Bradley S. Hartman

Bradley S. Hartman Joins Us on October 20 for a Myku Poetry Jam.

Bradley S. Hartman retired from a career as a truck driver to become a writer of both fiction and poetry. Two of Brad’s books are now available on Amazon.com: his first published novel, “U.S. Avengers,” a fantasy-adventure tale about Officer Cody Sandler and his alter ego, the crime fighting U.S. Avenger. Amazon also carries a volume of Brad’s poetry called “Just Like Dad: A Poetic Life.” Brad credits his writing to his wife, Andrea Hartman, who encouraged him and believed in his writing right from the start. Brad had dabbled in writing years ago, and when he began to write again, he found just a page of an old story in his desk drawer. He read it over and it seemed like a good idea still, so he sat down and began to write. Six months later, the first draft of U.S. Avengers was complete.

Like Charles Dickens, Brad is exploring the world of serial story telling. Brad’s local paper is publishing two pages a week of “Jessie,” a fantasy book about Jessie Hunter who seems to possess powers beyond those of mortal women. She’s also the main character in another book Brad’s in the middle of writing called “The Strange Adventures of Jessie Hunter.”

Recently, Brad and Andrea moved to Morocco, Indiana, a town of less than 2000 people, and launched their new venture, a publishing company called Hartfelt Books http://hartfeltbooks.com The focus of their publishing company is twofold, to give authors a publishing company that truly values their work, to create jobs, and to support the charities they care about such as Habitat for Humanities and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Stop by the site to see what they’re up to but also to download a copy of “A Cut Above,” the sequel to “U.S. Avengers.” The download is free but do consider donating to one of the charities Brad and Andrea support that are listed on the charities page of the website.

When asked what appeals to him about mykuworld, Brad said, “I thought at first that myku was haiku but then I saw the poetry and liked the idea of replying to poems so that eventually each board becomes a multi-authored poem. Three myku Brad enjoyed writing is on the ‘My Dog’ board, and were written in dialogue with starbucksthief and cobaltcat09.

With great leaps and bounds,
He chases them around,
As they flitter low to the ground,
Looking like a crazy hound.

My dog chases moths,
In the dark,
Little light colored ones,
Which flit and dart.

My dog chases moths,
He does this a lot,
Leaving behind soggy bugs,
Who don’t seem to mind it much,
As they rise again to be chased in the dark.

I asked Andrea to describe Brad’s writing style. “Non-conformist,” she said, and laughed “Brad has weird thoughts! He’s unconventional, and not afraid to take risks or to challenge someone else’s view of the world.” She went on to say that part of what attracted her to Brad was his poetry, “As a poet, Brad is very emotional in his poetry where he expresses emotions he doesn’t normally show.” Andrea and Brad both support literacy programs that put books into the hands of kindergarten students.

Join us from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. EST on October 20, 2009 to write poetry with Brad. He’ll be responding to the subjects your start in addition to starting a board where mykupoets can try their hand at writing in Brad’s favorite genres – adventure and fantasy. Come write myku about superheroes, alter egos, murder and mayhem. It’ll be a great myku conversation!