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Today we speak with Daniel Williams. He is an author-illustrator and English professor living in Western Pennsylvania.
Dan has a special talent for humor writing, among other things, and you can find his stories and essays on Medium and on his Spotify podcast, "Misbehaving in Maine."
His fully illustrated memoir, "Misbehaving in Maine: 30 Half-Learned Lessons," will be published this spring by Falls City Press.
Today we interview Dan and read his story "You Put the End in Friendship"
From the show:
“…So when you illustrate this story, for example, how much of Brian and you are in those particular characters in a cartoon? …So for Brian, I remember his hair was very short and aggressive. It was this eternal buzz cut. And so you could always see this kid's skull. And he was very careless with his skull…”
“…Self esteem…When I post a story and then I'm waiting to see what people think, sometimes I'll check it way too often and there will be no feedback whatsoever. And then immediately everything that was a good idea becomes a bad idea and it was a terrible title and I didn't pull off the ending. I was sloppy. I was really lazy this time around and it just starts…”
“…if you look at a transcription of kids talking, they sound like they hate each other, but they're just buddies. So in a way, I miss the ability to say to somebody, you're a moron and then still be their friend. But yeah, it still exists today.…”