The finer things in life like writing, reading, cigars, beer, wine, food, exercise, and introspection -- you know, all the components to nourish mind, body and spirit.
Music
Representing my favorites (extensive and eclectic as my taste is): AC DC, Aerosmith, Al Green, Anthrax, Audioslave, Billy Idol, The Cranberries, The Cult, The Cure, Danzig, Dave Matthews Band, The Dead Milkmen, Depeche Mode, Diana Krall, Dio, Disturbed, Dokken, Drowning Pool, Elvis Costello, Fiona Apple, Foo Fighters, Frank Sinatra, Ghostface Killah, Gipsy Kings, The Go-Gos, Godsmack, Gov't Mule, Great White, Guns N' Roses, Helmet, Henry Rollins, Interpol, Iron Maiden, Jay-Z, John Legend, Jonny Lang, Kanye West, Kid Rock, The Killers, Korn, Lacuna Coil, Led Zeppelin, Lennon (the chick singer, not the Beattle), Linkin Park, Melissa Etheridge, Metallica (a LOT of Metallica), Molly Hatchet, Motley Crue, Motorhead, Mudvayne, My Chemical Romance, Nine Inch Nails, NIrvana, Nitzer Ebb, Pantera, Pink Floyd, Pixies, The Phychedelic Furs, Queens of the Stone Age, Queensryche, R.E.M., Rage Against The Machine, The Ramones, Richard Cheese, Rob Zombie, Sade, Scorpions, Sevendust, She Wants Revenge, Shooter Jennings, Slayer, Slipknot, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Susan Tedeschi, Suzy Bogguss, System of a Down, Tesla, Toadies, Tony Bennett, Tool, Triumph, Van Morrison, Whitesnake, Willie Nelson, Wolfmother, ZZ Top
Movies
TBA
Television
Deadwood, The Sopranos, Rome and Six Feet Under -- may they have legs on DVD, The Tudors, Dexter, Entourage, Late Night with David Letterman, Sports Center, PTI, Jeopardy, CBS Sunday Morning
Books
Like my musical taste, my reading is pretty eclectic (though not nearly as extensive). Influences include: Earnest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Conner, Raymond Carver, Richard Yates, Steven King, John Irving, P. J. O'Rourke, Dave Barry, Tim O'Brien, John O'Brien, Denis Johnson, Larry Brown, T. C. Boyle, Chuck Palahniuk, Kevin Canty, Barry Gifford, Amy Hempel, Cormac McCarthy, Mark Richard, John McNally, Dan Chaon, Benjamin Cavell, Chris Offutt, David Mamet, Max Frisch, Steve Almond, Hubert Selby Jr., Nicholson Baker, Charles Bukowski, Harry Crews, Thom Jones, Anton Chekhov, Dylan Thomas, Robert Frost, Elie Wiesel, Junot Diaz, Jay McInerney, Ian McEwan, Madge McKeithen, Karon Luddy, C. K. Williams, Charles Simic, Nathaniel Bellows...
And most recently and dramatically, Daniel Mueller, Jonathan Dee, Fred Leebron and Pinckney Benedict,
And in the Up and Coming realm, I'm already a huge fan of Tracy Crow, Valerie Hamilton, Kevin Jones, Sarah Davis, Blaise Weller, Matt Flaherty, Jason McGlone, Peter Shilling, and Martin Seay, and many others.
Heroes
All those who have gotten up and done "it" every day.
Jeff's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Zodiac Sign:
Scorpio
Jeff's Schools
Queens University Of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
Graduated: 2005
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Creative Writing
Clubs: Yuengling Devotees
2003 to 2005
University Of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Graduated: 1994
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English
Minor: International Studies
About me: I served six years in the U.S. Navy before earning a BA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing. I’ve held writing positions at a major daily newspaper, a Fortune 500 company, and a university-based research center. I edited the anthology “Home of the Brave: Stories in Uniform” which features the work of Kurt Vonnegut, Tim O’Brien, Tobias Wolff, James Salter, Pinckney Benedict, Chris Offutt, Robert O’Connor, Gabe Hudson, Benjamin Percy, Amber Dermont, Roman Skaskiw, Zoey Byrd, Valerie Hamilton, Blaise Weller, Sarah Davis, Mary Akers, Tracy Crow, Kevin Jones, Hannah Huber, Bruce Overby, Peter Schilling, Tom Sheehan, Doug Frelke, and Max Ruback. My writing has appeared in corporate publications and websites and in The Houston Literary Review, American Skating World, the Tampa Tribune and Writer’s Journal. Currently, I live in Tampa, Florida where I’m completing a novel and lead a creative writing workshop for military veterans.
Who I'd like to meet: My agent, my editor, and eventually, my readers.
But in the meantime, I also work privately with creative writing students who have served in the United States military, in some capacity, at some time. For more information on this, visit www.dd214writers.com or contact me through this page or via my email address jjhess@dd214writers.com.
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Please join us for our First Edition Launch Party.
We'll be having lots of fun and giving away books and print copies of our magazine as prizes.
Trivia questions will come from our website and the magazine (available in PDF - just follow the link from our homepage www.dianakaypublishing.com for your copy).
Hey, buddy. In Orlando at Shot show through Sunday and then in your area Tuesday and Weds. I called and left message. Hope to hear from you. Take Care.
What’s included? *Printed 3.75 x 2.5 ad in Diana Kay Publishing, the magazine. *Book cover will be included in an animated advertisement on DianaKayPublishing. com. *A link from your ad to your website. *Space is limited so click the link above for how to take advantage of this offer.
We hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas and wish you a blessed New Year!
Awesome. Do old friends and teammates get advance copies? How you doing buddy? Jeff and I are thinking of hosting our own reunion sometime this winter. I will be down there in Jan and Feb a week each time for work. This time we need to meet up. Take care and Merry Christmas.
Thank you for accepting our friend invitation. Check out our blog. We’ve just posted something exciting. And we’d love to hear from you. Hope you’re having a wonderful week! Diana Kay
It was great seeing you in NYC. I loved hearing your plans for DD214. Forward march. You guys should've come dancing. It's hilarious to see writers busting their moves. But spiritual somehow, too. I wondered how many of us were taking notes. I know I was. ~sheryl
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