Coke Newell :: the guitar, prose, and an open road.

"The only job I ever wanted, from the time the concept first crossed my mind at about eight years of age, was to write. It’s been a long and bumpy road. At eight years old, my dream job was wandering the globe for National Geographic. At about 14 I started both writing and wandering the globe (mostly the western U.S.), but it wasn’t for National Geographic. I did make some decent daily cash picking fruit in western Colorado every summer and fall, however.
I picked up a guitar at 16 and started traveling with that, serenading the moon from the bank of the Colorado River east of Grand Junction, or overlooking El Llano Estacado (Staked Plains) from a perch in the Sierra Blanca of southern New Mexico.
I love the guitar, and I love the open road.
Today I do write for a living--- books, stories and songs because I love to, corporate PR stuff because I have to. I invite you to explore here the fruits of some of my labors. Links on this page will lead you to some of each.
Thanks for visiting!"

Learn more about Coke Newell's new album Box of Rocks.

Read a few of Coke Newell's short stories.