Bit o’ Bio
Lester Smith is an award-winning writer, game designer, and poet. He has been publishing work professionally since 1984. Nowadays, Les works for Sebranek Inc., an educational publishing house in southern Wisconsin. He is also currently president of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. And as time permits, he publishes other writers via Popcorn Press.
What does it take to make a successful publishing career? Les believes you must cultivate the following alphabetical qualities:
- Arrogance to assume that your work deserves a place on people’s shelves.
- Balance in your treatment of story and mechanics.
- Charm in your writing style.
- Disdain for material wealth (because writers seldom have any).
- Eclectic tastes in books, films, and music–for inspiration.
- Farsightedness to plan for deadlines, and to stay sane after missing one.
- Garrulousness to write your own bios.
- Humility to realize that pretty much nobody ever reads them. :-)
Les currently lives in Wisconsin with his wife, two daughters, one Chihuahua, a lop-eared bunny, a multitude of old computers, and far too large a collection of games and books. If you would like to help alleviate this last problem, please visit Hobby Hearse, his ongoing online garage sale.
Contact Information:
mail: P.O. Box 12, Elkhorn, WI 53121
email: les@lestersmith.com