 Penny Sidoli [Fiction] [Non-Fiction] [Blog] |
the art of writing, the joy of reading, the zing of politics, the ponder of philosophy. Plus lots on love, friends, family, life extraordinaire. Details forthcoming. Gosh, I hope I can live up to the last item in that list. |
| Odd Facts. Penny Sidoli is a fiction writer, biographer and interviewer specializing in cerebral contemporary fiction of the American West. She is the author of the popular short story "Josie Goes West," essays, novels, magazine articles --- but mostly fiction. A collection of short stories is her current work in progress. She has written six novels. Years ago she worked as flyboy for old Smitty, the printer at The Friday Harbor Journal. He was a legend, a storytelling printer who sure knew hot lead type. Her family home, near Cerrillos, New Mexico, became an Asian restaurant serving good food prepared by 20th Century immigrants to America, nice people but no relation to the Sidoli's. Today Penny lives at the wet edge of the continent. For the past decade she has stuck to hanging out at the beach and writing fiction about the contemporary American West, in that order. She is presently creating an collection of short stories. One of those stories, Spirit Chief, about a ghost pickup truck, will be published soon in a trendy anthology. She has also written a story about a ghost horse. Hmmm, maybe a trend here. Can't tell, too soon. Oh, before "we" forget that publishing thing --- details forthcoming, blah blah blah. Every now and then she gets on her own high horse and snorts off about how marketing is corruption and publishing is a beast. So, if you really want to read her writing, you have to send her a note at SBQuill74@pennysidoli.com and you'll go on the list to receive her latest writing as the ink dries. Penny has never had a truly strong interest in mainstream publishing. And that lack of interest has never diminished her flow of writing, which is substantial. Her heroes include Jack Schaefer, Jack London, Charles Frazier, Isak Dineson, Willa Cather, Cesar Chavez, Saul Alinsky, Ed Abbey, SuAnne Big Crow, Willie Nelson, Cassiel, Poe Ballantine, Alice Waters and Larry McMurtry. Yes, Larry, go on and turn every town into a vast collection of books accessible to all in order to celebrate knowledge, the best of humanity, and the imagination. Hurray for the possibilities. |