Ask the Author: Lee Clark
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Lee Clark
Hi Anita,
I'm happy to hear that you're enjoying it!
There is a second book in this series, Prefer Death, and it's on a book giveaway here on goodreads. You can enter to win a paperback copy now: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
I'm currently finishing up the first draft of the third book in the Matthew Paine Mystery series, MIA, and I'm hoping to have it out this spring.
Thanks,
Lee
I'm happy to hear that you're enjoying it!
There is a second book in this series, Prefer Death, and it's on a book giveaway here on goodreads. You can enter to win a paperback copy now: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
I'm currently finishing up the first draft of the third book in the Matthew Paine Mystery series, MIA, and I'm hoping to have it out this spring.
Thanks,
Lee
Lee Clark
I'm happy to say that there are not currently any epic twists, turns, and cliff hangers in my life right now. I guess the biggest mystery is what took me so long to get out of corporate America and start writing books!
Lee Clark
I think I'd want to travel backward in time to England, but only as a king or queen, not as a pauper,. I'd definitely want to come back to the present day for a shower and a cappuccino. Even kings and queens probably couldn't get those on demand!
Lee Clark
Given that I once had to write the longest sentence, properly constructed, as part of the final exam in my undergraduate program and it had a minimum word count of several hundred words, I do think I could write a horror story in two sentences; the sentences, however, might be quite lengthy. Oh, you wanted me to actually DO it? ;-)
Lee Clark
I've got a LONG list. I recently enjoyed "Robert Galbraith's" latest, Troubled Blood. It's interesting to see a story evolve over a year's time. Usually, mysteries are solved (in books, on tv shows, and movies) much more quickly so this one is more realistic as Robin and Cormoran unfold the secrets, relevant or not, of each character.
Lee Clark
Writer's block. Two words that create great fear and trembling! I jot ideas regularly, but if I get truly stuck, I have to get into Matthew's world in my mind, which means escaping my own. For me to break through it, I have to break free. A few days at the beach doing nothing but soaking in the salt air, the sound of the waves crashing, and the ocean breezes will fix almost anything bothering me -- including writer's block.
Lee Clark
I've been a writer, in one capacity or another, my whole career. Formerly, that was highly technical content to help developers use software and hardware tools. I was thrilled to let my imagination run wild and write in my own voice -- nothing conforming to a certain style guideline with lots of rules.
Lee Clark
Just write! Start somewhere. It doesn't have to be the beginning. Start in medias res and circle back if the beginning doesn't come to you. Sometimes stories are more interesting that way anyway. But just write!
Lee Clark
I'm currently working on the sequel in the Matthew Paine Mystery series to Dead Spots, tentatively titled Preferred Death. Matthew is back in his small town and encounters another murder of an interesting character, one who's not easily understood so finding a motive for that murder seems impossible, at least at first.
Lee Clark
People intrigue me; how people relate to each other, how they interact with their surroundings, and how they solve simple problems. I suppose that's the catalyst for creating characters and having them grown and change in some meaningful way as they interact. Often, when I clear my mind of all of the daily things and get going, it all just flows.
Lee Clark
The character, Matthew Paine, was born in my imagination as a bit of a tribute to my son and my brother. Neither of them are in the medical profession and neither live in the small town I chose as their residence, but some attributes of the Matthew character should be entirely familiar to both of them.
The opening scene with the naked woman splayed invitingly across the good doctor's examining table was just that -- a scene that came to mind -- and I knew I had to write about it.
The opening scene with the naked woman splayed invitingly across the good doctor's examining table was just that -- a scene that came to mind -- and I knew I had to write about it.
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