Authors and Illustrators Database

Born: 08/31/1957  Flint, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Earl J. Filkins, Lucille J. Fiklins
Children: Micaiah, Andrew (wife Carol)
Address(es):
Permanent:
1104 John St.
Sault Sainte Marie, MI 48783-2965

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	A bond with the wild : a celebration of American falconry	Non Fiction	Adult	Online: http://www.createspace.com/	2011
	A Sophisticated Form of Hawk Watching	Non Fiction	Adult	Online: http://www.createspace.com/	2011
	Characters of Calvary	Non Fiction	Adult	Joplin, MO: College Press	1997
	Fly Fishing for Steelhead and Salmon of the Great Lakes	Fiction, Non Fiction	Adult	Chelsea, MI: Wilderness Adventure Books	1997-2000
	Seven sayings one Friday	Non Fiction	Adult	Joplin, MO: College Press	1996
	A Comforting Word: how to encourage a mourning friend	Non Fiction	Adult	Joplin, MO: College Press	1994
	Comfort Those Who Mourn: how to preach personalized funeral messages - book	Non Fiction	Adult	Joplin, MO: College Press	1992
	- Articles in such magazines as: Byline, Michigan Out-of-Doors, Michigan Sportsman, Iowa Game & Fish, Clare County Review, Great Plains Game & Fish, Flyfishing, Christian Standard, Vista, Lookout, Sports Afield, Hawk Chalk.

What is the aim or goal of your writing: "I write because I'm a writer. I've written ever since I was a boy, though didn't seek publication until 1981. As a boy mock-dialogue would run through my head, like baseball plays did for other boys. Writing is a catharsis. It keeps my thinking sharp, makes me learn and listen to myself. Writing frees me to grab the fleeting muse and capture it with black letters on white pages. Concretely I aim to become the best writer that I can be. Therefore I write several types of material; magazine articles, short stories, articles, greeting cards, satire and humor pieces. To get better I must write, so I seek 'assignments' from magazines to force me to keep constantly writing. Ultimately, I seek to write several books including some on Christian ministry, fishing, outdoors, falconry, specific Michigan rivers, and some historical novels (one story-line is about the St. Marys Rapids area in Sault Ste. Marie)."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Name	Date
Writing Student of the Year, Christian Writer's Institute, 1991	1991
Outstanding Young Men in America, 1985	1985
Drachma Award Winner, Great Lakes Christian College, 1979.	1979

MeLCat Links:
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Good information on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Kenn-Filkins/e/B00288F9LC/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

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