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Hi there, I’m Russ Doherty, writer, musician, composer. Welcome to my website where I’ll be posting information about all things writing-wise.
Novel-writing, screenwriting, memoirs, songwriting, musicals. I’ll share info about my journey and all my writing adventures.
Check out features on the site:
My writings – links to my published works in literary periodicals and journals.
On Writing – Valuable information and tips I’ve found on the this vast subject.
Blog – Observations on anything from Pixar Rules andAnnie Hall, to what to read during the plague and playing music with Sam Shepard
About Russ – a little about myself, writing focuses, and my travel memoir about learning Irish Traditional Folk Music while traveling in the West of Ireland: The Quiet Man Fiddles. Which you can read or purchase on Amazon
Contact Russ Doherty – email contact.
Sam Shepard Notes
My newest short story is called A Coyote at Beckett’s. It’s about Sam Shepard (actor, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, fiction/non-fiction writer) performing with my Irish band in Santa Barbara (true!) and the ramifications of that performance (fiction!).