WORDS AND WINE
Last night I attended
author A.J. Brown’s presentation at “Words and Wine” held at 2627 Jubilee
Circle on Millwood Avenue in Columbia. A.J. has always been fascinated by the
dark side of life. Even when he was a child, his mother said, “He’s my dark
child.”
Naturally enough, Steven
King is an inspiration. A.J.’s research takes him into subjects such as cannibalism,
abuse, and racism.
“I don’t believe in plot,”
he said to explain that his stories are character driven. He’s a pantser, not a
planner. Pantser, which I thought was
a term invented by a writer in the Columbia II writers’ workshop, is apparently
in more common usage. (I’m not sure of the spelling and it’s not in my
dictionary). Anyway, a pantser is a writer who writes without an outline (i.e. writes
by the seat of their pants).
Thanks to Chris Maw, “Words
and Wine” is a monthly event where writers of central South Carolina
promote their books and meet other writers. There’s music and wine and nibbles
as well as writers. It takes place every third Tuesday. I hope more readers and
writers will become interested and support this effort, which in turn supports
us writers.
Would love to see you there
Tuesday, October 16. Starts at 6:00 PM.
PS I took photos and accidentally deleted them. Not again!
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