Ask the Author: Charles Atkins
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Charles Atkins
I never get writer's block. Here's why. When I write I have total permission to write garbage. I can always go back latter and edit, or throw out. If any negative thoughts intrude--which is where writer's block comes from--I shut them down.
Charles Atkins
Writing is a passion for me. I am blessed to have it. To not write, would be akin to removing a needed organ, possibly a lung.
Charles Atkins
Write every day.
Don't fritter your good ideas away by talking about them, put them on the page.
You cannot edit a blank page.
Deal with, but do not obsess, over rejection. We all get it.
Develop relationships with people who can help your writing career.
At the point you have something to bring to market, carefully weight the pros and cons of getting a literary agent--this has changed in recent years, but is still important.
Don't fritter your good ideas away by talking about them, put them on the page.
You cannot edit a blank page.
Deal with, but do not obsess, over rejection. We all get it.
Develop relationships with people who can help your writing career.
At the point you have something to bring to market, carefully weight the pros and cons of getting a literary agent--this has changed in recent years, but is still important.
Charles Atkins
Just signed a contract with Dreamspinner for a new contemporary vampire/succubus series set in Boston. It's sexy, fund, and will be out the start of 2022. As Charles Atkins, MD my successful textbook on co-occurring mental health and substance abuse comes out in its second edition Spring 2021.
Charles Atkins
Inspiration is irrelevant. I write every day, whether I feel like it or not. The truth is the reader, and even I, can't tell what came from inspiration and what was born in perspiration.
Charles Atkins
Elixir is a real-world amalgam of cutting edge science and the truth about large pharmaceutical companies. They are profit-driven corporations covered with a veneer of "here to help."
The relationship between the drug companies and physicians is one that the general public is largely unaware of. Elixir provides a wonderful mainstream thriller format to explore just how wrong things can go. It asks the central question, if there were a real cure for cancer, what would the drug companies do with it?
The relationship between the drug companies and physicians is one that the general public is largely unaware of. Elixir provides a wonderful mainstream thriller format to explore just how wrong things can go. It asks the central question, if there were a real cure for cancer, what would the drug companies do with it?
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