Location: United States
Member Since: July 05, 2010

Joseph Sutton


Biography

Joseph Sutton was born in Brooklyn and raised in Hollywood. He played football at the University of Oregon and received degrees in Philosophy and History. He taught high school history and English for many years. His essays and short stories have appeared in numerous national magazines and journals. Sutton lives in San Francisco with his wife Joan.

Where to find Joseph Sutton online

Website: http://www.joesutt.com
Twitter: joesutt
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joesutt
Blog: http://www.joesutt.com

Where to buy in print

http://www.joesutt.com

Books

Highway Sailor: A Rollicking American Journey    by Joseph Sutton
Price: $9.95 USD. 53150 words. Published on April 20, 2011. Fiction.
When the woman Jake Massry lives with leaves him for another man because he can't succeed as a writer, Jake hits the highways of America in his worn-out VW bus in search of himself and his country. In his travels, Jake meets a colorful cast of characters: sexy women, philosophers, racists and Gary Morse, a 19-year-old hitchhiker who possesses a large "red ruby" given to him by a young heiress.
Words of Wellness: A Treasury of Quotations for Well-Being    by Joseph Sutton
Price: $3.99 USD. 51310 words. Published on April 18, 2011. Nonfiction.
Grouped into 120 alphabetized categories, Words of Wellness is a collection of over 2,000 highly enlightening, inspiring and often humorous quotations covering all aspects of health—be it mental, physical, spiritual or emotional health. Let the great minds of the ages stimulate your well-being with their words of wellness.
The Immortal Mouth and Other Stories    by Joseph Sutton
Price: $2.99 USD. 33690 words. Published on April 18, 2011. Fiction.
A collection of sixteen short stories dealing with classic American themes of heroes and mentors, roller-coaster relationships, sports, coming of age, and aging. These stories deal with humanity's goodness and wickedness, loyalty and betrayal, rage and exultation, triumph and defeat.
How to Buy a Used Car Without Getting Ripped Off    by Joseph Sutton
Price: $0.99 USD. 4130 words. Published on April 18, 2011. Nonfiction.
This used car buying guide will show you how much a used car is really worth and how to negotiate the very best deal for it with a professional salesperson or private party.
The Year the Giants Won the Series: A Journal of the 2010 World Series Champions    by Joseph Sutton
Price: $5.95 USD. 11290 words. Published on April 17, 2011. Nonfiction.
Drawn from Joseph Sutton's journal, his observations of the San Francisco Giants' climb to win the 2010 World Series will remind you how a bunch of ragtag ballplayers became champions of the world. Interspersed with comments from his notes of twenty years ago as Little League coach for his son's teams, Sutton enhances the importance that baseball has in the bonding of fathers and sons.
My Writing Year: Making Sense of Being a Writer    by Joseph Sutton
Price: $5.95 USD. 16320 words. Published on April 17, 2011. Nonfiction.
A powerful book about writing and the writing process, this book will motivate both beginning and professional writers to sit down and write as swiftly as they can to generate ideas or to break out of a writer's block. Writing will become a joyful act instead of a chore.
Write Now! On the Road to Getting Published or How I Learned to Sell My Book    by Joseph Sutton
Price: $3.95 USD. 19550 words. Published on August 12, 2010. Nonfiction.
Write Now! is a Big/little book about writing, writer's block, rejection, publishing and selling your book. It is also the story of the making of a writer.
A Class of Leaders    by Joseph Sutton
Price: $5.95 USD. 43910 words. Published on July 17, 2010. Fiction.
South Central Los Angeles. 1969. Joshua Sampson, a white history teacher in a black ghetto high school, throws the book away and lets his students take charge of their own destiny. Sampson's students, with his guidance, begin teaching. They voice their opinions on Vietnam, freedom, Black Power, police harassment, the grading system, capital punishment, and whether Sampson is teaching them or not.
Morning Pages: The Almost True Story of My Life    by Joseph Sutton
Price: $3.99 USD. 66090 words. Published on July 9, 2010. Fiction.
Ben Halaby has writer's block. He stumbles across a book on creativity: Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way." Cameron's basic principle is to write three pages non-stop first thing in the morning for 84 days. Halaby heeds this advice. As the words come gushing out of his pen and soul, we not only see the creative process in action, but we also see a man turning into his old storytelling self again.

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