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Matt Kline

Writer

About Me

I am a writer living on the north shore of Nueces Bay across from Corpus Christi, Texas. In April 2008 I finished the biography of R.V. Ennis,sheriff of Bee County, Texas from 1944 until 1952. I got the letter I've been dreaming about April 28, 2008 and now have a publisher for "Ennis." This came after only one rejection letter so I'm walking on air. They require some serious edits, and citations which I hate, but they want my story. I've also written short stories and unpublished accounts of my journeys to Eastern and Western Europe, the Balkans, Scandinavia, China, Central America, the Caribbean, and Vietnam where I traveled with a highly decorated veteran of the Vietnam war. My story for the returning veteran is in the archives of the University of Southern Mississipi. I'm what my friends and family call a character. Sometimes manic, always impulsive, usually happy, and always too damned honest. I worked in the corporate world as a training manager and technical writer for twenty five years and am ecstatic to be working for myself now. I created my layout at KillerKiwi.net
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My Interests

I enjoy primitive camping, hiking, the RV lifestyle, fishing, reading, and of course writing.

I'd like to meet:

Other writers and also people who have the same interests. I can't sing, play an instrument, or write songs, but I admire people who can do all those things so I search you out to enjoy new talent. My last European trip was to the Balkans. I'm looking for a veteran of that war with a good story. I'd like him or her to be from Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, or Kosovo and will write about their experience in that terrible war. I'm not interested in writing about nationalism or hate, but instead want a personal story.

Music:

Anything but rap and hip hop. I love Country, but also enjoy classical music and rock & roll. Oldies? Yeah, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis, and Patsy Cline cuz her "Sweet Dreams" and "Crazy" are my favorite songs. I love the symphony and hate opera.

Movies:

Anything but horror and sci-fi.

Television:

Network TV is for morons. I quit watching TV in 1993 and doubt the content of anything the networks put out has improved since then.

Books:

Biographies are my favorite, but I also love history. There's nothing wrong with novels if they are based on reality. I don't like horror, sci, fi, or romance novels. Steinbeck is my favorite author. I especially love the way he describes the little guy.

Heroes:

My heroes are people with integrity.
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My Blog

The Rookie

THE ROOKIEBy Matt Kline ©1993 Nicky Who seated himself at the table and began one of his New York stories. Firemen moved away as if they had not seen him, or suddenly remembered something that needed ...
Posted by Matt Kline on Tue, 06 May 2008 08:07:00 PST

Rationalization

What a week. I blogged my comments about people on My Space and thought to myself, "Self, you laid that out pretty well. We need to be nicer to the real people in our lives." So old self was feeling p...
Posted by Matt Kline on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:03:00 PST

Thoughts about My Space

What a crazy bunch of people we have become. We won't acknowledge each other on the street, but instead pass by as if the other person was invisible.  We honk our horn at the 85 year old guy in ...
Posted by Matt Kline on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:48:00 PST