Sunday Whoever

This Sunday’s Whoever is someone who has been with the site since the summer of 2019. Harrison Kim has an extensive cannon of work and you would do well to have a look at his eclectic and entertaining stories. HIs responses to the questions surprised and amused us – enjoy:

Hi Literally Editors:  Some tough questions here, some I could not answer, but here are the answers I can give, to the best of my ability.

-What topic(s) would you not take on?
Kung Fu

What in your opinion is the best line you’ve written?  
“To be ….. or not to be….. that is the question.”

No, wait, that was the best line I WISHED I’d written.

Would you write what you would consider shite for money?
See next question

Will you ever go Woke with your writing and use pronoun / non-descript characters and explore sensitive issues in an understanding and sensitive way?
That would be Shiite for money.

Type something surprising.
The man in the moon is upside-down in Argentina.

God is not a fish inspector.

Do you see something different in a mirror that others don’t when they look at you?
The glass

The future – Bleak or hopeful?
The sun will still rise even after the apocalypse.

What would you like to like as you hate that you hate it?
Pineapple Upside Down Cake;

music ear worms

Records? Tapes? Or CDs?
All of the above, but I prefer live music, unknowns with talent and a small crowd.

What genre you don’t write in would you like to try?
Western Fiction

Icing Sugar

Bonus question (worth double points): What percentage of their time do Dogs spend thinking about food?
I cannot say, I do not want to appropriate the canine narrative.  Ask Bowser for his lived experience on this matter.

Who was your English teacher and did he know about your writing ambitions?
Mr. Apted.  No, for I had none at that time.

How long after you left school was it before you wrote anything aimed at publication? 
One year.  It was a satirical letter to the editor about the decadence of rock music.

If you have an idea for a story in the middle of the supermarket what action do you take?
I reach for the raisin bran.   Yes, I know, I should reach for my pen.  Sometimes I do, and write on my hand.

Do you find ideas come to you randomly or only when you sit down to write.?
I’d say ideas come to me in dreams, but I have to write the dreams down, which is difficult when you are asleep.  I lose a lot of ideas that way.  Once in a while, an idea will come to me in the middle of a supermarket.

Have you ever been on a writing retreat and if so how was it?
No, I have not…. And……. It was incredibly motivating.

What is the worst film version of a book that you’ve seen?
The Lord of The Rings

What invention has been the downfall of the 20 / 21st century?
Fentanyl and synthetic opiods, crystal meth, etc.

How do you get kids to read?
You don’t.

If you had no bottle opener, how would you open a beer? 
Rub two sticks together.   Pray.  If that fails, use a power drill.

How many friends and family ask how your writing is going?
A fair number.  Unfortunately, my answer at this point re: how my writing is going is “It is going to drive me crazy.”

Has anything you have written told you something about yourself you did not know (good or bad)? 
Yes.  I learned I was strangely interested in mystic climes, after writing a short story entitled “In The Land of the Rain Gnomes,” where a retired psychiatrist finds himself in a remote ghost town in a rain forest, where all his ex-patients seem to be living in the moss.

Do you regret having a certain item published?
My letter to the editor about the decadence of rock music.

Do you have a work that has been repeatedly rejected that still means a lot to you?Indeed.  It is entitled “A Beautiful Sandwich.”

What does a bird in the hand really do? (If you answer shite on your wrist, I’ll be very disappointed!) 
Fly into the bush to join the other two birds.

Best song you have heard from 1986? 
The Smithereens “Behind The Wall of Sleep.

Greatest 1970’s Movies
Aguirre, The Wrath of God

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

Sugar or Salt?
Pass the beans

Most overrated writer ever?
Jean Paul Sartre

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Harrison