Geoffrey Gevalt

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Perseverance A digital story created for a StoryCenter class I taught -- a personal reflection on my father.

Perseverance open.substack.com/pub/geoffrey...

“snow?”
“a bit.”

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A close up of a farmer with wrinkles ski, a ball cap and an expression that shows both humor and sadness. He is looking to my right at some friends who wanted to say hello but were waiting for me to finish tsking pictures.

At the fair, I was taking pictures of this farmer and asked him whether he had any cows in the barn.

"Nope. Sold ‘em all off this summer after my son passed." …

That led to writing a story for stage and to resuming my novel, Hiram Falls. I write about the process here: tinyurl.com/4tedhffbhttps

4-Journal: Dealing with demons To restart the novel, I also needed audience (purpose), collaborators (perspective) and a muse (focus).

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I've just posted the fourth in a monthly series on my writing process in creating my first novel, Hiram Falls. Subscribe for free. Enjoy. And I'd love to know what you think.
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4-Journal: Dealing with demons To restart the novel, I also needed audience (purpose), collaborators (perspective) and a muse (focus).

#authors #writers #fiction
I've just posted the fourth in a monthly series on my writing process in creating my first novel, Hiram Falls. Subscribe for free. Enjoy. And I'd love to know what you think.
geoffreygevalt.substack.com/p/4-journal-...

2-Journal - Doc and The Man How writing the second story for stage led to several new characters and an amazing coincidence. Or was it?

The second in my series about how I wrote my novel, Hiram Falls. geoffreygevalt.substack.com/p/doc-and-th...

Lili — Geoffrey Gevalt Tells Stories This story, of my youngest daughter when she was a little over two years old went viral, as they say, when it was first posted on cowbird.com, a wonderful photo story site created by Jonathan Harris. ...

a thanksgiving story… w. audio

www.geoffreygevalt.com/writing/lily

Screen shot looking at profile of Amanda Gorman speaking her poetry. Close up of head and shoulder, white dress, pearl earing.

Amanda Gorman has a message: Do Us Good.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPOVo3_pyos

orange-yellow glow behind Adirondack Mountains, silhouetted, with calm Lake Champlain in foreground. Shot from Vermont shore.

night blue sky peeps,

have another cup of coffee, go for a walk, take a deep breath, no way it is that bad…
:)

close up of eclipse. April 6, 2024, Hinesburg, VT

beautiful shot.
i went with telephoto, hand held, and got this (but I like yours better!)

100 Days of Micro Stories — #4: The Photograph

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Geoffrey Gevalt on Substack 100 Days of Micro Stories — #3 The Bear We had canoed some 750 miles through the Quebec wilderness — 47 days and three days from our end: an Inuit village at the edge of the Arctic. We were on the...

Story #3 in my 100 Days of Micro Stories ... The Bear
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long after they die it seems: the average crow lives 7-8 years.

A Writer's Journal | Hiram Falls -- The Novel | Geoffrey Gevalt | Substack A journal of my experiences and learning from writing the novel, Hiram Falls. Click to read Hiram Falls -- The Novel, by Geoffrey Gevalt, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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I'm newcomer. Introduction: for 33 years, I was a journalist; for 12, founded & directed a non-profit to help kids write better; for 5, wrote a novel (now in hands of agent.) I've started a free monthly series on my fiction process: geoffreygevalt.substack.com/s/writing-hi...

A Writer's Journal | Hiram Falls -- The Novel | Geoffrey Gevalt | Substack A journal of my experiences and learning from writing the novel, Hiram Falls. Click to read Hiram Falls -- The Novel, by Geoffrey Gevalt, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

#writingcommunity
I'm newcomer. Introduction: for 33 years, I was a journalist; for 12, founded & directed a non-profit to help kids write better; for 5, wrote a novel (now in hands of agent.) I've started a free monthly series on my fiction process: geoffreygevalt.substack.com/s/writing-hi...

Blue sky in background, leafless tree branches on left, center a vulture swoops down to perch on a branch next to another vulture, morning sun illuminates white wings of landing bird. Assateague Island, April 2022.

(Sorry, just can't help myself.) More blue sky for you:

I just took the camera off the tripod and took one shot:

A pond deep in the woods in Addison County, VT. Bright Blue sky, hill with trees showing off their fall colors, pines and hemlocks near the water, tall swamp at far end of calm water and some in the foreground.

here’s a blue sky for you.

My daughter is still struggling with long Covid and her immune system is compromised. She can no longer perform—when she is up to it. She can’t go out without a mask, can’t participate in shows because people aren’t wearing masks.