Author Name: H. W. Bryce
Genre: Poetry
Book: Chasing a Butterfly: A journey in poems of love and loss to acceptance
What’s your story and how did you become a writer? I wrote a Roy Rogers story in Grade 7, and I have been writing off and on since then. While at university, I wrote lyrics and posted them to song magazines. Over the years I entered poetry and story contests.
But the impetus for my current writing was when my wife contracted Alzheimer’s, and I was sinking deep into depression. It was poetry that saved me.
How do you balance your work with other demands? I reserve my mornings for my writing. The afternoon is often taken up with business; sometimes appointments, etc. For the most part, this works very well.
What’s your approach to writing? Are you a “pantser” or a planner? Both. Often, once I get started, I just forge on. Sometimes a poem will practically form itself and come fairly easily.
Sometimes the poem fights me, and I have to “resort” to planning. Occasionally I try to plan it out first – especially when doing formal poetry with a set rhyme and line scheme.
What’s your working style – morning or late-night writer? As noted, morning person.
Do you work at a computer or write long-hand? Mostly I work on my laptop, but I keep a notebook and pen in my pocket at all times. Many, many of my notes become poems.
What gets those words flowing, coffee or tea? The coffee and tea often serve as thinking time as I write.
What’s your favorite book and what are you reading now? A top fave is still any Philip Marlowe book. The Little Sister movie WAS the book, it followed it so closely. Humphrey Bogart, top of my fave actors. Storytelling at its best.
I have been reviewing Keats and Tennyson lately, and reading a whole lot of local area poets, many of whom are really good – two of them are laureates, one of them retired.
What shows do you watch? I watch a lot of British and American mysteries; some nature programs, travel documentaries. I love human interest movies.
Favorite movie: Probably Casablanca. It has everything, including love lost and found and lost and accepted.
Favorite musician: Dave Brubeck; also, the Gershwins
Links:
Website: hwbrycewrites.com
Facebook: herb.w.bryce and @ChasingaButterflywithAnn
Awards/special recognition: I have several certificates of honour for my poetry, a number of poetry competition wins, etc., such as invitations from abroad to appear in their anthologies.
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Great interview! It’s always nice to meet another semi-pantser. Thanks for the introduction, Barbara!
Hello Jill Weatherholt. What a pleasure, Jill, thank you kindly. So pleased to meet you. Happy Easter.
Hi Herb – I’m part of a very supportive and enthusiastic blogging community – glad to get your profile out to them!
Hi. Sorry I lost track of my page for a while, here on the Back End. Once again, I thank you for the great plug. You are doing a great service. I hop you feel rewarded. Love.
Nice interview. So many folks – me included – love Casablanca!
Hello Jennifer Kelland Perry. It is great to meet you Jennifer. Thank you for responding. I appreciate that very much. I wish you a Happy Easter.
The pleasure is mine, and you have a Happy Easter too!
Chiming in that I also love that movie!
I feel like I need to see it again now! 😄
I love Ingrid Bergman’s clothes in that movie, especially the dress she wears in the beginning!
Yes! I love that too. And the way Bogart talks to her.
Definitely! He’s such a brooder!
I’m thinking thoughts of pleasure and gratitude for all the likes to my interview. Thank you all It is an honour and very encouraging to receive the acknowledgement. So, my heartfelt thanks to:
Chatter Master; Laurie Buchanan; Gina Briganti; Jennifer Kelland Perry; Hayley; Bette A. Stevens; Cindy Knoke; Mary Rowen; Jill Weatherholt; Marie Beaman; Ritu; James J. Cudney IV; Mishchenko; LA, and J. Richardson.
Happy Easter to you all. And happy writing everybody.
What a nice comment!
Always lovely to meet a poet, Barbara. A lovely interview.
Thanks Robbie – I thought you might like to read about him 🙂
I love that cover. Great use of color!
I agree! Thanks for reading 🙂