Ask the Author: Dana Gynther
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Dana Gynther
Unfortunately, the only place you can find it nowadays is on Amazon. :(
Dana Gynther
Nirmiti, I'm sorry I didn't see this question earlier.
I've always known I wanted to do something creative. When I was very young, I thought that was painting. I continue to make collages and throw pots today.
But, words... They have always been essential to me-- I love the sound of certain words, their nuances, their origins. I love telling stories. I love reading other people's words, marvelling at the constructions they put together (currently I'm reading Patti Smith's "M Train" and, page after page, sigh with contentment at the poetry of her ordinary language). I've written for myself for decades but decided, at the old age of 42, that maybe I could write for others as well.
I've always known I wanted to do something creative. When I was very young, I thought that was painting. I continue to make collages and throw pots today.
But, words... They have always been essential to me-- I love the sound of certain words, their nuances, their origins. I love telling stories. I love reading other people's words, marvelling at the constructions they put together (currently I'm reading Patti Smith's "M Train" and, page after page, sigh with contentment at the poetry of her ordinary language). I've written for myself for decades but decided, at the old age of 42, that maybe I could write for others as well.
Dana Gynther
Sorry "The Woman in the Photograph" wasn't to your liking but I'm glad that you are still planning on reading "Crossing on the Paris." Maybe you will like it better--you will have three main characters to choose from and they are, perhaps, easier to relate to than Lee Miller.
Tell your friend to keep trying. I cannot give advice on what it takes to get published as I am not an agent, editor or publisher. Every publisher sees something different in a novel--what works for them-- just as every writer and reader do. Good luck to your friend.
Tell your friend to keep trying. I cannot give advice on what it takes to get published as I am not an agent, editor or publisher. Every publisher sees something different in a novel--what works for them-- just as every writer and reader do. Good luck to your friend.
Dana Gynther
I am currently re-editing the first novel I ever wrote, "The Admiral's Baths," a multi-epoch work of historical fiction. Its focal point is a historical monument in Valencia, Spain: a humble medieval public bathhouse, built in 1313 and open for business up to 1959. The novel begins when an American history professor comes to Valencia to write about it, but the reader is taken to different periods in the baths' history, discovering secret stories that the historican will never know.
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