Ask the Author: Phillip Gary Smith
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Phillip Gary Smith
A screenplay for the story The 300-Mile Man that was expanded in 300-Mile Man: Triple Crown edition.
Phillip Gary Smith
By staying so busy, time spent writing feels like traveling on the imagination train.
Phillip Gary Smith
Spend more time on dirt and snow trails. Ideas flourish there.
Phillip Gary Smith
The idea of creativity stimulates me like no other.
Phillip Gary Smith
I never am afflicted with writer's block, though my ideas receive nourishment on the dirt and snow-covered trails that abound around the world.
Phillip Gary Smith
I read of an athlete who finished the brutal 150-Mile Winter Ultra race on foot [called "The Tuscobia Winter Ultras"], then had the audacity to wake up the next morning and do it again on his own. As Senior Editor of Snowshoe Magazine and fan of endurance events, I called him to understand the whole race and motivation. I wrote the article, then continuing research because the topic absorbed my imagination, I put the story in the form of a book "The 300-Mile Man." THAT led to a followup edition that expanded on the whole winter endurance culture and events with additional research titled "The 300-Mile Man: Triple Crown Edition." I have learned that opportunity does not knock; it taps, and often so softly that it gets lost in the noise of the day. Hearing that tapping instigated the initial phone call; then came an article plus two books thus far.
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