Author
Kenneth Allen Crutchfield
Kenneth Crutchfield was born on the south side of Chicago into a family of musicians. During his formative years he worked as a professional drummer in Chicago then traveled globally after finishing high school. He received a Bachelors degree from the University of Southern California and a Masters degree from Queens College (CUNY) in New York City, both in music. He has written several plays, The Great Kickin'dog, Balloon on a String and Lorna's L'Elegant Lounge; two musicals, All God's Saints Go To Heaven-Not and Bones Brothers Brothel. All were produced in New York City as well as nationally. Ken is also a writer of prose and pens poetry as well. LOCKBOX is his second novel.
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Hello Kenneth Crutchfield, Welcome to ABOUT INSIDER! What made you want to write such a vivid style of book?
I try to engage the reader with the story as much as possible. I do this by not only paying attention to the visual, but by making a strong effort to touch the other senses. I may try to compare a smell, or a taste or touch or something visual, anything the reader may have experienced in the past that stimulates his/her memory. And I rack my brain trying to come up with examples that we all can relate to.
I try to engage the reader with the story as much as possible. I do this by not only paying attention to the visual, but by making a strong effort to touch the other senses. I may try to compare a smell, or a taste or touch or something visual, anything the reader may have experienced in the past that stimulates his/her memory. And I rack my brain trying to come up with examples that we all can relate to.
Did you discuss your framework with anyone prior to writing?
No. There were things I wanted to touch on so I just wrote an outline but it wasn’t strictly followed. As I was writing, things came up and I just wrote them down as I went along. I tried telling the story honestly.
How have your own experiences influenced how you write?
Some of my thoughts and beliefs are channeled through selected characters. I do write about things I know or people I’ve met or feelings I’ve had, or places I’ve been in the past, then either assign it to my characters or add it within the fabric of the story.
Mission
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Lockbox
A riveting, emotionally charged urban psycho-thriller set in the mid 1990's.
A young Chicago woman suffering from emotional scars and who desperately wants to become a single mother, fights to control her life in the corporate world through lucid dreaming.
Edwina Jennings, an ambitious young bank employee is desperate to have a child.
Along with the burning desire to become a single mother is her ruthless drive to climb the corporate ladder.
With the help of lucid dreaming, she quickly rises to an upper management position but not without paying a heavy price...
Realizing only part of her vision she abandons lucid dreaming and turns to an intriguing form of mystical philosophy introduced to her by two research doctors and a professor.
Will the price for everything be too high? Click and join the transcendental hunt for everything you ever wanted!
