A View From Here. A few years ago there was a writers conference held in the central Oregon coast town of Yachats, where I lived. I listened to the late Ken Kesey, a frequent visitor to the area, tell a writer that this could be a hard place to write. “If you think you can sit there staring at the ocean for inspiration you’re wrong, it’s not out there, it’s in your head!”
He was right. It is beautiful here in Lincoln County. It’s the kind of beauty that makes concentrating on anything else tough. And since hearing that insight, I’ve written at a desk facing a wall no windows opening onto a ocean view, although I have one, but it’s worked.
I’ve done, and do, different kinds of writing. As a freelance writer I’ve been a observational columnist, a humor columnist, a book and music reviewer for newspapers, magazines, and online.
However, as a creative writer, my heart belongs to fiction. In that genre I do short stories, road adventure stories, musical adventure tales, and in current production, are three small novels.
So really the purpose of this web site is to give you a glance of some of the things I’ve done, a preview of what’s coming, and hopefully, a view of what it’s like to be a writer living in a small town on the Oregon coast! – Rick Schultze
A blast from the past in these crazy days. I usually write about current events but this week I’m going back to a more innocent time, hope you get a kick out of it! Back before cell phones and the internet I was in a rock and roll band. I’d Read more…
So you’ve got your band of friends together to start a band. To test the waters with your talent you have to play somewhere besides in the garage. You know, get a job. The first bands I was a member in played teen dances and local small parties. We went Read more…
The Agent He or she that facilitates a deal that benefits both the seller and the buyers. Here we are talking about the band that is for sale and the club owner or promoter that is buying the band. Done correctly both parties make some money. That is in theory Read more…
So our band had progressed to working now and then in small bars. We had secured an agent who was trying to push us into what we thought was the “big time”. To us that was steady work in one of the several bars that used bands five nights a Read more…
For our band that had been playing part time suddenly to become became full time and it was definitely different Going from playing two nights a week to five nights a week was a big change. Since all of us had day jobs, the extra three nights we were playing Read more…
Sometimes I wish I was back in the days of using a Horse for transportation instead of relying on a Car! Especially when the car needs to be fixed. Of course you have to maintain a Horse to make sure it runs and lives well, but that seems fairly Read more…
Well after Thanksgiving I had a very full stomach, now I have a very full brain. This is the season where Football is all over television, both the National Football League and College are closing in on playoffs and eventually the best teams will prevail. Thus as a Football fan Read more…
What are your Winter activities that help you get through the Winter blahs? Well there are some folks that come over here to The Central Oregon Coast to “Storm Watch”. They are kind of like those who case Tornadoes. But you have to admit we do have some spectacular storms Read more…
The distance from the Southern end of Lincoln County near Yachats, to Rose Lodge, at the tip of the Northern end of Lincoln County, is approximately 60 miles. It can be a long trip up the Central Oregon Coast North from Yachats to Rose Lodge but it’s also a great Read more…
The art of Production. There are things that take Production to get the point across. What I’m talking about is how some things like Movies or Sports Broadcasts are Produced. It is an art. As with other things, the more the Production costs, the more resources are allotted to it’s Read more…
A View From Here. Sights, sounds and smells. The Trilogy of life; how you see it, what it sounds like to you, and how things smell to you. Obviously each person is different and each situation is different and since we are dealing with individuals it’s kind of fun to Read more…
In the Special Election the measure 21-197 to provide funding for The Lincoln County Library District and five Libraries in Lincoln City, Newport, Siletz, Toledo and Waldport, passed by a wide margin. This shows the communities respect and use of these hubs of activity and knowledge available to all that Read more…