Unlocking Creativity: Chuck Parker's Journey from Software Development to Novel Writing — Washington Square On Air

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Lansing area local Chuck Parker sits down with creative writing professor Melissa Ford Lucken. A software architect with a background in genomics and molecular genetics, Parker reveals how the restlessness of the Covid lockdown and desire to write a novel led him to enroll in Lansing Community College’s creative writing courses. Parker discusses how the coursework he completed over several semesters helped him continue writing his novel, organize his extensive research, and wrestle with poetry.

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