Ask the Author: Edward J. Lehner
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Edward J. Lehner
A Movable Fiest by Ernest Hemingway. I would hang out in smokey bistros, write, and enjoy 1920s Paris.
Edward J. Lehner
Big Sur and the Oranges of Heironymus Bosch by Henry Miller
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
Edward J. Lehner
I have many years of experience. I observe the world around me. I listen to my inner voice. I write.
Edward J. Lehner
I am presently working on a road trip novel of self-discovery. My protagonist suffers from a strict family upbringing, his wife divorces him because he is a workaholic at thirty years of age. While he has made a lot of money, his life was crumbling around him. He sees a VW Westfalia for sale and decides to do a trip west as many of his college acquaintances did during summers while our hero was going to summer school. Then he picks up a free-spirited woman hitchhiker. The adventure begins.
Edward J. Lehner
I already answered this in advising aspiring writers, but here it is again. Just write, write poems, short stories, essays, whatever. ust write. Keep a note book. Jot down ideas, interesting people. Watch people and make up stories about them. Describe a scene, where you are, what you see. Just write. And read. Read classics, contemporary and read closely to see the writer's style. Pay atention to phrasing, wording, sentence length. In other words, study.
Edward J. Lehner
Just write, write poems, short stories, essays, whatever. ust write. Keep a note book. Jot down ideas, interesting people. Watch people and make up stories about them. Describe a scene, where you are, what you see. Just write. And read. Read classics, contemporary and read closely to see the writer's style. Pay atention to phrasing, wording, sentence length. In other words, study.
Edward J. Lehner
It total fun as I get to make stuff up, create characters, and give them life. Then things get really crazy and fun as my characters come alive and tell me their story.
Edward J. Lehner
Edward J. Lehner I have written poetry for 40 years and this started off as a poem inspired by a night trip before Christmas through Mesa Verde Park during their annual open house. There was fresh snow and driving through the snow covered piñons was both eery and beautiful. I created a poem in my mind about how this would look in the morning from a mountain top, a vast shimmering landscape. I put a woman into my poem as the viewer and it just took off, morphing from a poem into a short story, a novela, and finally a novel.
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