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I was born in 1946, a byproduct of the hasty relationships demanded by war.
My lineage follows a long line of Missouri dirt farmers. Turning the soil has been a family tradition since the arrival of Duncan Brantley who, in 1622, began farming in Virginia. As the years drifted into decades, the hot, dusty farm roads would lead us to mark such places as Brantley County, Georgia; Brantley Alabama and Brantley Bend Arkansas. The migration would eventually find rest in the rich lands along the Missouri/Oklahoma border. As for me, well, I have never been a farmer. In fact, my life is as far removed from that of Duncan Brantleys' as are the years that separate us.
I grew up in the South where my principal instructors were the neighborhood racist, a poor educational system and a fundamentalist church that made the Puritans look like the cast from ANIMAL HOUSE. Education and travel would later rid me of the moral infections that these people had seeded during my youth and I would grow to learn the value of truth and tolerance. I would never learn the value, if indeed there is any, of keeping ones opinion to oneself.
If experience and imagination are the food of poets, authors and other poor people, then I will never go hungry. I must have inherited the Brantley "wanderlust" for I spent many years, both in the military and as a civilian, traveling the world. I have been alternately submerged, challenged and enlightened by many cultures. I have been changed and then changed again as my knowledge and interactions expanded. I have learned by accepting each culture on its own ground while, at the same time, searching for the truth and reasoning behind the society.
My philosophy is: Hold fast to the truth but never be rigid, always be the student. Even while teaching; remain the student.
It is indeed unfortunate that the space allocated here demands such brevity. I have so much to tell.
So, I will conclude this rather limited bio about a life that has left me with more facts, suggestions, stories, anecdotes and informed opinions than I could ever put to paper. If you would like to know more about my writing, please read "What I Do Best," it is located in the upper left of this page. You can also get an idea of the various styles I use to approach a story.
© Copyright 2004, Jimmy Brantley
All rights reserved.
No part of this portfolio may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
otherwise, without written permission from the author. © feb. 2004
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MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Learning to understand people by listening beyond the spoken word.
- Radio personality for various stations in the United States. I was Promotions Director for KQEZ, taking them from number 31 to 18 in the Arbitrons within one year. I was lead copywriter for KQEZ, WLAN, WVSI.
- Newspaper columnist and winner of the L. B. Fulton Award for best column (humor); First runner up, International Literary Awards; Winner of The Manhiem Award For Excellence in The Media. I was inducted into the National Geographic Society in January of 1998.
- Becoming an authority on various cultures and customs as well as Biblical History. This project has been ongoing for most of my life and will no doubt continue for the remainder of my years.
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MY NEWS:
Jim's short story entitled, I,THE KEEP, has been completd and has been accepted for international publication. It will appear in the March/April edition of Insights anthology.
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MY RESIDENCE INFO:
City: Port St. Lucie
State/Country: Florida
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