Ask the Author: Michael Lechtman
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Michael Lechtman
Every object I viewed, especially the ones once most familiar to me, had no meaning. They were just three-dimensional shapes, each instilling its own nauseating fear.
Michael Lechtman
Mount Sinai, when God gave the Torah to Moses. I would try to listen attentively.
Michael Lechtman
Several non-fiction books. I'm trying to narrow it down to 2-3 in the psycho-social-political realm.
Michael Lechtman
There is no such thing as writer's block. It's a misnomer. If you were blocked and couldn't write, then you wouldn't be a writer, so the term could not possibly apply. There are times when you pause to think out a plot twist, or a particular scene, but that's not being blocked by any stretch,
Michael Lechtman
The best thing about being a writer is having the peaceful opportunity to think for yourself, and to express your ideas without being shot done by others. Later, if they read your book and don't like it, it's after the fact, and then who cares?
Michael Lechtman
Write the first draft as quickly as possible, at least 7500 words per day. Then go back and make sense of it.
Michael Lechtman
I just published The Shapiro Matrix last week, so I'm taking a mental break and thinking about something unique, something that hasn't been tried before.
Michael Lechtman
I get angry about certain type of behaviors that are readily observed in modern culture...behaviors and attitudes that I don't agree with. It's easy to get inspired when something ticks you off.
Michael Lechtman
From reading Orwell, Huxley, and other authors who write about dystopian near futures. More importantly, ideas are gotten from seeing the changes in attitudes in our culture in the news, movies, and TV commercials, which have shifted greatly in the past 50 years.
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