Ask the Author: Mary E. Martin
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Mary E. Martin
Want to go on The Two Trilogy Tour? We are celebrating the completion of two trilogies: The Osgoode Trilogy and The Trilogy of Remembrance by Mary E. Martin.
What’s that?
It’s my blog tour which means a number of book blog hosts are featuring some aspect of my six novels starting tomorrow. All the details are right here. http://maryemartintrilogies.com/two-t.... You can find out about the two trilogies [one in the world of the law and the other in the art world.]
What else?
The tour kicks off with a radio show tomorrow CHARACTERS GONE MAD hosted by J D Holiday at 1 PM EST Tuesday, August 25h right here http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rrradio/...
And anything else?
Yes. A Contest! Someone will win a $200.00 Amazon Gift Card if he or she has given proof of purchase of just one of six novels in either The Osgoode Trilogy or The Trilogy of Remembrance. You can enter right here.
http://maryemartintrilogies.com/virtu...
Hope to see you at the party.
What’s that?
It’s my blog tour which means a number of book blog hosts are featuring some aspect of my six novels starting tomorrow. All the details are right here. http://maryemartintrilogies.com/two-t.... You can find out about the two trilogies [one in the world of the law and the other in the art world.]
What else?
The tour kicks off with a radio show tomorrow CHARACTERS GONE MAD hosted by J D Holiday at 1 PM EST Tuesday, August 25h right here http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rrradio/...
And anything else?
Yes. A Contest! Someone will win a $200.00 Amazon Gift Card if he or she has given proof of purchase of just one of six novels in either The Osgoode Trilogy or The Trilogy of Remembrance. You can enter right here.
http://maryemartintrilogies.com/virtu...
Hope to see you at the party.
Mary E. Martin
I think any writer has many sources of inspiration. For me, it comes from people around me, places I've been or ideas I've read or thought about. But most of all, it comes from the characters themselves. I practised law for many years in Toronto and spent hours upon hours listening to clients and their problems. After years of this, I suddenly started to write [The Osgoode Trilogy in which a Toronto lawyer, Harry Jenkins, is the protagonist.Those years of stories inspired me to create that trilogy. I have always had a great interest in almost all the arts.That love was the inspiration for The Trilogy of Remembrance in which Alexander Wainwright, Britain's finest landscape artist, is the protagonist.
Mary E. Martin
Write and don't stop. Don't let anyone or anything discourage you. As one of my favourte authors, Robertson Davies, said,"No one ever erected a statue in honour of a critic."
Mary E. Martin
I have just completed my sixth novel which is the third in the second trilogy. It's called Night Crossing, the third in The Trilogy of Remembrance. For me, the easy part is writing, editing and publishing. The hard part is promotion. I think many writers would agree with me especially in this new publishing landscape. And so...I plan to work on promotion for the next year--much of it to be done right here on Goodreads which is an amazing community. After that, I've flirted with the idea of writing several children's books. I have a great title for one:"I Used to Believe in Rainbows," stolen from my daughter. At some point, I might embark on another trilogy with an entirely new set of characters. We'll see who shows up.
Mary E. Martin
The best part of being a writer is the opportunity to think and puzzle over life. I like to give my characters in both trilogies the BIG questions to ponder. For example, in The Drawing Lesson, the first in The Trilogy of Remembrance, Alexander Wainwright, Britain's finest landscape artist and protagonist of the trilogy believes that the universe is filled with mysterious and secret forces. Rinaldo, a conceptual artist, considers this world and our existence in it, just the result of a meaningless dance of molecules.
You can meet both of them at their Facebook Pages.
Alex: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderWai...
Rinaldo: https://www.facebook.com/RinaldoArtis...
Both of them would be most grateful if you were to like their pages. They have a contest as to who can gather more "likes".
You can meet both of them at their Facebook Pages.
Alex: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderWai...
Rinaldo: https://www.facebook.com/RinaldoArtis...
Both of them would be most grateful if you were to like their pages. They have a contest as to who can gather more "likes".
Mary E. Martin
Night Crossing, the third in The Trilogy of Remembrance grew rather mysteriously out of the first two in the trilogy, The Drawing Lesson and The Fate of Pryde. When I first "met" [the character]Alexander Wainwright, Britain's finest landscape artist and the star of the trilogy, I knew that he would be interesting enough and deep enough to carry me through a trilogy. It may sound strange, but it's really the characters who run the show and give me the ideas. So... I got the ideas from him! But, truth be told, I like to explore a lot of questions which life raises and he seemed just the right sort of character to HUNT for the answers.
Mary E. Martin
If the muse has fled, there's only one thing to do. For me, it's to stop trying so hard to coax him/her/it back. Relax and do something else because whatever words or ideas you force are usually poor and uninspired. Let the muse return with soft words.
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