Ask the Author: Dale Thele
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Dale Thele
It's MONDAY and YOU are out of coffee.
Dale Thele
Fantasia (NeverEnding Story) where I'd ride on Falkor.
Dale Thele
I take a walk to clear my head. Fresh air, nature, and yes, even cityscape sounds work wonders. I like to put some distance between me and my manuscript for 30 minutes or so.
Dale Thele
Write & read. If you believe in your writing, that's all that matters. Keep writing and reading.
Dale Thele
Story ideas come to me usually in dreams, but sometimes they just pop up out of nowhere at the weirdest times. I keep a journal of story ideas.
Dale Thele
Another reason to use fountain pens (I'm a fountain pen collector/user). I handwrite the rough draft by fountain pen in cheap college-ruled composition notebooks.
Dale Thele
Roadhouse Friday (a free short story) was conceived while at supper at a local restaurant in Austin, Texas.
Clipped Wings (WIP - coming of age novel) was inspired by actual events in 1974 north central Oklahoma.
Clipped Wings (WIP - coming of age novel) was inspired by actual events in 1974 north central Oklahoma.
Dale Thele
CLIPPED WINGS, a southern coming of age novel.
When Shane's life unravels,
there is only one thing to do: fight back!
Shane Davison, an eighteen-year-old teen sits in a public park with everything he owns packed in a single suitcase. He contemplates his life to understand how he is suddenly without a family and no place to call home. A coming of age story of adversity, challenges, and dreams. Told entirely through Shane's perspective of growing up in a small north-central Oklahoma town in the 1970s. An emotional roller coaster ride navigating circumstances he had no control over. Inspired by actual events.
CLIPPED WINGS
When Shane's life unravels,
there is only one thing to do: fight back!
Shane Davison, an eighteen-year-old teen sits in a public park with everything he owns packed in a single suitcase. He contemplates his life to understand how he is suddenly without a family and no place to call home. A coming of age story of adversity, challenges, and dreams. Told entirely through Shane's perspective of growing up in a small north-central Oklahoma town in the 1970s. An emotional roller coaster ride navigating circumstances he had no control over. Inspired by actual events.
CLIPPED WINGS
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