Gregory P. Phipps

Broschiertes Buch

The Hermit of Carmel

Beschreibung

Overwhelmed by personal loss, Robert Das abandons his home and career, and embarks on a personal journey to escape his grief. Das travels to a place he knew in happier times - the theatrically beautiful Monterey Peninsula. A chance turn finds him deep in the Del Monte Forest, where one night’s sleep in his car turns into an improvised plan to live illegally and covertly – a voluntary hermit – squatting within the forest fringes of an enclave comprised of expensive homes and some of the finest golf courses in California. Eventually, boredom motivates Robert to explore the exclusive links that encircle the woods, and he elusively steals play-time — gaining him notoriety as the hermit-golfer. He attracts the attention of the local police, golf course security and residents of Carmel, some of whom regard him with disdain and suspicion. While dodging notice and stealing materials to craft his makeshift home, Robert re-discovers his passion for golf, and life.

Autor

Writers are not born so. Writers emerge - and from all walks of life. Everyone has a story inside them. Sometimes, it remains stubbornly wedged - resisting all effort to extract it. A real writer is simply one who can wrestle that story out and communicate it to inform, entertain and evoke emotion in a reader. Phipps has been a writer for a long time - since he learned to write. There's some debate about when that was. After a few drinks, he's been known to swear it was age five, but I suspect he's embellishing. But Phipps has genuinely agonized over many an essay; authored a few short stories; penned some credible entrepreneurship & finance-related blogs; been published in several business periodicals; crafted compelling ad copy; transcribed more love letters than he'd care to admit; banged out long-winded emails; drafted a strongly-worded complaint letter or two to Apple; and, even a scripted a couple of pretty entertaining screenplays. For the last twenty years, he's have been an entrepreneur and venture capitalist of minor repute and (very) limited monetary success. But writing has always taken a back seat to a role that paid the bills. He's made the decision to exit his investment career and spend the rest of his days pursuing his passion for telling a good story - the best way he knows how. Every writer must find their style, their genre, and their audience. Phipps likes to write about place, as much as develop compelling characters, plot and story arc. Though well-travelled, he calls Canada his home.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gregory Phipps
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781999535728
• ISBN-10: 1999535723
• Artikelnr.: 60656694