Ask the Author: Barry W. Levy
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Barry W. Levy
By refusing to believe it exists. When I don't feel inspired, or don't know how to start something, I write 'a piece of crap' and change or edit it later. One way or another things get clarified, and sometimes it's by writing something that is completely wrong. That can be a great springboard.
Barry W. Levy
Hanging out with a bunch of wild characters at my desk late at night, and watching them work things out while I write it down.
Barry W. Levy
Don't do what I did. I started writing 25 years ago and then stopped because I thought I was avoiding people too much. I picked it up 10 years later in Los Angeles to put together some movie scripts to get funded. I'm more of an introvert than extrovert, and I'm now more comfortable with that, which is great, because I'm writing more.
Barry W. Levy
I'm currently working on the sequel to The War Machine which will take Kick to Europe and beyond! No title for it yet.
Barry W. Levy
I usually am ready to write something any time, but when it's not happening gangbusters, I read something that inspires me. Often it's research about what I'm writing.
Barry W. Levy
The War Machine's main character 'Kick' is based on a Canadian I met who told me his stories about fighting with MACV-SOG during the Vietnam War. The backstory of the main character is real, and the rest of the book is historical-fiction.
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