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Alyson Mead
Better Living Through Storytelling
Interests
Basketball, reading, hiking, music, art, travel
Books
Currently working my way through: two volumbes of Mary Oliver poetry and a book about Edward Hopper.
Movies
Top 5 of recent years:
1. The Lives of Others
2. Little Miss Sunshine
3. Sir! No, Sir!
4. Quinceanera
5. Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby
Television
Six Feet Under. The Wire. Currently digging The Riches (though the second season is not off to a good start), and looking forward to another season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and 30 Days. And basketball. Lots and lots of basketball.
Blog
My New Best Friend
It must be the old days -- the leftover memories of blasting through those doors on the last day of school. The smell of pencil shavings and my teacher's coffee breath fading away.
I have no idea why it happens, but as soon as summer rolls around, all I can think about is what I'm going to read.
It's not as if I'll be sunning myself on the beach for the next three months. I live near enough, but am not that good at sitting still, or lying still, while slowly baking from within. I miss the roof of my old building in New York, where I used to sit in a beat-up old lawn chair, reading anything I could get my hands on.
And right on cue, just as summer was about to start, a friend told me about Book Mooch.
Have you seen this web site? Where you give away old books you don't want anymore and list the ones you want to read?
Every time you send one out, you get a point towards obtaining a book you want to read. The only cost is postage for sending books back and forth.
At first, I wondered if this was kosher, given I'm a published author, and make my living from the sale of new books only.
But finally, I realized that the endless circulation of books not only kept the spirit of reading alive, it may actually spur more sales. After all, I won't stop buying new books just because I may be able to get one for free some day.
I'm not that patient a reader, and not that patient a person.
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About Me
I am interested in the moment of conception, the split second of genius, that spark of eternal nothingness that may be the stupidest or the best idea you've ever had. Inspiration comes from dreams, absurdity and the deep, aching knowledge that writing is the most painful yet inevitable thing to be done.
Goal
To meet other writers and professional people who share a similar worldview, and to somehow make life more tolerable (and funny) through the act of creation.
Professional Experience
Writer/Editor
1989 - Present
Eighteen years' as an editor for Scholastic, Prentice-Hall, Silver Burdett & Ginn, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Glencoe and others.
Sixteen years' experience as a writer of fiction, essays, articles and screenplays. Published in over 30 newspapers, magazines, web sites and zines.
Author of Wake Up to Your Stories: Using the Art of Personal Narrative to Heal Your Past, Nurture Your Relationships & Ask for What You're Worth and Wake Up to Your Weight Loss: Using the Art of Personal Narrative to Achieve Your Best Body.
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