Ponk Vonsydow

Biography

While attempting to attend college, Ponk Vonsydow enrolled in a creative writing course. As the first assignment, the teacher instructed the class to compose a short story about how people eat. Vonsydow turned in a story about a cannibal that eats human beings. He received an F on the paper for unacceptable subject matter. Next the teacher instructed the class to compose a short story about how people walk. Vonsydow turned in a story about a man with no legs. He received an F for that one too, the same reason was sited. Then the teacher instructed the class to compose a short story about how people talk. Vonsydow turned in a story about a serial killer who murdered people with speech impediments. The teacher gave Ponk an F for that one as well. Finally, the teacher instructed the class to compose a short story about an artist. Vonsydow turned in a story about a schizophrenic man that was compelled to paint pictures of dead kittens, earning him yet another F. Ponk recognized that the creative writing teacher wasn’t actually interested in nor was she teaching creative writing, so he politely dropped-out. Nevertheless, Ponk was still interested in writing and in 1993 composed his first full length novel. Ponk has continued creating novels and is the author of 18 works of fiction, consisting of novels, novellas, and short stories.

Along the way, Vonsydow developed an original writing style and format for composing manuscripts he calls, THE VONSYDOW METHOD. After developing his method, Ponk revisited previous works and revised them to reflect the method. The result is novels that are bursting with creativity and original ideas and are presented in a unique format that is a departure from traditional composition. Synopsis, sample chapters of Vonsydow’s literature are available at his website.

Ponk Vonsydow worked as a professional interior decorator, mural painter from 1988 until 2003, when he was run out of business due to health problems and a lagging economy. Murals and custom paint jobs are both luxury items people could no longer afford. By then Vonsydow’s body was ruined from standing on ladders while holding awkward postures and doing repetitive motions for fourteen years. Vonsydow now makes his living earning royalties from his numerous books.

Ponk Vonsydow's first musical instrument was the piano because his mother was a piano teacher. Later he played in the school orchestra playing trumpet. But as a teenager Vonsydow wanted to get into a heavy metal band and managed to convince his father to purchase him a bass guitar and amplifier. Vonsydow quickly became proficient on bass and soon formed a band with some of his friends who also wanted to become musicians. Later Vonsydow discovered he preferred punk rock and played in punk rock bands and various bands that played other types of music until he decided the music business just wasn’t for him after going on several punk rock van tours. However Vonsydow continued to record as a solo artist and continues to record prolifically to this day. Examples of his latest albums are available on YouTube. Look for LUNKHEAD: The Imbecile or LUNKHEAD: Ignoramus, THE DEVIL’S PROXY I thru VII or ILLUMINATION I & II

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