Monty Heying's Biography
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Alameda, CA
First marriage = six months. Second - 19 years. Optimistic but wary.
Oct 2008
Originally from Texas, I currently hail from the San Francisco Bay Area. My short stories and poems have won contests and been published in various literary magazines, including Forum and Synchronized Chaos.
My current novel-in-progress is based on my years in a Texas orphanage during the 1950s and '60s. I am naturally drawn to the orphan archetype and my work explores the lives and environment of abandoned children. I strive to honor their struggle as well as the heroes who make their journey into adulthood more bearable. My poems tend to be about nature and the human condition.
http://www.amazon.com/BIRDBOY-1-BIRDBOY-AMERICAN-ORPHANAGE-ebook/dp/B008...
Influences
John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, Leo Tolstoy, Joseph Conrad, Anton Chekov, Elizabeth Rosner.
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Interests & Hobbies
Creative writing, nature photography, film, roller-blading, tennis, literature, backpacking, classical guitar.
Real happiness, genius and greatness are achieved only by discovering and remaining true to the inner, primeval and eternal voice of intuition. ...build therefore your own world, and as fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that world will unfold its great proportions.”
—R.W. Emerson ("Nature")
About Monty
Originally from Texas, I currently hail from the San Francisco Bay Area. My short stories and poems have won contests and been published in various literary magazines, including Forum and Synchronized Chaos.
My current novel-in-progress is based on my years...
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Monty’s Favorite Books
To Kill A Mockingbird-Lee, Where I'm Calling From-Carver, The Glass Castle-Walls, East of Eden and Of Mice and Men-Steinbeck, The Joy Luck Club-Tan, Sophie's...
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