No Time to Count, The Life of a Small Town Writer, is an autobiography by Wisconsin author John J. Mutter, Jr. This book recounts the author's life through his experiences in the Navy, as a merchant seaman, and in various various jobs including bartender, construction worker, gas station attendant, paper mill employee, power plant operator, security guard and more. His lifelong dream of becoming a writer came to fruition after attending a creative writing workshop in 1980. The award winning writer is also a storyteller, historian, outdoorsman, speaker and environmentalist.
Paperback book (6 in. x 9 in.) has 446 pages, including 19 black and white photos. ISBN: 9781505332049
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John J. Mutter, Jr., writer and publisher, has been published in many newspapers and magazines and has written several books. Born in Racine, Wisconsin in 1943, he spent his childhood there. In 1961, he joined the Navy which took him from Great Lakes, Illinois for boot camp to Patuxent River, Maryland for shore duty to Little Creek, Virginia on amphibious ships. He also participated in the first bomb shelter test. He worked as a merchant seaman on ships headquartered in Oakland, California. A Vietnam War veteran, he began his blue collar life working in a variety of jobs including machine shop attendant, gas station worker, paper mill employee, bartender, construction worker, security guard, car mechanic, bailiff, grave digger, and meat counter attendant in a super market. His last full-time job was 15 years as a power plant operator at a maximum security prison in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His life-long dream of becoming a writer was fulfilled after he attended a one-week school for creative writing in 1980. Since that time, he has become known as a storyteller, activist, environmentalist, historian, speaker, trophy winning pool player, outdoorsman, biographer and award winning writer.