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| Author, Tate Morgan |
Question and Answer Series
Session 7 – Tate
Morgan, poetry author
Q
As a writer do you prefer using a pen name or real name?
Why?
A
1. An
avatar cannot legally hold copyright in the United States
Q
Which genre do you normally write? Are you comfortable
going out of your comfort zone?
A
write metered rhyme poetry. I have written
one poem in prose called My Dream. I do like it .But I like the feel of metered
rhyme it plays like music in my head. I am not skilled enough in my opinion to
write a novel or other long work. My attention span is too short.
Q
How old are you? Male or female?
A
When I
started writing I was 47 yrs old. I was going through a terrible divorce and it
gave me therapy. I am now remarried happily and 53 yrs old.
Q
Do you like cats or dogs?
.
A
Dogs for sure. When a man dies and he has a
good dog that dog will lay on his grave and wail. They actually grieve over
you. I think they are in every sense a lot like us. Except they always forgive
your mistakes unlike humans
Q
Tell me something about you that no one else knows.
A
I am the 2nd child of 4. I have written 2
books and am working on the 3rd. Yet my own father doesn't know I write at all.
This because I feel I am not good enough at it to show him yet.
Q
Are you married, dating, or single? If you’re married or
dating; have you ever cheated on your spouse or significant other? If you’re
single; do you like to play the field?
A
I am married. I am a lucky man my first
wife was not a kind soul. But when you are young Pride leads you to marry for
vain reasons. I lived to regret that later. Though I got a son from my first
marriage that is the world to me. My second wife is in every way superior to
me. She thinks she is lucky to have me. I think I am the lucky one. I am proud
to say that even in my darkest hour and that day did come I never once cheated
on my first wife and will never do so on my wife now. I think men need to wait
till they are 30 to marry. This because they have enough memories for the rest
of life. They can be true to their wives then. I never had a problem with
monogamy. I was always proud to be married.
Q
Have you ever contemplated suicide? If so, why did you
feel that was your only option?
A
Once I did . It lasted all of 15 minutes. I
didn't think it was my only option . I went through the options in my mind and
decided everyone of them was better than dying. And I could never leave my son
alone to raise himself. I did suffer depression that swept over my soul during
the darkest days of my divorce. I know it may seem silly for a man of 47 yrs to
never have had his heart broke. But that was the case with me. I know it is not
the American way to tell others the truth of your soul. And many men would
never admit it. But this year my son in law took his life over depression. I
see what happens to a man who holds his emotions in and denies them free reign
Q
Have you ever been in trouble in school? At work? At home?
A
Oh yeah lol. I am not a saint. But I am trying to be a better man. No
man can say he has lived at all and not caused a little trouble. So when my son
does things I don't like I think of the wasteland i made of my youth and try to
laugh it off.
Q
Did you have siblings growing up? If so, how many?
A
I
have one older brother.
Q
Did you have siblings later in life? If so, how many and
at what age did you get them? Were they adopted?
A
Nope.
I had a sister and two brothers one older one younger
Q
Where do you get your inspiration?
A
I take my inspiration from the joys and
sorrows of my life well lived. I have been a nomad of sorts. Raced harness
hoses many years as the 6 generations of my family before me did. I have
traveled a lot. What I have never had was security. I suppose my soul was set
to roam.
Q
How do your approach your writing? Are more OCD? Plan
everything out with outlines and what amounts to storyboards? Or do you just
fly by the seat of your pants and work everything out as it comes?
A
I write the ending first usually. I try to
set to words the lesson I learned that is the ending for me usually. I like to
use quatrains 4 lines.I use different versions Some are ABAB some ABCB I always
try to set the syllable counts in the beginning. Such as 8787 or 8888.Whatever
feels right.
Q
Do you like horror movies? Comedy? Pick your poison.
A
I like dramas I love English mystery
theaters. I seem to know a
little about everything .But not a lot about anything. I pick up on things
others miss. I make assumptions based in fact. I guess I am always trying to
make sense of everything
Q
Do you enjoy certain types of books, but like to write in
another genre? If so, why?
A
AI love the Sherlock Holmes mysteries .And
come to think of it I am very fond of Les Miserables. I have found a great
writer here named David Lewis Paget. he and I write in similar form but of
different things. I think his work is the best I ever read.
Q
What are you currently working on? Do you have any novels?
A
No I do not . I am working on a third book
of poetry. I have a friend who wants to write a book on my experiences racing
horses; however, I don't share that desire at the moment.
Q
Anything else that you would like to say before we end?
A
I think structure helps in poetry. It gives
rhythm to a verse. In ancient Greece Troy
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