Ask the Author: Bob Mantel
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Bob Mantel
Aamina Ahmad's The Return of Faraz Ali; Linda Dahl's Morning Glory: A Biography of Mary Lou Williams; Bernard DeVoto's The Year of Decision 1846; John Merriman's The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in Fin-de-Siecle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror.
Bob Mantel
I remember a 1960s contest in LIFE or LOOK where the grand prize was a "Laugh-In Drive-in" restaurant. The mind boggles.
Bob Mantel
A dark comedy about New York in the 1990s.
Bob Mantel
Permanent business casual.
Bob Mantel
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate.
Bob Mantel
For me, writer’s block means not having thought through my material to the point where it’s ready to work on. Whenever one crops up, I make a backup copy of the chapter I’m working on, save it as Chapter X-GARBAGE, then write away as well as I can, not expecting to keep much of what I’m producing. If I keep at it, I eventually understand how I need to shape my material and I can get back to my original draft, revise as needed and move forward.
Bob Mantel
Grotty 1970s New York and double features at the Thalia.
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