Featured Interview With ROLLAND LOVE
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Summersville, Missouri and grew up in the Ozark Mountains. Currently I live in Overland Park, Kansas
What I do for a living now is teach writing, storytelling, journaling and Lewis and Clark workshops for Kids. I also created a workshop to motivate Senior Adults too write their life story. My partner Mark Andersen, who is a software developer and Artic Explorer have expanded that into a website that includes children writing the life stories of their parents and grandparents. The result is increased communications between youth and seniors, something which has been lost with the advent of texting and the Internet. My last class had (120) – 3rd grade students. There are (40) million seniors over the age of (65) in the United States most of whom have recorded nothing about their history. As Mark Twain once said, “There has never yet been an uninteresting life.”
I have made presentations to Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Camp Fire USA, Schools, Libraries, Retirement and Assisted Living Facilities, Churches, Business and Civic Groups … ✎ I have had stage and film roles as a villain and a monk, I played John Calvin McCoy, founder of Westport Missouri and in 2004 during the Lewis and Clark bicentennial I was Silas Goodrich, Expert Fisherman. I play a standardized patient at Kansas and Missouri University Medical Schools. I was a doctor on Discovery Channels – Mystery Diagnosis and played the role of Major John Neelly in a stage production about the death of Meriwether Lewis. I also co-founded an educational software company and I have published (3) novels, (40) award winning short stories, a best selling computer book and I co-authored an award-winning cookbook. I was the Director of Respiratory Care at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, a 1,400 bed teaching institution affiliated with Washington University.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I CO-AUTHORED A BEST SELLING COMPUTER BOOK IN 1981, SINCE HAVE WRITEN 3 FICTION NOVELS AND 50 SHORT STORIES. MANY OF WHICH HAVE WON AWARDS.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
100’S OF TIMES READERS HAVE COMPARED MY WRITING TO MARK TWAIN. BLUE HOLE IS FREE …
Tell us a little about your latest book?
“LOVE’S LOOK @ OZARK LIFE HAS SOME STRANGE STORIES MY FAVORITE BEING HILLBILLIES ARE SMARTER THAN YOUR THINK A 3 PART SERIES.
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