons" and he said when he was a kid, he thought everyone's mother was a writer. He asked when I knew I was a writer. I told him it seems to me that I was born with story plots that just come to me.
Before I learned to read, my daddy, bless him, read the "funnies" in the newspaper to me. After I learned to read, I read the daily newspaper every day. Once, when my parents set up a budget to try to save some money, daddy canceled the delivery of the paper. I was usually a good natured child. But, when I discovered the newspaper had been canceled, I threw an awful tantrum, upsetting daddy so much, he started taking the paper again. During those early years, my love affair with newspapers began.
At the age of nine, I wrote, produced and directed a play for the neighborhood children to perform in my daddy's barn. We charged three cents admission and the parents seemed to love it. I thought the play was a serious drama, but the parents seemed to think it was a comedy, as they laughed a lot. I didn't know how to take that at nine, but it was a learning experience.
I still loved fiction and I filled a notebook with my little stories. (I wish I had saved them.) As a teenager, I read everything I could find about journalism. I wasn't able to go to college, so I tried to educate myself.
There have been times when most of my writing was letters to relatives and friends. I guess I had to do a heap of living before I could write fiction.
Several newspaper editors helped me to learn the rules of journalism. I've had several thousand by-lined articles published in newspapers and magazines. And, I'm grateful to those editors.
I've had four novels published (three in Germany) and my recent "Seasons". I have several other novels I hope to have published and pray I'll still be around then.
I thank those who have bought "Seasons" and hope they enjoy it. I haven't had any feedback on the book, which worries me. Comments welcome.
See you next time. (As told to Tam)
By Olivene Godfrey
Just a whiff of memory can send your mind back in time. That happened to me this past weekend. Son, Barry and I were talking about the recent sale of my novel, "Seasons" and he said when he was a kid, he thought everyone's mother was a writer. He asked when I knew I was a writer. I told him it seems to me that I was born with story plots that just come to me.
Before I learned to read, my daddy, bless him, read the "funnies" in the newspaper to me. After I learned to read, I read the daily newspaper every day. Once, when my parents set up a budget to try to save some money, daddy canceled the delivery of the paper. I was usually a good natured child. But, when I discovered the newspaper had been canceled, I threw an awful tantrum, upsetting daddy so much, he started taking the paper again. During those early years, my love affair with newspapers began.
At the age of nine, I wrote, produced and directed a play for the neighborhood children to perform in my daddy's barn. We charged three cents admission and the parents seemed to love it. I thought the play was a serious drama, but the parents seemed to think it was a comedy, as they laughed a lot. I didn't know how to take that at nine, but it was a learning experience.
I still loved fiction and I filled a notebook with my little stories. (I wish I had saved them.) As a teenager, I read everything I could find about journalism. I wasn't able to go to college, so I tried to educate myself.
There have been times when most of my writing was letters to relatives and friends. I guess I had to do a heap of living before I could write fiction.
Several newspaper editors helped me to learn the rules of journalism. I've had several thousand by-lined articles published in newspapers and magazines. And, I'm grateful to those editors.
I've had four novels published (three in Germany) and my recent "Seasons". I have several other novels I hope to have published and pray I'll still be around then.
I thank those who have bought "Seasons" and hope they enjoy it. I haven't had any feedback on the book, which worries me. Comments welcome.
See you next time. (As told to Tam)
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