Ask the Author: Stephen Fenech
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Stephen Fenech
I plan to read Ash Fall by Marthese Fenech
Stephen Fenech
It grew in the manifestation but the primal spark first hit me in Grade Nine English Class. My teacher gave us an assignment to write a journal of our day-to-day life. Easily done, or not... Within a week it became cumbersome, recounting what time a fourteen-year-old woke up, what he had for breakfast, his bus ride to school etc. I approached my teacher the following week and asked him if I could write fiction instead. He seemed very receptive to the idea, provided I contribute to the story each and every day. We had an agreement. Lo and behold what began as an English assignment wrapped up 36 years later. I wrote my last word at exactly 7:22 in the morning on July 2, 2019, in Kabul, Afghanistan of all places. On that note many of my ideas come from real life experiences that I had during my travels around the globe
Stephen Fenech
To travel beyond my reality to the realm of infinite possibilities.
Stephen Fenech
Walk away, clear your mind and do something fun. When you stop thinking about it the answer will magically find you.
Stephen Fenech
Keep Reading and Editing: its the best way to make your own ink flow across the page
Stephen Fenech
I am currently working on a 4-Book Epic Fantasy. The Quadrilogy is completed and is currently being edited.
Stephen Fenech
At age fifteen, my friend, Sean and I went for a little walk—a 250 km walk, from Toronto to Honey Harbour in Georgian Bay. At times we were going to kill each other—and probably would have, if we could muster the strength from our wrecked bodies.
We still managed to take verbal potshots at each other. Whenever Sean pulled out a small notepad to chronicle the trip, I’d ridicule him. Despite my badgering, he kept on writing.
In the end, we survived the elements—including a tornado, the strain of the long march, and each other.
A month later, Sean presented me with his journal. I read the whole thing in one go, laughing out loud at parts, amazed at how well he had captured every moment.
Not only did he prove me wrong, he inadvertently spurred my own writing career. Okay, writing professionally didn’t happen overnight, but reading Sean’s account of our adventure was definitely the seed. When a feature of mine was published internationally, I called Sean to thank him for ignoring me.
We still managed to take verbal potshots at each other. Whenever Sean pulled out a small notepad to chronicle the trip, I’d ridicule him. Despite my badgering, he kept on writing.
In the end, we survived the elements—including a tornado, the strain of the long march, and each other.
A month later, Sean presented me with his journal. I read the whole thing in one go, laughing out loud at parts, amazed at how well he had captured every moment.
Not only did he prove me wrong, he inadvertently spurred my own writing career. Okay, writing professionally didn’t happen overnight, but reading Sean’s account of our adventure was definitely the seed. When a feature of mine was published internationally, I called Sean to thank him for ignoring me.
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