Co-Author of “The Living Wills”. Brendan Sullivan is a creativity coach, helping organizational teams, leaders and individuals to realize their potential to be creative, innovative and collaborative. His clients include Kellogg’s, PepsiCo, Harley-Davidson and many others. He is a renowned keynote speaker on the topic of collaborative creativity. He’d be happy to talk to your company, association, school, writer’s conference, organization, etc. (www.creativitycoach.net). This novel is a living, tangible example of the power of collaborative creativity. Don’t tell them, show them. Read More
The Living Wills
November 30, 2011
Paperback | 336 pgs.
$15.95
“The Living Wills” is a story about a split-second decision made 30 years ago and the ripple effects it caused. Can the man who made that decision and the people he affected maneuver their way through a world of baristas and Army veterans, bowling teams and exploding port-a-potties, cartoon pirates and young love, to find the strength to heal before it’s too late?
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Brendan Sullivan
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Rick Kaempfer
In addition to being the editor-in-chief of Just One Bad Century (justonebadcentury.com), Rick Kaempfer is the co-founder and publisher of Eckhartz Press, a boutique Chicago publishing company dedicated to serving the brave new 21st century publishing world. Rick is also the author of four Eckhartz Press releases himself, Father Knows Nothing, Records Truly Is My Middle Name (with John Records Landecker), The Living Wills (with Brendan Sullivan), and now everycubever. In addition, he has been twice published by New York publishers (including a novel $everance and a how-to-book about radio called The Radio Producer’s Handbook) . Before founding Eckhartz Press... Read More
Author
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Rollicking and real on so many levels, ‘The Living Wills’ is a captivating collaboration by two immensely talented writers. I hope this team keeps at it for keeps.
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…a hell of an old-fashioned read. It brings to life ‘the city of broad shoulders’ and makes me homesick. I want a Billy Goat cheesborger and a shot of whiskey.
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This is so terrific and so creative! I was laughing out loud and I was crying. You absolutely have to pick up this book and read it. It’s wonderful.
Summary
“The Living Wills” is a story about a split-second decision made 30 years ago and the ripple effects it caused. Can the man who made that decision and the people he affected maneuver their way through a world of baristas and Army veterans, bowling teams and exploding port-a-potties, cartoon pirates and young love, to find the strength to heal before it’s too late?
Brendan Sullivan and Rick Kaempfer created “The Living Wills” as an experiment in pure collaborative creativity. Through improvisation, brainstorming mind mapping and other ideation techniques, they created the three interweaving story lines of “The Living Wills” together, before writing the individual chapters alone. Both men wrote, edited, and improved portions of all three story lines. The result is a truly collaborative novel in every sense of the word.
Press & Media
Chicago Tribune video interview with Brendan Sullivan & Rick Kaempfer
WGN Radio (Sports Night), Part One