Ask the Author: Nicholas Nash
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Nicholas Nash
I don't have a list. I read one book at a time and then browse for another one. Right now, I am reading What If by Randall Munroe.
Nicholas Nash
Hi Rita,
Thanks for writing in and I am so happy you have my book on your wish list! Get ready for a roller coaster ride. I hope you enjoy it. Look forward to hearing back from you once you read the book :)
Nick
#MysteryWeek
Thanks for writing in and I am so happy you have my book on your wish list! Get ready for a roller coaster ride. I hope you enjoy it. Look forward to hearing back from you once you read the book :)
Nick
#MysteryWeek
Nicholas Nash
I went through a lot of recent work done in the biotech arena in the field of immunotherapy. Everything in the book about cancer research and immunotherapy is true and based on current research and ongoing development. You can Google "CAR-T cell immunotherapy" for what I'm referencing. This treatment will be available for cancer patients within the next 5 years. The universal cancer vaccine is a bit further away in my opinion. Several researchers are working on this but cancer is a complex disease and a single vaccine, while being a true game changer, is probably a decade away from being a practical therapy for cancer patients. Hope this helps. Feel free to let me know if you have more questions. I can point you to the articles that reference each of these treatments.
Nicholas Nash
The outreach to readers is the most exciting part. Once the writing is complete, getting readers to read your work and knowing that they enjoyed it is exhilarating.
Nicholas Nash
I had the idea of THE GIRL AT THE BAR germinating at the back of my mind, but I never thought I'd put it down on paper. When I started writing the first chapter of the book, the ideas started to flow.
A lot of the ideas for the book came from real-life experiences dealing with cancer researchers, CEOs and other remarkable people I know, met or read about. I did not start writing the book with the full story laid out. I did not even know how I would end the book when I started. I created the plot, the events and the characters as I went along.
A lot of the ideas for the book came from real-life experiences dealing with cancer researchers, CEOs and other remarkable people I know, met or read about. I did not start writing the book with the full story laid out. I did not even know how I would end the book when I started. I created the plot, the events and the characters as I went along.
Nicholas Nash
I enjoyed writing my first book from start to finish. I was always afraid and had a mental block about writing a full book. One fine day, I was sitting with my laptop, totally bored of surfing the same website for the umpteenth time, when I decided to write. I wrote my first chapter of the book and I surprised myself. I had the first chapter done within an hour and ideas started flowing on the next few chapters.
I kept going and wrote the next few chapters and then a few more until I learned that I enjoyed writing the book chapter after chapter.
I love putting my own life experiences into the book in some shape or form, be it personal experience, places I’ve been, things that I’ve seen, people I’ve met or something that I read. The weaving together of the mosaic of experiences to crate a story around it is absolutely fulfilling as an author.
I kept going and wrote the next few chapters and then a few more until I learned that I enjoyed writing the book chapter after chapter.
I love putting my own life experiences into the book in some shape or form, be it personal experience, places I’ve been, things that I’ve seen, people I’ve met or something that I read. The weaving together of the mosaic of experiences to crate a story around it is absolutely fulfilling as an author.
Nicholas Nash
Being a first time author, I don’t think I’m still in the place where I would be doling out advice to aspiring writers. I could maybe share with you what I told myself when I was writing my book.
“Write what you love about, not necessarily thinking about what the reader wants or trying to please your imaginary idea of the ideal reader base. You have a unique story to tell, so tell that story in the best way possible and your readers will appreciate the originality and honesty of your imagination.”
“Write what you love about, not necessarily thinking about what the reader wants or trying to please your imaginary idea of the ideal reader base. You have a unique story to tell, so tell that story in the best way possible and your readers will appreciate the originality and honesty of your imagination.”
Nicholas Nash
I am currently working on my second novel set during the last days of World War II. The book title is still under wraps because I don’t want to give the story setting away just yet. There was an interesting time period during the Second World War that I chose as the backdrop.
Hitler died, having committed suicide, on April 30th, 1945 but the war in Europe did not end with his death. Germany continued fighting the Allies and surrendered only a week later on May 7th, 1945. During these days between his death and eventual German surrender, an unimaginable series of events took place that remains unexplained and shrouded in mystery to this very day. My second novel revolves around one of those events during that period of uncertainty, with my imagination filling in the blanks that history has left unanswered forever.
I first read about it a few years ago and I always wondered to myself, “What exactly happened there? Why did they the retreating Germans that? Who was really responsible? What were they thinking?”
I searched and searched and searched and never found any satisfactory answers. That was when I said to myself, “Hmm, that’s interesting. The magnitude of what happened then was immense and here we are over 70 years later and we still don’t know much about it.” That’s when I decided to write my second book around these bizarre events.
The first chapter of my second book will be available to all readers of THE GIRL AT THE BAR.
Hitler died, having committed suicide, on April 30th, 1945 but the war in Europe did not end with his death. Germany continued fighting the Allies and surrendered only a week later on May 7th, 1945. During these days between his death and eventual German surrender, an unimaginable series of events took place that remains unexplained and shrouded in mystery to this very day. My second novel revolves around one of those events during that period of uncertainty, with my imagination filling in the blanks that history has left unanswered forever.
I first read about it a few years ago and I always wondered to myself, “What exactly happened there? Why did they the retreating Germans that? Who was really responsible? What were they thinking?”
I searched and searched and searched and never found any satisfactory answers. That was when I said to myself, “Hmm, that’s interesting. The magnitude of what happened then was immense and here we are over 70 years later and we still don’t know much about it.” That’s when I decided to write my second book around these bizarre events.
The first chapter of my second book will be available to all readers of THE GIRL AT THE BAR.
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