It's been a lifetime in the making but a Shelby Township writer has recently published his first book of poetry.Matthew Schatmeyer is a national poetry contest winner and recently published his first book, "Ballooning in Stars."
"It consists of 82 poems and one fable," said Schatmeyer. "It's a poetic voyage where you will rediscover natural beauty. "Schatmeyer is a Macomb Community College graduate who studied English and began writing poems when he was 15 years old. After being laid off from his job, he had the time he needed to pursue something about which he was truly passionate.
"I have a shoebox full of writings that I've kept since I was 16," Schatmeyer said. "However, I've done most of my writing in the past six years."After compiling the poems and editing them several times, Schatmeyer self-published the book in April of this year.
"This whole process was a lot more work than I realized," he said. "I had to edit it, then edit it again to make sure it was correct.""Ballooning in Stars" consists of four sections that take the reader on a natural and spiritual journey. They are Natural Beauty, Shared Experience, Within Ourselves and Forever Forward."Natural Beauty will ease the readers into poetry and uses vivid descriptions," Schatmeyer said. "Forever Forward is the most important chapter in the book as it takes a look beyond the here and now."
"In 2010, Schatmeyer was named the Paul Laurence Dunbar National Poetry Contest Award recipient. His poem "Rainbow Soul" beat the competition to take top honors."The author describes his writing style as "new," "fresh" and "modern," and said he hopes to make a career out of writing.
"I would love for my book to be the curriculum for college and high school students," said Schatmeyer, "a new style that they can relate to and understand."If all goes as planned and Schatmeyer achieves the success he is seeking as a writer, he said he wants to help others get their big break.
"I would form a foundation to help other artists get off their feet," he said For now, he's still trying to get his own career off the ground and is off to a good start."At the end of May, Schatmeyer launched a worldwide marketing campaign, contacting more than one million people in five countries.
"I launched an e-mail advertising campaign that reached out to one million people," he said. "The list included educators, readers and fellow writers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand."While he's working hard to promote his new book, Schatmeyer is already working on a second."I think the second book will be a collection of short stories,"Schatmeyer is a member of the Shelby Township Writers Club and is co-chair of the Shelby Poetry Club."English is my passion," he said. "I look at language as the archeology of thought."Ballooning in Stars.By ROSS RAYBIN
It's been a lifetime in the making but a Shelby Township writer has recently published his first book of poetry.Matthew Schatmeyer is a national poetry contest winner and recently published his first book, "Ballooning in Stars."
"It consists of 82 poems and one fable," said Schatmeyer. "It's a poetic voyage where you will rediscover natural beauty. "Schatmeyer is a Macomb Community College graduate who studied English and began writing poems when he was 15 years old. After being laid off from his job, he had the time he needed to pursue something about which he was truly passionate.
"I have a shoebox full of writings that I've kept since I was 16," Schatmeyer said. "However, I've done most of my writing in the past six years."After compiling the poems and editing them several times, Schatmeyer self-published the book in April of this year.
"This whole process was a lot more work than I realized," he said. "I had to edit it, then edit it again to make sure it was correct.""Ballooning in Stars" consists of four sections that take the reader on a natural and spiritual journey. They are Natural Beauty, Shared Experience, Within Ourselves and Forever Forward."Natural Beauty will ease the readers into poetry and uses vivid descriptions," Schatmeyer said. "Forever Forward is the most important chapter in the book as it takes a look beyond the here and now."
"In 2010, Schatmeyer was named the Paul Laurence Dunbar National Poetry Contest Award recipient. His poem "Rainbow Soul" beat the competition to take top honors."The author describes his writing style as "new," "fresh" and "modern," and said he hopes to make a career out of writing.
"I would love for my book to be the curriculum for college and high school students," said Schatmeyer, "a new style that they can relate to and understand."If all goes as planned and Schatmeyer achieves the success he is seeking as a writer, he said he wants to help others get their big break.
"I would form a foundation to help other artists get off their feet," he said For now, he's still trying to get his own career off the ground and is off to a good start."At the end of May, Schatmeyer launched a worldwide marketing campaign, contacting more than one million people in five countries.
"I launched an e-mail advertising campaign that reached out to one million people," he said. "The list included educators, readers and fellow writers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand."While he's working hard to promote his new book, Schatmeyer is already working on a second."I think the second book will be a collection of short stories,"Schatmeyer is a member of the Shelby Township Writers Club and is co-chair of the Shelby Poetry Club."English is my passion," he said. "I look at language as the archeology of thought."Ballooning in Stars.By ROSS RAYBIN
It's been a lifetime in the making but a Shelby Township writer has recently published his first book of poetry.Matthew Schatmeyer is a national poetry contest winner and recently published his first book, "Ballooning in Stars."
"It consists of 82 poems and one fable," said Schatmeyer. "It's a poetic voyage where you will rediscover natural beauty. "Schatmeyer is a Macomb Community College graduate who studied English and began writing poems when he was 15 years old. After being laid off from his job, he had the time he needed to pursue something about which he was truly passionate.
"I have a shoebox full of writings that I've kept since I was 16," Schatmeyer said. "However, I've done most of my writing in the past six years."After compiling the poems and editing them several times, Schatmeyer self-published the book in April of this year.
"This whole process was a lot more work than I realized," he said. "I had to edit it, then edit it again to make sure it was correct.""Ballooning in Stars" consists of four sections that take the reader on a natural and spiritual journey. They are Natural Beauty, Shared Experience, Within Ourselves and Forever Forward."Natural Beauty will ease the readers into poetry and uses vivid descriptions," Schatmeyer said. "Forever Forward is the most important chapter in the book as it takes a look beyond the here and now."
"In 2010, Schatmeyer was named the Paul Laurence Dunbar National Poetry Contest Award recipient. His poem "Rainbow Soul" beat the competition to take top honors."The author describes his writing style as "new," "fresh" and "modern," and said he hopes to make a career out of writing.
"I would love for my book to be the curriculum for college and high school students," said Schatmeyer, "a new style that they can relate to and understand."If all goes as planned and Schatmeyer achieves the success he is seeking as a writer, he said he wants to help others get their big break.
"I would form a foundation to help other artists get off their feet," he said For now, he's still trying to get his own career off the ground and is off to a good start."At the end of May, Schatmeyer launched a worldwide marketing campaign, contacting more than one million people in five countries.
"I launched an e-mail advertising campaign that reached out to one million people," he said. "The list included educators, readers and fellow writers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand."While he's working hard to promote his new book, Schatmeyer is already working on a second."I think the second book will be a collection of short stories,"Schatmeyer is a member of the Shelby Township Writers Club and is co-chair of the Shelby Poetry Club."English is my passion," he said. "I look at language as the archeology of thought."Ballooning in Stars.