Coffee
with the Poets and Writers meets the second Wednesday of each month. Murphy
resident, Paul Schofield, novelist, is featured November 12 at
10:30 a.m. at Blue Mountain Coffee and Grill on the corner of Hwy 141 and
Hwy 64 in Cherokee County, NC. This event is sponsored by the North Carolina
Writers’ Network-West (Netwest), and the community is welcome. Visitors are
invited to participate at open mic by signing up to read a short prose piece or
a couple of poems.
Paul’s vocation is
architecture, but he is also a writer. He has written The Trophy Saga, an
action-packed, pure science-fiction trilogy, in the classic style. The Saga
features time-travel, chase and battle scenes, fusion powered star-ships, a
computer-controlled society, tender moments and scary episodes. Exciting and
refreshing to read, the Saga is free of explicit sex, profanity, graphic
violence and paranormal themes.
Born and raised in Montana,
immersion in the natural world around him was inevitable. As he grew up he
learned the complexities of language, and the joy of humor, by the daily
exchange of witty puns with his father. An avid reader, Paul’s favorite genre
was science fiction.
His interest in the
night skies sparked a love for amateur astronomy. Coming of age during the time
of Star Trek, Star Wars, and Babylon V, his love of science fiction grew, and
his desire to craft and share his own stories was ignited.
When he became chilled
to the bone in Montana, he moved to Florida, where he became quite well
done…seasoned. Now he and his wife Ellen live in western North Carolina with
their highly intelligent cats, contentedly fulfilling their role as “halfbacks.”
Learn more about Paul Schofield and his books at his website, http://www.paulmschofield.com/
For more
information about Coffee with the Poets and Writers, call 828-389-4441. Visit
the NCWN West website, www.ncwriters-west.org
