Sean Michael Hayes
Vancouver, BC
Good morning, Sean, and welcome to Vision and Verse, the Place for Art and Authors. Can you tell us what have you written?
-My first book! Five Weeks
in the Amazon
Congratulations! That's quite an accomplishment, on top of being a professional skateboarder. You, go, Sean! What is your favorite
genre to write?
-Short stories with
dialogue, when you handwrite it the first time
Favorite food.
-Fruit smoothies
Tea or coffee?
-Coffee (by the pot)
Pizza or ice cream?
-Pizza
Where would you like to
visit?
-India! I am flying to
Thailand in January and plan to bus and hitch hike my way to India. It's the
last country I need to visit before I finsih "I Killed A Black Dog",
my next book.
Favorite musical
artist. Do you listen to music when you
write?
I listen to music
almost every waking minute of my day. If you want to hear what I am listening
to currently check out my soundcloud.com account, Canadianhayes
What makes you laugh?
-Well told true stories
Favorite work of art.
-Jean-Paul Sartre's
speech, "Existentialism is a Humanism"
How old were you when
you started writing?
-My first memory that I
have which attaches me to writing is being in grade school and having a poem I
wrote for Nov. 11 recognized by our teacher and read aloud to the school
Describe your perfect
evening.
-Throw me behind the
bar and that would be my perfect evening...
Where do you get your
inspiration?
-The most inspiring
thing to me is what other humans have done. I am incredibly inspired by all
ingenius men and women who broke boundaries and went against the norm.
What do you do when you
get a writer's block?
-I follow Hemmingway's
advice: "__________________
Who is your favorite
author?
-Plato, Sarte,
Hemmingway
Best book you ever
read.
-Catcher in the Rye by
J.D Salinger
Last book you read.
-Cannery Row by
Steinbeck
What would you do for a
living if you weren’t a writer?
-I'd go back to
coaching pro skateboarders, I still might do that, but for now I am focusing on
my writing.
Who is the one person
who has influenced your personal life the most and why?
-Professional
skateboarder Colin Mckay has been a role model, a team mate, a boss, a mentor
and so much more to me. I will always be grateful for the support he's given
me.
If you could sit down
and have a conversation with ONE person, living or dead, real or fictional, who
would it be and why?
-I'd love to sit down
with Socrates, but hopefully I would have more than one sitting. I would have a
ton to talk about and questions to ask. I feel very akin to how Plato describes
him in his books.
What advice would you
give someone who aspired to be a writer?
-There was one sentece
I heard a few years ago and I have repeated it over and over in my at least
1000 times. "The diference between
someone who is an author and someone who isn't an author is that an author has
written a book." The main thing is to write every day, set a time, set a
word count, do whatever works but know that it will take lots of time and lots
of dedication.
Do you have any links for us to follow you?
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/canadianhayes
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/canadianhayes
Instagram:
www.instagram.com/canadianhayes
Website:
www.canadianhayes.com
Well, Sean, it has been a pleasure sharing a little about our first Professional Skateboader/Author with my readers. I am sure they will enjoy it as much as I have. Come back and see us when you are ready to tell us more about Black Dog. Stay safe, my friend.
Well, Sean, it has been a pleasure sharing a little about our first Professional Skateboader/Author with my readers. I am sure they will enjoy it as much as I have. Come back and see us when you are ready to tell us more about Black Dog. Stay safe, my friend.
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