Ask the Author: Scott Baker Sweeney
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Scott Baker Sweeney
Interesting questions! Well, I must say that Eugene Briggs and Katrina Garretson from Cheat River Three are my favorite fictional couple. ~ Scott Baker Sweeney
Scott Baker Sweeney
it was in my genes. My grandfather wrote poetry and my mother wrote short stories. As a child I told tall tales, now I write them down.
Scott Baker Sweeney
Mystery! ~ 'I Was Never Afraid'
Scott Baker Sweeney
Write your story, based on how you would love to read story! > Filter all of the so-called literary experts!
Scott Baker Sweeney
I don't force myself to write, so I don't get writers block.
Scott Baker Sweeney
Entertaining people!
Scott Baker Sweeney
Hi Chris, I seem to absorb things in my everyday life and store them away, until one random day, one of these ideas or memories will reemerge. I also have a lot of crazy relatives, which helps with subject matter. ie(Cheat River Three & my next novel, I was Never Afraid)
Scott Baker Sweeney
My working title for Cheat River Three was ‘The Tales of Eugene’ and it began as a biography, but quickly evolved into a novel. This change of genre was out of the respect for and at the wishes of my father. This was not the first book my father was in, you can read some of his (Eugene Baker’s) exploits in Jim Dent’s book The Junction Boys. For the record, Dad insists that the chapter devoted to him was totally inaccurate and one sided. Be that as it may, he was worried that I might be a little more rough about other dubious events in his life, so I changed many of the characters names and went from biography to novel. >He agreed with the change!
I can tell you that you that most of the wild tales in my novel, Cheat River Three really happened, and yes that includes Eugene swinging naked from a chandelier over the head of Senator Robert Byrd!
I can tell you that you that most of the wild tales in my novel, Cheat River Three really happened, and yes that includes Eugene swinging naked from a chandelier over the head of Senator Robert Byrd!
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