Ask the Author: David Dean Barrett
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David Dean Barrett
I rarely read fiction, so I don't have a good answer for this one.
David Dean Barrett
I just finished reading "Desperate Valour: Triumph at Anzio" by Flint Whitlock, excellent book. And I've just begun Richard B. Frank's new book (the first of a trilogy) "Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937-May 1942."
If you're sensing a pattern here you'd be correct; I read non-fiction and predominately stories about WWII .
If you're sensing a pattern here you'd be correct; I read non-fiction and predominately stories about WWII .
David Dean Barrett
I'm still involved with a few final edits for 140 Days to Hiroshima. I've also begun work on related marketing materials for its release next spring.
And I do have an idea for a second book on World War II. I'm in the early stages of pulling together research material.
And I do have an idea for a second book on World War II. I'm in the early stages of pulling together research material.
David Dean Barrett
Publishing is a business. The industry is interested in books that will make money. Publishers only stay in business by observing that fact. Behave like a professional and understand writing is a job first and an art second.
David Dean Barrett
I'm doing something that is of real interest to me.
David Dean Barrett
For the most part I didn't experience it as an issue. I think treating the process of writing the book like a regular job with relatively regular hours was the key for me. I didn't allow myself to take significant breaks from writing, other than weekends.
David Dean Barrett
I found in writing my first book, it's more about discipline than inspiration. Writing is work; so, I forced myself to treat it like a regular job, working consistent hours weekly for a year until the first draft of my manuscript had been completed.
David Dean Barrett
I've always been fascinated by history. As a baby boomer, I grew hearing stories about World War II from an uncle who was wounded during combat in Europe in December of 1944.
But until 2001, history had only been an avocation for me. After nearly three decades in Information Technology, I decided to undertake a career change to become a professional historian and writer. I returned to my Alma Mater, the University of Colorado, Denver to begin work on a Masters in History. In one of my earliest classes, historiography, I chose to write my first historiographic essay on the American decision to use the atomic bomb near the end of the Pacific War. In doing the research for the composition, I discovered just how much controversy still existed a half century after the end of the war, between traditionalist who believe the bombs were justified and revisionists who do not. My interest was permanently peaked and thus began what has now become more than fifteen years of study into the subject. After several years of investigation, I finally found a place where I thought I could contribute to the discussion. My focus would be on the leaders, in both Washington and Tokyo, who were making the decisions during the final months of the war.
But until 2001, history had only been an avocation for me. After nearly three decades in Information Technology, I decided to undertake a career change to become a professional historian and writer. I returned to my Alma Mater, the University of Colorado, Denver to begin work on a Masters in History. In one of my earliest classes, historiography, I chose to write my first historiographic essay on the American decision to use the atomic bomb near the end of the Pacific War. In doing the research for the composition, I discovered just how much controversy still existed a half century after the end of the war, between traditionalist who believe the bombs were justified and revisionists who do not. My interest was permanently peaked and thus began what has now become more than fifteen years of study into the subject. After several years of investigation, I finally found a place where I thought I could contribute to the discussion. My focus would be on the leaders, in both Washington and Tokyo, who were making the decisions during the final months of the war.
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