Chapter 1 - young canadian author

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Here is an interview with young canadian writer Kevin Loxley. He is 22-years-old and lives in Aurora, ON.

Why do you write?

I don't know that it is, or was, a conscience choice. Music is my first love, but it limits the word, or at least its use. Music can make a word mean something more than the word can do alone, what interests me is the unbelievable power of the word to stand on its own. I could make up a whole load of reasons, that may or may not be true, but honestly I write because I write, and in the hope that someone will enjoy it and maybe have their mind or their life changed by my words.

What motivates you to be an author?

It is in hope that I may incite thought in my readers. Also, that I am trying not to be categorized by my writing. I don't write just fiction or poetry, I write philosophy, cultural studies, non-fiction, self-help, comedy, drama...

How did you get a book publishing deal?

I had the idea of writing a biography on The Band. I did my research, and made some contacts. A friend of mine, a fellow author and newspaper writer, had a book published through Penguin and had made some contacts there. She gave me a couple of numbers, I proposed my idea, and the rest, as they say, is history. The biography on The Band has since gone by the way, but I am working with Penguin on publishing my first novel.


	~ ~ Here is an interview with young canadian writer Kevin Loxley. He is 22-years-old and lives in Aurora, ON. Why do you write? I don't know that it is, or was, a conscience choice. Music is my first love, but it limits the word, or at least its use. Music can make a word mean something more than the word can do alone, what interests me is the unbelievable power of the word to stand on its own. I could make up a whole load of reasons, that may or may not be true, but honestly I write because I write, and in the hope that someone will enjoy it and maybe have their mind or their life changed by my words. What motivates you to be an author? It is in hope that I may incite thought in my readers. Also, that I am trying not to be categorized by my writing. I don't write just fiction or poetry, I write philosophy, cultural studies, non-fiction, self-help, comedy, drama... *How did you get a book publishing deal?* I had the idea of writing a biography on The Band. I did my research, and made some contacts. A friend of mine, a fellow author and newspaper writer, had a book published through Penguin and had made some contacts there. She gave me a couple of numbers, I proposed my idea, and the rest, as they say, is history. The biography on The Band has since gone by the way, but I am working with Penguin on publishing my first novel. 1	~ ~ *What are you currently working on?* I am currently working on four projects. Finishing my first novel, 'Sweet Lullaby', and in the midst of three others: Sermons From Atop a 7-11, Hope, and Butterfly Mountains. Sermons From Atop a 711: Is a book of speech's. Each deals with an important issue or thought for the twenty-first century, from the perspective of Everyman/woman. Hope: Is a critical essay on the idea (s) and meaning (s) of hope in our culture and previous cultures and time periods. Butterfly Mountain (s): Is the novel studying the world of children and childhood, written in the perspective of a five year old boy. *Advice for other aspiring Canadian authors?* My best piece of advice is write. It sounds obvious, but it is the truth. Make contacts. Read your stuff to anyone. Believe. next page 2