Sideman's Profile
| Penname: | Sideman |
| Country: | United States |
| Web address: | http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=276329 |
| Favorite book: | Anything By Janet Evonovich or Robert Parker |
| Member type: | Author |
| Member Since: | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Bio: | I retired early several years ago because of my former wife's fragile health. I like being retired! I have been a musician since I was 12 years old and performed 20 - 30 gigs monthly until 1990. I still write songs...lyrics and music and record in my small home studio. I started writing lyrics to songs in 1979. After several years of writing somgs I came to realize that, in most cases, a song is simply a book in a hundred words or less. In 1980, I started my first novel. I finished it in 2004! My writing has been more efficient since then. That novel has the working title of "Two Worlds Apart" and is an adaptation from a song that I wrote in 1979 called "Ode To Willie Brown". Since 2004, I have written 4 new novels. My biggest problem with writing books is the same as my lyrical writing...I am too darned eclelctic! I write music in almost every genre. My books follow that same path. Why? Because I write what the muse brings me. I do not try to force-feed an idea or genre. I retired from the U.S. Army in 1988 after 23 years. I spent 12 years in Germany (loved it!), a year in Japan and a year and a half in Vietnam. Just think of the frequent flyer miles I could have accumulated! I worked in the field of visual health for most of my Army career, except for my 16 months in Vietnam. My ex-wife is from Bakersfield, California. My son lives in the St. Louis area and my daughter lives on Hilton Head Island. My oldest son died in a car accident in 1985 in San Antonio, Texas. I write only novels. I cannot seem to get enough information into a short story. I have written almost no poetry at all, other than a few humorous pieces. I guess that's enough about me. I have been extremely fortunate to have lived around the world and have seen and done things that most folks will never have the opportunity to experience. I am humbled by those opportunities and I am so appreciative that they were given to me. Here's wishing everyone great success and enjoyment in your writing. For anyone interested, here is a player with about 150 of my 700 original songs I have written. |
User Writings
| Title/Name | Date | Ranking | Reviews | Type | |
| Oct 25, 2008 | 78 | 231 | Novel | ||
Any comments or suggestions to make this a... | |||||
| Dec 1, 2011 | 321 | 19 | Novel | ||
I posted the first 18 chapters of this book... | |||||
| Jan 7, 2009 | 104 | 169 | Novel | ||
Charles "Cash" Register is a Private... | |||||
| Jun 29, 2009 | 217 | 50 | Novel | ||
Because this novel does not fit into any... | |||||
| Jul 31, 2008 | 160 | 17 | Poetry | ||
I wrote this several years ago. It's a battle I... | |||||
| Aug 9, 2008 | 972 | 11 | Poetry | ||
Any comments you have are quite welcome. This... | |||||
| Sep 20, 2008 | 329 | 12 | Poetry | ||
I originally wrote this as a song back in 2004.... | |||||
| Jul 21, 2008 | 598 | 12 | Poetry | ||
This is my very first post. I very seldom write... | |||||
| Jul 22, 2008 | 624 | 11 | Poetry | ||
This is just a bunch of silly nonesense that I... | |||||
| Jul 27, 2008 | 371 | 14 | Poetry | ||
As some of you know by now, my wife is... | |||||
| Aug 21, 2008 | 270 | 14 | Poetry | ||
CAUTION: YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO READ THIS... | |||||
| Oct 9, 2008 | 522 | 15 | Poetry | ||
Back in the 70s, I lived in San Antonio, Texas... | |||||
| Dec 2, 2008 | 130 | 18 | Poetry | ||
I really do hate mornings. I thought I'd share... | |||||
| Mar 19, 2009 | 746 | 13 | Poetry | ||
This was originally a lyric to a song I worte.... | |||||
| Jun 19, 2009 | 201 | 14 | Poetry | ||
This is an abbreveated version of a story my... | |||||
| Feb 3, 2010 | 2183 | 4 | Poetry | ||
I had originally posted this in the Flash... | |||||
| Jul 24, 2008 | 240 | 16 | Short Story | ||
Just my rant about how the world has become so... | |||||
| Jul 25, 2008 | 743 | 8 | Short Story | ||
I wrote this a number of years ago. My wife is... | |||||
| Sep 24, 2008 | 816 | 8 | Short Story | ||
This a true story from 1985. everything is... | |||||
| Aug 24, 2008 | 318 | 14 | Short Story | ||
Sometimes fifty cents can be worth a million... | |||||
| Aug 29, 2008 | 87 | 19 | Short Story | ||
Just a few things that crossed my mind as I had... | |||||
| Sep 6, 2008 | 485 | 10 | Short Story | ||
Feedback? Anything that crosses your mind!... | |||||
| Jan 31, 2010 | 761 | 7 | Short Story | ||
Any and all feedback desired and appreciated.... | |||||
| Jan 30, 2010 | 886 | 7 | Short Story | ||
This is my entry for the Flash Fiction Contest.... | |||||
| Jul 4, 2009 | 451 | 12 | Short Story | ||
Most Martian weddings are rather nondescript... | |||||
| Sep 11, 2009 | 516 | 14 | Short Story | ||
This is my entry for the "The Cloud" writing... | |||||
| Jan 31, 2010 | 808 | 7 | Short Story | ||
Surgery and punctuation? Who woulda thunk? | |||||
| Feb 4, 2010 | 424 | 10 | Short Story | ||
Uncle Fred finds himself unable to perform an... | |||||
