Resume

• 2006

  CD

  Mitchell

  Author

  Fiction and Creative nonfiction

  Mitchell Editing Services

  The University of Alabama System

  University of Memphis

  University of Alabama

  I taught advanced

  intermediate and introductory courses in creative writing

  including fiction and creative nonfiction. In addition I also taught American Lit I and II

  English Lit I and II

  Composition I and II

  Honors classes in American Lit

  English Lit and Composition as well as Freshman Learning Community Classes for nursing students

  world literature

  and technical writing.

  Instructor

  The University of Alabama System

  Taught Composition

  Literature and Creative Writing

  Served as an Editor for The Pinch and River City for 3 years

  and as managing editor one of those years.

  University of Memphis

  Author

  Fiction and Creative nonfiction

  Mitchell Editing Services

  Lafe

  Arkansas

  I proof-read and edit manuscripts and suggest revisions for improving the overall quality of the work.

  MFA in Fiction and Creative nonfiction

  Juris Doctorate

  BSBA in Finance and Banking

  The University of Memphis

  McNeese State University

  The University of Arkansas

  The University of Memphis

  MFA

  Check out my website at cdmitchell.net. It is still under construction

  so keep coming back. If something doesn't work

  I will be working on it

  I promise!

  Fiction and Creative Nonfiction

  While at Memphis I served as the Nonfiction

  assistant

  and managing editor of \"The Pinch\" literary magazine.

• 1990

  Every year it seems another apocalypse is predicted. Every day we hear of the pending global warming disaster. there was Y2K. The next one was the Mayan 2012. Every preacher on television rants and raves about the end of time and the apocalypse and the second coming of Christ. Preacher Harold Camping went so far as to predict the exact day. \n\nDuring the summer of 1990

  Iben Browning predicted an apocalyptic earthquake would strike the New Madrid Fault on December 3rd

  devastating the heartland from St. Louis to Memphis.\n\n\nIn Delbert

  Arkansas

  a fictional town along the New Madrid Fault

  the people felt other things were more important than an impending apocalypse--like Wink Gaskill's beer permit application for a new local convenience store he was building.\n\nFaydeane Gossett stated the community concerns clearly: \"If we allow him to sell beer

  next thing you know we'll have crack houses

  whorehouses and casinos on every street corner.\"\n\n\nIn this story collection

  the townspeople barrel towards their date with destiny while dealing with infidelity

  lust

  sexual and domestic abuse

  drug addiction

  cancer

  family histories

  bigotry

  murder

  ambition

  sexual preferences

  mental illness

  loss

  failure

  religion

  mistakes

  local gossip

  elections and professional wrestling.\n\n\nDespite Iben Browning's prediction of an apocalyptic earthquake

  December 3rd

  1990 came and went without so much as a tremor

  and the town folks breathed a collective sigh of relief and went about returning their generators to Sears for a refund

  pouring their cache of gasoline into their trucks and ATV's

  eating their Vienna Sausages and Spam and dumping stored gallons of water on their front yards and winter greens.\n\nThey went back to dealing with the every day problems that make a predicted apocalypse seem small in comparison.\n\nFacing a once in a lifetime catastrophic event

  the residents of Delbert

  Arkansas

  prove that the truly apocalyptic events are the ones they face every day.\n

  Alligator Stew

  This collection of stories resides at the intersection--or collision--of religion and sexuality and the hypocrisy it generates. Here you will find a girl who dreams of being married nude like Adam and Eve

  a signed chastity contract

  wife-swapping

  dope-smoking

  a sacred tree

  a golden shower tree

  a swingers resort

  communion crackers made of horny goatweed and Viagara

  and a cockfight in the Mexican village of Puerto Moreles

  and that is just the first story.

  God's Naked Will

  Authors are asked every day how do you find material for your stories

  or what inspired you to write about such a twisted character? To the last question I usually respond \"Someone I used to know.\" But I thought I would share on my blog the history behind the creative process for each of the stories I have published. Already written and posted on my blog are the histories of the stories in \"God's Naked Will.\" I am now exploring weekly the stories behind the stories of \"Alligator Stew\" after its release.

  Alligator Stew\" \"Original Sin\"

  Now that \"Alligator Stew is finished and available for pre-order

  I look forward to working with Terri Gerrell of Southern yellow Pine Publishing from Tallahassee on my next project--an as yet untitled novel about the traffic of contraband--drugs

  chemicals and people--on the Mississippi river. This novel will include characters from both story collections

  particularly from the stories \"Alligator Stew

  \" \"Flying Lessons

  \" and \"Karen.\" I am thrilled to finally be able to have books of my own on the shelves of bookstores! \nPhotographer Jennifer Moore and I also continue to work on a story/photographic essay collection titled \"Original Sin\" we have submitted to a publisher in Europe.

  Cary Holladay

  George Singleton

  Michael Martone

  Antonya Nelson

  John Dufresne

  Neil Connelly

  Story South

  Appalachee Review

  Burnt Bridge Press

  Jennifer Moore

  Mitchell

• Alligator Stew official book trailer HD by CD Mitchell

  Alligator Stew by CD Mitchell. Published by Southern Yellow Pine Publishing. Official Book trailer. Life is rarely simple. Most of the time it is hard

  and frequently unpleasant. These are stories about honest

  relatable people living lives in a small

  rural

  southern town. Each story focuses on parts of life we frequently hide or don't admit exists.

  Research

  Publishing

  Stories

  Creative Non-fiction

  Press Releases

  Editing

  Books

  Instructional Design

  Fishing

  Literature

  Writing

  Program Development

  Fiction

  Higher Education

  Teaching

  History

  Cooking

  Public Speaking

  Storytelling

  Creative Writing

  \"God's Naked Will\"

  This is a link to the title story from my debut collection \"God's Naked Will.\"

  \"God's Naked Will\"