Creativity
Starts With You!
Inspiring
writers
poets
artists
playwrights
screenwriters
songwriters &
journalists
to find
their voices
and teach
the world
to sing!
We are—
story weavers
word slingers
troubadours
dramatists
bards
composers
columnists
painters and
lyricists
I founded LeConte Publishing LLC in the summer of 2022, and named it that because I love hiking in the Smoky Mountains! Its mission is to help those who want to express themselves, which is exactly what I did recently with the publication of my new novel, ASSASSIN’S MANUSCRIPT. Read why I wrote it at the bottom of this page.
William J. Carl, a Greek scholar, screenwriter, playwright, lyricist, and poet, is a former professor, seminary president, and pastor who won the Telluride Indiefest Screenwriting Contest with "Maggie’s Perfect Match” which had a successful run as a play at the Virginia Samford Theater in Birmingham, AL, and is now becoming a musical. Learning how to streamline the novel led him to screenwriting then to playwriting, and how to switch from one medium to the next. For some it’s acting and writing, while for others it’s acting and painting. For David McCullough it was writing and painting. He felt painting helped him ‘see’ more as a writer. What will it be for you?
One more thought about the use of LeConte in the name of this publishing LLC. Conte is a French term that encompasses different sorts of tales or stories. According to one source (Merriam Webster) “contes are more anecdotal than conventional short stories, coming out of the tradition of oral tales and often devoted to a single theme.” Others suggest that there is no clear English equivalent for conte since it really refers to a broad range of fairy tales, folk tales, oral tradition and in some cases fables. So, LeConte means “the story!” Good name for a publishing company, don’t you think?
You have to start somewhere!
That’s what I did when Alex Haley, the author of Roots, said to me thirty years ago, “Bill you need to write a novel!” When I asked him what made him say that, he replied, “Two things: you know how to write, which you do very well, and you know how to tell a story. That’s all a novel is.”
So, I did it! ASSASSIN’S MANUSCRIPT is the result three decades later. So, I dedicated the book to Alex. The point is this. When someone encourages you to write, you should do it and never stop until you’re finished. What are you waiting for?
Link to my Brain Lecture for Preaching Without Notes:
https://vimeo.com/737724444?share=copy
