Author Taking Shape at Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Amateur author Joseph Call is on his way to completing his first book.
Call, an 18 year old PSEO student at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, is writing his book about a man who tries to “find his way in the world” after the entire electrical system in the U.S. goes out. When asked what genre he would classify it as, Call responded, “it’s got a bit of everything in it. Science fiction, romance, war, drama.” Call said he is thinking about calling the book Journeyman, but that he didn’t really like that name.
Call started the book this summer. “I was bored and lonely but then I really ended up liking it,” Call explained. He is currently 59 pages (34,000 words) into it.
Call’s future plans for writing are mainly to get his book done. “It takes hours upon hours of time,” Call pointed out. Call stated that it would be “dream come true” if he could become a professional author, but that he feels that “the odds are stacked” against him. “If I ever do have any success with what I have, then maybe I'll try and get more skills,” Call said. Instead, Call is thinking about getting a degree in engineering.
Call’s favorite books are thrillers, science fiction, and fantasy, and his favorite authors are Michael Creighton and JK Rowling.
Call is also working on another book about aliens, but he isn’t as far into it as he is in the one described above. He also writes poetry sometimes. ###
Ha ha I probably shouldn't have told you a started writing it because I was bored and lonely. I didn't think that would make it in here
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a unique description of why you started. lol :)
ReplyDeleteI guess you never know what might end up being quote-worthy. haha
ReplyDeleteNice job on a very interesting subject.
ReplyDeleteIt was really good, it was kind of short but you still managed to pack a lot of good information about Joseph into the story.
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