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Genre: Mainstream Fiction
About sean.vanhalLocation: Tallahasse, FL, USA Home Region: Age:26 Favorite novels: Factotum, Trainspotting, High Fidelity, Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, The Outsiders, Of Mice and Men, the Harry Potter series, The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the first three), Johnny Got his gun, The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, etc. Favorite writers: Charles Bukowski, John Steinbeck, Irvine Welsh, Nick Hornby, Bill Bryson, Sherman Alexie, Douglas Adams and a lot of songwriters who tell stories a few of my favorites are Mike Skinner (The Streets), Slug (Atmosphere), Morrissey (The Smiths), Murs, Craig Finn (The Hold Steady). Paul Westerberg (the Replacements), Billy Bragg, Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger, Lupe Fiasco, Tim Kasher (The Good Life/Cursive), P.O.S.- the list goes on and on and on. I'd also be remiss not to mention the writers of Futurama, Peep Show (Sam Bain & Jesse Armstrong) and Simon Pegg (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz). Favorite music: Most of the musicians mentioned in my list of favorite writers. Mostly hip-hop and punk rock, but melodic post-rock stuff like Explosions in the Sky as well. Also New Order and Girl Talk when I need both an atmosphere and a kick-start. Non-noveling interests: Music, reading, baseball, beer, travel, soccer, other sports |
Joined: November 1, 2008 This Year: Official Participant NaNoWriMo History: NaNoWriMo posts: 7 NaNoWriMo buddies: 1
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Brief Author Bio: I grew up in DuPage County, Illinois and am a life-long White Sox fan. Sean Van Hal is actually just my pen name, my real name is Steve. I currently live in Tallahassee. I did NANOWRIMO last year and in retrospect in spite of "winning" I consider last year's novel brainstorming for this year's. I'll be updating this further over the next few days... |
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Synopsis: $11/hr
A week and a half in the life of Shane, a well-educated twentysomething stagnant living in generic Chicagoland suburbia, stagnant in a boring clerical job and struggling to figure out what he genuinely wants to do with his life. Inspired by the life of the author, The Streets album "A Grand don't come for free", a touch of British comedy (Peep Show, Spaced, the Office), hundreds of punk rock albums and the novels of Charles Bukowski.
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