Welcome to my work...
I'm Charles Degelman, a writer living in Los Angeles, and this site is about my work. Here, I'll be offering brief descriptions of my writing, published and in progress, and how each piece came about, in genesis and in process, i.e., in the works.
I come from a long line of scientists, engineers, sailors, mechanics, bootmakers... and writers. I like to explore the nuts and bolts of creativity, the stuff of ideas and emotions, the reality of the past, the projections of a future, the material of imagination and the labyrinths of recollection.
These nuts, bolts, this reality and these projections, give me craft and strength and reassurance, in the same way a drumbeat provides a shaman with tempo across the time/space continuum, so he or she may wander through uncharted territory and still return to the planet. The return is as important as the journey. Upon the return, the stories get told.
I'm Charles Degelman, a writer living in Los Angeles, and this site is about my work. Here, I'll be offering brief descriptions of my writing, published and in progress, and how each piece came about, in genesis and in process, i.e., in the works.
I come from a long line of scientists, engineers, sailors, mechanics, bootmakers... and writers. I like to explore the nuts and bolts of creativity, the stuff of ideas and emotions, the reality of the past, the projections of a future, the material of imagination and the labyrinths of recollection.
These nuts, bolts, this reality and these projections, give me craft and strength and reassurance, in the same way a drumbeat provides a shaman with tempo across the time/space continuum, so he or she may wander through uncharted territory and still return to the planet. The return is as important as the journey. Upon the return, the stories get told.