Free Novel E-Book Download

For those of you who don't already know, I wrote a love story some time ago.

A tale of redemption and second chances, love and romance, passion and hope Montana Skies was my first real venture into novel writing. It tells the story of a young Senator from Montana, James Olafsson, who is caught between the life that he chose and the life that he left behind so many years ago. A vivid story that jumps between the late 1940s, the turbulent 1960s and the present, it weaves together a number of themes as it tells the tale of a man torn between worlds and the choices that he has to make amidst the journeys of his life that threaten everything he always thought he wanted.

Recently I have decided to make this book available as a free pdf download from my website. Going to my newly set aside fiction and literature section, where you have the chance to also read my poetry and listen to my short stories, you now have the chance to read this bittersweet and heart warming story in its entirety and I am sure that you will like it.

So take a look and enjoy it, and if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to let me know…

Wyatt.

New Poetry Section Added

There is something a little liberating in poetry, isn’t there? It’s one of those few places where, in a few short words, you have the chance to tell a story that you want to tell or express feelings that you just can’t otherwise find the words for.

Though I don’t often get a chance to explore my love of poetry and writing it that often, I have written a few poems and I hope to write some more. At the encouragement of a friend I have decided to share them with you as well in a new section just added to my website in the writing section. There you will find four pieces I have already written, The Moon, I Close My Eyes, Gone and Longing. It’s my hope that I will be adding more to this section soon, so be sure to check back for new pieces as they are posted.

Take a look, take a read and I hope that you find something meaningful and, perhaps, even inspiring in them.

Wyatt.

AAMOF Devotions

For those of you who are wondering, after considerable consideration and review of the As a Matter of Faith Devotion Site I have decided to start over with a new outlook and take on it. It has been brought to my attention that perhaps I have not been the most effective in what was being done there so far with the longer devotions and the 20 to 25 part series. As such it was felt that more could be done if it the devotions were broken up between a morning offering of scriptural wisdom and an evening prayer, each series taking a week long journey into the scriptures.

As such I have reset the site and have gone back to the drawing board, starting with a seven part series called The Origins of Faith (it seemed like the natural starting place). The new style can be seen today with the Morning Devotion: What is Faith?, and the Evening Prayer: Gird Us With Your Faith O Lord.

Be sure to check it all out and let me know what you think.

God bless,

Wyatt.

Goethe's Faust (Mephistopheles)

Finding myself having recently re-read Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragedy of Dr. Faustus I decided to once more go back and take another look at Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s take on the play. The result has been these two takes of the same scene dealing with the character of Mephistopheles.

Considering the nature of the character, who comes to Faust as a monk, and the play itself they are intentionally dark to emphasis a certain dramatic aspect of the play. So do keep that in mind as you watch.

I hope you enjoy.

Updated Carving Section

Well, it took a while, but I finally updated my website with another piece of my carving, including a portrait and a picture frame that I made.

It is picture frame. Do keep in mind that I had some problems with the lighting for as I took the picture, so I want to apologize for that. My digital camera has been on the fritz as of late and though I’ve been trying to figure out what is wrong with it there hasn’t been much luck. It might just be time to bite the bullet and get a new one.

At any rate, I hope you enjoy. In the meantime I look forward to hearing from you.

Until next time, God bless,

WJTM

Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2 Monologue

I thought this might be fun. Last time I did Faustus’ Monologue from Christopher Marlowe’s tragedy, this time I decided to attempt Hamlet’s Soliloquy from Act 2, Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s play. This is the part just after the players leave, having just performed a particularly powerful scene that moved the actor to tears. Pretending to have enjoyed the acting, now, as he finds himself alone Hamlet is enraged by emotional response given, but his anger is soon turned to feelings of remorse, lament and being powerless before he devises a plan to ensnare Claudius with a performance like the murder of his father.

Once again do be kind, as I pointed out last time I am not a professional actor, I just enjoy it and like particular sorts of scenes that I memorize from classical works. Still, feel free to let me know what you think.

WJTM

The Final Scene of Marlowe's Dr. Faustus

For those of you interested, I made a video of the final speech of Faustus from Christopher Marlowe's Play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. If you are wondering about the lighting it is intentionally dark to reflect the dark nature of the scene and the despair of the title character, who is about to be carried off to his final fate.

Let me know what you think, and do be kind, I am not much of an actor.