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David Gersch


What themes run throughout your work? Trust, Betrayal and Revenge

How do you hope your work will affect its audience? I hope they enjoy a rollicking good yarn

What sounds influence your work? Velvet Underground – Venus in Furs

What makes you decide to create your work? Long standing ambition to be a writer

Where do your talents lie? Telling a credible story and knowing when to raise with a flush draw

What successes have you had so far? Won some poker tournaments

What was the first creative thing that you ever did? Writing a story that shocked my teachers when I was 8 years old!

Has anyone taught you how to use your talent better? Yes – Doyle Brunson

What makes you creative? A mind wired differently

How did you get started? With a blank screen and a memory of a real life meeting

What inspires you? Two aces in the hole

Who inspires you? My wife and Daniel Negreanu

What are you trying to achieve? To live in the moment

Do you collaborate? On lots of projects – my wife is my reviewer, critic and cheerleader

Ignoring money and all of life’s woes, what would you want to be? A published Author Series of Poker

What’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever seen / heard / experienced? That would be telling but my novel gives some hints.

What do you consider to be the most important thing in life? Love

Who/what is your nemesis and why? Death because I cannot see anything beyond it
                                                                         

Name://
David Gersch

Profession://
Poker Player

Email Address://
o_motte@btinternet.com

Web Link://
pateo.v.servelocity.net/Trust-Homepage.html

Favourite Website://
www.guardian.co.uk

Type of work displayed on Magnus://
Creative Writing

Work://

- 1. Breaking Bread