
Music in my veins, movies on my mind, my heart holds a pen, IT my profession. A Worker Poet.
Ethan McGuire grew up in the Missouri Ozarks, but eleven years ago he moved to the Florida Panhandle, where he currently lives with his wife, their daughter, and their Labrador on the beautiful beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. By day, Ethan is a healthcare cybersecurity professional. By night, he is a writer.
Ethan is a
- co-admin, editor, and writer of music, TV, and film articles for E.D. – Music, Movies, Etc. (yes, the acronym is an intentional joke) at TheEdBlog.com
- admin, editor, and writer for The Flummoxed – A Writer’s Journey at TheFlummoxed.com
Ethan has contributed
- poetry to
- BJU Press’ Inscriptions Aspiring Writers Club
- The Legend
- The Dark Sire Literary Magazine
- Better Than Starbucks Poetry and Fiction Journal
- Vita Brevis Poetry
- Foundling House
- Life in the Time of Corona
- Flashes of Brilliance
- “The Poetry Pub Chapbook Vol. 2: 2020 Perspectives”
- Fevers of the Mind
- “Salt”
- “Home”
- “Good Weather Bad”
- “The Warm Front”
- “Burnt World-Heart”
- “Thorn & Shout”
- “The King & Queen of Neon”
- “Disciple Dash”
- “Jellyfish”
- “Salt” (for a 2nd time)
- “Mother Charity”
- “Absence of Desire”
- “Valentine Winter”
- “Red Christmas Kettles”
- “Our Odysseus”
- “Postmodern Hermit”
- “Days”
- “Fragments”
- “Mo(u)rning”
- “Sunset”
- “Worker Poet”
- Brought to Sight & Swept Away: A Poetry Anthology About Time — Vita Brevis Press, Volume II
- LogoSophia Magazine
- Fevers of the Mind 5: Overcome
- The South Wales Evening Post
- Emerald Coast Review
- The Poetry Pea Journal of Haiku and Senryu
- Before I Turn into Gold: Inspired by Leonard Cohen
- The New Verse News
- The Dirigible Balloon
- Hard Rain Rain Poetry: Forever Dylan
- Time of Singing
- Calla Press
- What Is All This Sweet Work? A Poetry Anthology About Love & Loss — Vita Brevis Press, Volume IV
- The Blood Rag
- Agape Review
- Voegelin View
- interview appearances
- once on ChoosePensacolaChristianCollege.com
- once on The Dark Sire‘s blog
- once at Fevers of the Mind
- once at The Legend
- criticism to
- Three Rows Back
- Cultural Revue
- The Dispatch
- Post Modern Conservative
- The University Bookman
- Literary Matters
- podcast appearances
- twice on the GroupThink Productions podcast as Ethan Collins
- twice on the Antisocial Network podcast as Ethan Collins
- once on the Haiku Pea podcast as Ethan McGuire
- thrice on the Antisocial Network podcast as Ethan McGuire
- once on the Pod Dylan podcast
- once in a 2-part episode on The Movie Shelf podcast
- song lyrics to
- Fernando Fidanza’s YouTube series Old Folk for New Poets
- creative narrative/memoir essays to
- The Legend
- Life in the Time of Corona
- The West Florida Literary Federation’s “In Focus” Flash Memoir Contest
- Second Honorable Mention: “The Cliff and the Gun”
Ethan’s debut poetry chapbook, “Apocalypse Dance,” releases through BSC Publishing in 2023.
Ethan has previously self-published 4 pamphlets, chapbooks, & books:
- The Comedic Compilation
- 15
- Warrior Songs
- Damon Dar-Par: Sword of Freedom
You can find Ethan on
- Twitter, Letterboxd, Listnd, and IMDb as AHeavyMetalPen
- GoodReads, Facebook, and LinkedIn as Ethan McGuire
- Instagram and Spotify as EthanMcCollins
- the Facebook page “ED – Music, Movies, Etc.”
- the limited series Twitter account (22 tweets) NickCageQuotes
Ethan is and/or was a proud member of
- Inscriptions Aspiring Writer’s Club (Summer 2007 – Spring 2011)
- Microsoft Certified Professionals (Summer 2014 – Present)
- IT Gulf Coast (Summer 2018 – Summer 2023)
- the West Florida Literary Federation/Emerald Coast Writers (Summer 2019 – Spring 2021; Spring 2022 – Spring 2023)
- a local Pensacola church (Summer 2019 – Summer 2023)
- the Project Management Institute, Emerald Coast Florida Chapter (Spring 2020 – Spring 2021)
- the Poetry Pub Writing Community (Spring 2020 – Spring 2023)
Ethan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems with a minor in English from Pensacola Christian College.
