Fly Like a Bumblebee: A Blind Magician Shares His Most Powerful Secrets. by R.W. Klamm

(PRWEB) January 28, 2005 -- "No one knew I could hardly see until I was eight years old, not even me! Then my second grade teacher caught me cheating on flash cards. Even eyeglasses, with lenses thick as Coke bottle bottoms, still left me legally blind."

"Friends ran off and I could not see to follow. My father was chronically angry, Mother turned out not to be the saint I imagined. Only magic and an enduring optimism saved me from a desperately twisted sense of identity and suicide."

Continuing with humor and optimism, R. W. (Bob) Klamm reveals secrets of the magic arts that helped him separate fact from fiction. He includes many delightful stories of his experience as a blind man performing magic, attending college, teaching high school, working in radio/TV, and raising two caring and productive children.

"Come fly with me. I have included some easy magic tricks. You can do them for family and friends."

Pageonelit.com:Tell us how you became an expert and consultant on magic? Where and when did your interest in magic begin?

R.W. Klamm: As I look back, I realize that my vision distorted the world into an indefinite swirl of weird images. They kept changing before my very eyes. You think you see just fine, and then Surprise! That person, over there, suddenly becomes a sign post. Undoubtedly, that had a great deal to do with my interest in fantasy. Magic gave me a feeling of control over my world. I think it must be the same, even with sighted youngsters. When you are a kid you have mighty little control over your life. Nearly every junior magi in my youth group, at one time or another, is fascinated by handcuffs and chain escapes. If you know the secret, you can instantly release yourself from the shackles of the world.

As far as being an expert and consultant, that inevitably comes with age. The principles of magic are simple. It is the presentation that provides the charm. At 70, you are old enough to have seen most of it all, at least once. A good memory and common sense also helps.

Pageonelit.com:Why did you write "FLY LIKE A BUMBLEBEE ? Talk a little about your life and career and how it helped write this book

R.W. Klamm:It sounds a little ridiculous, but I didn’t have anything special in mind when I started to write Bumblebee. In the summer, the magic business is slow, so I just sat down at my talking computer and started to write my life story. It might be of interest to my children and grand children. Then the memories came flooding back: my battles with my father; the strange twist in sexual identity it produced; the time I baked the olive-drab angel food cake; the good times on campus at Northwestern University; the struggle in establishing myself in advertising, only to throw it all out in favor of teaching school; establishing a youth magic club and producing their shows for 16 years; not to mention the years producing Broadway shows in high school, when no one else was doing that. I got so interested in the story, myself, I couldn’t stop writing until it was done.

Paperback: 100 pages
Publisher: iUniverse (January 1, 2004)
ISBN: 0595302084