Sound and cadence.

Greetings, Prosers!

For our very first Friday Feature, let’s give a warm welcome to this week's guest blogger and your host of the Prosecast, Chad Kimball:

“Projects like this are really the lifeblood of my creative self. I find that many artists are easily distracted and have a harder time sticking to a daily 9 to 5...

“I tend to work when I'm inspired, sometimes to the chagrin of those enforcing deadlines. Projects like this raise my curiosity about humanity and relationships, which, really, is what we are here for; to kind of make sense of it all...or at least try.

“I really love to read works by writers aloud. I'm a stickler for reading only what's on the written page and give it a voice no matter the challenge of the prose.

"....It's kind of a game of sound and cadence.”

When asked if he had any pearls of wisdom to offer those who are interested in pursuing creative careers, he said:

“You've got to relish what you do. You've got to fish for better answers in your work... you've got to understand your deficiencies and virtue and be able to lean in and work through [those things].”

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Chad Kimball is a Tony Award Nominee for Best Actor in a Broadway Musical for creating the role of Huey Calhoun in “Memphis.” He is a six-time Broadway veteran, having appeared in “Into the Woods”, “Lennon”, “Good Vibrations” and “The Civil War.” He has appeared in several Off-Broadway productions including “Murder in the First” and the 2001 revival of “Godspell.” He has performed in concert at the White House for the President of the United States and the First Family. His television appearances include The Good Wife, Good Morning America, The Today Show, among others. He's is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory. For more information please visit: www.chadkimball.com

Check out some of his poetry and prose by following @ballchimwick here. You also can hear the inaugural episode of The Prosecast by searching "TheProseApp" on Soundcloud. Read along with Chad by copying and pasting the following link into your browser: www.theprose.com/p/prosecast.