Ask the Author: Russ Eanes
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Russ Eanes
I get to express my creative energies and inspiration, to others. I hope it catches.
Russ Eanes
Go for a walk. Read a good book. Do something productive, like mowing the grass, where you can see what you have accomplished. I'm serious.
Russ Eanes
You are never too young, or too old, to write. While I was an aspiring writer in my youth, I never wrote all that much over the decades. Yet I completed my first book at age 62 and now plan on doing at least one per year for as long as the inspiration holds.
Russ Eanes
I walked the Camino Frances, the most popular Camino route to Santiago, in 2018. I was profoundly affected by the pilgrimage and processed its meaning to me through writing my book.
Russ Eanes
My biggest inspiration to write comes from walking. When I walk, my mind starts to clear and my creative juices start to bubble. The longer the walk, the better. The best walk lasted 35 days!
Russ Eanes
Since I wrote my first book I have been inspired to write more. I have three in mind. The next book is going to be on another walk, this time in Italy. I walked part of the Via di Francesco last year with my wife and am planning to return this year to walk it for a longer time. The tentative title is something like "Searching for St. Francis." I have had a four decade interstate's in Francis and would like to share some significant themes, such as simplicity, silence and non-violence, all as I walk the trails of Umbria. I think this is a new pilgrimage route that will become more popular.
A second book about walks is developing in my mind, about walking some of the lesser-known pilgrimage routes in southern Spain. That may take a couple of years.
I am also developing a personal memoir of my life with the working title "Blue-eyed Son." If you know Bob Dylan's "Hard Rain" you will understand the significance of the title.
A second book about walks is developing in my mind, about walking some of the lesser-known pilgrimage routes in southern Spain. That may take a couple of years.
I am also developing a personal memoir of my life with the working title "Blue-eyed Son." If you know Bob Dylan's "Hard Rain" you will understand the significance of the title.
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