Tom Hapgood
Tom's latest novel Lost Letters is now available!
It's about a medieval monastery and a decommissioned Army base in Germany and a surprising DNA test and music and the 1980s and memory and complex history and love.
![Tonight, I heard things I wanted to hear and things I needed to hear from @amortowles in regards to writing and life.
So many thanks to @fayettevillepubliclibrary for bringing him here and @kylekellams for the masterful moderation.
“Read. Write. Repeat. That’s my advice. That’s the game plan. It’s the communication of ideas and emotions [in discovering reading when you’re young] and the hunt begins, and then the hunt never ends.”
In terms of AI: “Making this stuff up is the fun part. Why use a machine to do this?!”
#writerlife #novelist #fayettevillear](https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.75761-15/504481849_17881098054321581_8433912887877165241_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=lBEHRvpe1RYQ7kNvwGFieOy&_nc_oc=AdkjbGW9psckWmIqlORgtiLOKXjViWB6uozW9RK5EUfNDCa8EYpe88qoBQIt_cA7WZI&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=J_Zhe4OSRWCChpy9DtFW0g&oh=00_AfP_vm2_DAPwhp05-iJNX5monN5j7mDc9FSf9fSia7BSDw&oe=684C0AB1)
![These kids today, surrounded by pictures of themselves, having pictures of themselves taken, and not a trench coat in sight. (Wait, maybe that's good.)
#18 #birthday #karlsruhe #germany #germersheim #usarmy #prom #promkingrunnerup
[Thanks Chris Brace for the Barber Shop pic.]](https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/473798910_950311149989178_2177038281459872546_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=XpDs-r0TgmsQ7kNvwG-rke2&_nc_oc=AdlHN8Gz-dhWJFH594x5cistl2NGGycwKrCN9RT1p0qaWaBF0oLWoNcLiWIAT9Cg5Wo&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=J_Zhe4OSRWCChpy9DtFW0g&oh=00_AfOjblWr8awsZWxXMr_r-jUQY05Hl5vueoI3_F-PibXPdw&oe=684C37D7)
