Ask the Author: Steve Coleman
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Steve Coleman
Writers write about what they know, so certainly much of Joe Anderson's life is from mine. Then there's always those things you'd like to be as well as those traits you're glad are not your own. Both dreams and imagination are filled with all those things. Thanks for asking the question.
Steve Coleman
Thank you for being interested! Which of my books do want to review?
Steve Coleman
While I know a good bit about my ancestry, I know very little about my paternal grandmother's family. I could conjure up a plot in which the protagonist goes to the unknown ancestor's hometown to learn more of him, and then discover some intriguing secret in the great grandfather's secret life.
Such plots have been used before, but the variations are endless.
Such plots have been used before, but the variations are endless.
Steve Coleman
Having only a few minutes battery power left for our ever-dimming flashlights, we decided to end our spelunking and leave the cave. As we retraced our steps to the narrow crawl space, there was a rushing sound as floodwater gushed into the only pathway out.
Steve Coleman
Enjoying spring, and trying to promote my new book, "Andre's Reboot: Striving to Save Humanity."
Steve Coleman
They say James Michener could crank out page after page every single morning without fail. It doesn't quite work that way for me, and it's painful to sit there at the keyboard trying to force something out. I think it pays to go about doing your daily life with the idea that you want to write about in the recesses of your consciousness. It will hatch when it's ready.
Steve Coleman
I suppose that I would have to say the best thing about being retired is that now I have the time to be a writer. Writing provides several things for me. First is that it gives me a real avocation so that I don't sit around wondering whether I should go spend the morning at Starbuck's or the afternoon playing cards. Second, it gives me topics of conversation about meaningful things, rather than just telling you what my grandchildren did. Third, it keeps me young.
Steve Coleman
Everybody says, "write, write, write." That's certainly true. But the way you really learn to tell stories is to listen. As a boy I was able to hear my father and his friends sitting around having a drink and talking--the Irish call it a "craic." In that setting the one who has a story and wants the ear of the others has to begin it with an attention grabbing remark. And then he or she has to hold that attention until the tale is told. That's where you really learn to create story.
Steve Coleman
I am writing a third novel in "The Navigator" series. This one will take Joe Anderson to Cuba on another mission for the CIA. His efforts there will be to aid in the accomplishment of President Obama's reestablishing relations with the island nation. But Joe's mission is not something you might expect. (And that's all I'll say for now.)
Steve Coleman
For me, inspiration comes from both observation and imagination. People are amazingly interesting, each the product of complex natural needs and urges affected by unique experiences. In the effort to capture characters from real life, I find my own personality being reflected in the story. It all comes from a desire to explain life to myself and others.
Steve Coleman
Over the course of twelve years, my wife and I spent the better part of summer living in Portrush, Northern Ireland. We were able to gain many Irish friends and make many sailing trips with them along the northern coast and over into the Hebrides. I began to sense the undercurrent of political and religious discord in the society, which persists from the years of violence and hatred of "The Troubles." After studying the history of Ireland, I decided to write an adventure/thriller that also explained the root causes of sectarian dissent. The result was my recently published novel, "The Navigator II: Irish Revenge."
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