Ask the Author: Brent E. Jones
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Brent E. Jones
Consuming media. Reading other authors, observing style. Even watching films and shows with a critical eye, looking for the plot points, asking myself why the writer structured things in the manner they chose.
Brent E. Jones
Power through, even knowing it may not be the best stuff. It's easier to edit than to create, and I find that reviewing previous material often sparks inspiration... even if it means some of your "children" end up on the cutting room floor.
Brent E. Jones
From the day he shipped out for the Pacific War, her son had written home daily. In late August 1942, the letters abruptly stopped coming.
Brent E. Jones
Days of Steel Rain at inception was an effort to learn the wartime experiences of a family member who "never talked about it," like so many others couldn't bring themselves to do upon return.
Instead of an individual memoir, I expanded the focus to a collective experience shared through the eyes of a group of men who actually did speak of what they endured... together. Their voices speak for so many who have now left us.
Instead of an individual memoir, I expanded the focus to a collective experience shared through the eyes of a group of men who actually did speak of what they endured... together. Their voices speak for so many who have now left us.
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