HARRY LOCKLEAR
PIEDMONT, South Carolina, United States Email: HARDLOCK1@COMCAST.NET ICQ: YAHOO
I AM A MID-50'S GENTLEMAN WITH MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN SALES AND SALES MANAGEMENT. HOWEVER, BEFORE I WAS THAT, I WAS A SOLDIER. HELICOPTER PILOT, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, ALL THE GOODIES THAT COMES WITH THOSE POSITIONS. VIETNAM VETERAN. FATHER OF TWO SONS AND GRANDFATHER TO IDENTICAL TWIN GIRLS. THEY CALL ME "PAPA".
FOR OVER 24 YEARS, AS A SALES MANAGER AND TRAINER, I HAD TO SCRAPE AND SCROUNGE FOR MATERIAL TO MOTIVATE, TEACH, ECUCATE AND BRING HUMOR TO MY STAFF AND PEERS. DURING THE PROCESS, I BECAME KNOWN AS THE "STORYTELLER". I LOVED IT! THE WHOLE PROCESS JUST SEEMED TO TURN ME ON!
THROUGH THREE TOURS IN VIETNAM, TO 31 YEARS OF SELLING CARS TO ATHLETES, MOVIE STARS AND OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE, I GAINED MANY STORIES AND INSIGHTS INTO PEOPLE; CONTEMPORARY PEOPLE WE ALL KNOW OR HEAR ABOUT EACH DAY!
I HAVE WRITTEN MY FIRST BOOK, AND ALTHOUGH I AM SURE IT NEEDS SOME WORK, IT IS THE FIRST OF A TRILOGY, THREE BOOKS THAT WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH, CRY, PEE YOUR PANTS AND SEARCH YOUR SOUL MORE THAN YOU EVER WANTED! THE WORKS WILL GIVE YOU MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS, BUT THE ANSWERS YOU DO GET WILL SHOCK YOU, SURPRISE YOU, ANGER YOU, AND AGAIN, MAKE YOU SEARCH YOUR SOUL. THE BEST THING ABOUT IT ALL IS THAT THE CENTRAL THEME IS NOT WAR, AS WOULD BE EXPECTED, BUT LOVE; A GREAT, ABIDING AND NEVER-ENDING LOVE OF ONE MAN FOR ANOTHER. THE TRILOGY FOLLOWS A YOUNG BOY, STARTING FROM AGE FOUR, THROUGH HIS LIFE, TRACING HIS LOVE FOR HIS GRANDFATHER, AND HOW IT AFFECTS HIM FOR THE WHOLE DURATION OF HIS LIFE.
NOW, IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO WHET YOUR APPETITE, THEN LET ME TELL YOU THAT THE BOY/MAN, AND HIS GRANDFATHER, INDEED THEIR WHOLE FAMILY ARE AMERICAN INDIANS. AND NO, AS MUCH AS I LOVE TONY HILLERMAN AND HIS WORKS, IT IS NOTHING LIKE TONY'S WORKS, AND PROBABLY, NEVER SHALL BE AS GOOD! BUT ONE HAS TO TRY.
THE TRILOGY WILL, HOWEVER, TELL YOU MORE ABOUT VIETNAM AND THE WAR THERE THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD KNOW. ALMOST ANYONE YOU TALK TO IS STILL OF THE OPINION THAT AMERICA WAS NEVER TOLD THE "REAL STORY" OF VIETNAM. THEY WOULD BE CORRECT! HOW ABOUT IT? ARE YOU READY FOR THE REAL STORY? AT LEAST, PART OF IT? WELL, I CAN USE ALL THE HELP I CAN GET IN FINDING AN AGENT AND A PUBLISHER. ANY AUTHORS OUT THERE WHO WANT TO OFFER THEIR ADVICE, WELCOME! COME ON! JAMES LEE BURKE IS AN IDOL OF MINE. IF ONLY I COULD STUDY AT THAT MASTERS FEET, I WOULD BE HONORED. COME ON JAMES, HELP ME OUT HERE! I HAVE STORIES THAT NEED TO BE TOLD, SCREAM TO BE TOLD, AND JUST DEMAND TO BE TOLD. AND YOU READERS OUT THERE: AFTER READING MY STORIES, IN RETROSPECT, YOU SHALL AGREE WITH ME! Interests: READING, WRITING, MUSIC
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