Ask the Author: Mike Mallow
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Mike Mallow
Idling my brain. Long drives or showers usually do the trick.
Mike Mallow
My wife's career in human resources. I protested her having our family pictures in the office where she terminates people, which creates animosity that could turn ugly. I'd prefer mine and the faces of my family not be present for that, but I began constructing a scenario about how it could all go wrong. A story formed an everything fell into place from there.
Mike Mallow
Nearly every story I've ever written has been in the winter. There's just something about that cold air that makes me want to tap at the keyboard.
Mike Mallow
Outlining a follow-up to In the Country Dark. It will be a standalone book, not a sequel.
Mike Mallow
It's not going to happen at once. Some days you'll want to write and some days you'll want to do nothing and feel bad about it. They're all good choices and no author does it the same way. Don't fret if you feel your process is different.
Mike Mallow
There's just something so satisfying about world building. But my absolute favorite thing figuring out how the different pieces of the plot puzzle fit together.
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