Gun Postell
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Freelance writer, photographer, consultant |
| Location | Valdosta, GA, United States |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | Cutting to chase, this is an experiment. As a lifelong writer I've done, been, seen, met and had the times of my life all over the world. That said, it's time to get serious. Writing isn't a hobby, it is in my blood, it drives everything I do and have ever done. That sometimes causes me to not take it as seriously as I should. Finishing my books and publishing them will happen; help me see the forest for the trees, or both - tell me what you think about these random blog posts you'll start seeing. R |
| Interests | Writing; photography; reading; hiking; researching; traveling; AI; cryptocurrency/bitcoin; blockchain; music; art; design; style; changing the world; cosmic consciousness; neuroscience; health and fitness; longevity research; singularity; transhumanism; movies; documentaries; driving fast Cadillacs; technology; computer science; cypherpunks; public relations/promotion; having an impact on someone's life unexpectedly; all things higher-minded and enlightened; metaphysics; quantum physics; DWAVE computers/quantum computers; neural networks; writers; discovering people just getting started doing something I know instinctively is going to be important; going on assignments; doing nothing; doing what I want to do when I want to do it; freedom; counter culture; international relations, not politically - organically, with real people |
| Favorite movies | The Deer Hunter; The Godfathers 1&2; Apocalypse Now; Tropic Thunder; Pootie Tang; No Country For Old Men; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; Richard Pryor: Live on Sunset Strip; Transcendence; Fight Club; American History X; Hearts of Darkness: The Making of Apocalypse Now; 2001: A Space Odyssey; The Phantom Thread; Boogie Nights; Magnolia; Adaptation; Atlas Cloud; Harry Potters; Inception; Cool Hand Luke; The Chase; Gone With the Wind; The Hurt Locker; The Post; Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri; The Shape of Water; Life is Beautiful; Mulholland Drive; Natural Born Killers; Disney/Pixar (we'd be here all day) |
| Favorite music | Chris Cornell (in all his incarnations); Jeff Buckley; Led Zeppelin; Gucci Mane; Lil Wayne; Muddy Waters; John Lee Hooker; Nouvelle Vague; Bart Adam Young; Hank Williams; Hank Williams, Jr.; Merle Haggard; Waylon Jennings; Johnny Cash; Coldplay; Deer Tick; Velvet Underground; Tash Sultana; Metallica; Seether; Paul McCartney and Wings; The Beatles; George Harrison; Charles Manson; Etta James; Billie Holliday; Nina Simone; Edith Piaf; Bach; Ravel; Luciano Pavarotti; Future; Migos; Hozier; Johnny Paycheck; KC & the Sunshine Band; Bob Marley; The Doors; The Rolling Stones; Imagine Dragons; Blondie; Yo Yo Ma; BBQ Killers; Dead Kennedys; Janes Addiction; Nirvana; Radiohead; The Verge; Frank Sinatra; Dean Martin; Rosemary Clooney; Peggy Lee; Cab Calloway; Howlin Wolf; Robert Johnson; Sly and the Family Stone; I'd be here for hours... |
| Favorite books | The Great Shark Hunt; Crime and Punishment; Hell's Angels; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail; O, Lost; You Can't Go Home Again; The Interview with the Vampire; Lestat; Queen of the Damned; The Witching Hour; Portnoy's Complaint; The World According to Garp; The Hotel New Hampshire; EVERYTHING by Charles Bukowski and Hunter S. Thompson; Tropic of Cancer; Tropic of Capricorn; Sexus; Plexus; Nexus; A Man in Full; 100 Years of Solitude; The Painted Bird; The Dead Girl; The Godfather; Hammer of the Gods; The New Journalism; The Great Gatsby; In Cold Blood; The Sheltering Sky; Inherent Vice; Cosmic Consciousness: Autobiography of a Yogi; How to do All Things; Fear of Flying; The Bell Jar; No Country For Old Men; As I Lay Dying; Absolom, Absolom; Sound and the Fury; Gone With the Wind....etc |
The wicked backspin caught you off guard. How will you play it off without losing your footing?
Since this is a fairly common for me, I have learned to not show any reaction and to disarm by being charming, disarming the wicked-in-question with something they didn't expect, then allow them to kerfuffle themselves into my corner - then I dismiss them with a few carefully chosen, targeted, but pleasant and understanding parting words. I don't lose my footing.