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I came upon your website www.davidselcer.net It had a lot of useful information about your books, about you, events that you appear at and even some media coverage that was pretty cool. When did you start your own domain and website? How did you get it going? I'd like to start writing myself and www.davidselcer.net seemed like a pretty good template. Either way, I am a fan especially "Lincolns Hat" which I love.
David M. Selcer I started the website about three months ago. I got so confused trying to get it going myself that I finally contacted an expert who figured everything out for me. I'm glad you like Lincoln's Hat. Thank you very much, Encouragement is what every writer needs. If you really like it, why not list it on Goodread's Listopia?.
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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
David M. Selcer I'd take a time machine back to all the greatest historical moments in time; interview each of the main participants, and ask them what meaning their moment in time would have for the future.
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What books are on your summer reading list this year?
David M. Selcer "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari
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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?
David M. Selcer I had a dream that turned out many years later to be reality. It was about my daughter.
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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?
David M. Selcer My favorite fictional couple is Sally Hairston, a free Black, and Harlan Pomeroy, a "conservative" white journalist trying to make his name as a political writer during the Civil War. They are my favorite because Sally, though without any education, understands the ways of the world, but Harlan, a highly educated graduate from Columbia, is totally at sea when it comes to understanding just about everything. ---See LINCOLN'S HAT and the TEA Movement's Anger.
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
David M. Selcer Write a lot. m Read even more.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
David M. Selcer That usually happens because something is bothering me or I don't feel good. When it happens, I just wait.
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
David M. Selcer The free-fall thought involved in the whole business. It's so much fun to pretend.
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What are you currently working on?
David M. Selcer A historical fiction novel called Lincoln's Hat. I've always loved history and I was born on Lincoln's birthday. I think I am trying to say in this book that our political positions all have consequences we are not counting on.
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
David M. Selcer I got the idea for Muscles, Music and Murder from my days as a labor lawyer for the Columbus symphony and from a musician who was a manic depressive.
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How do you get inspired to write?
David M. Selcer I noticed I have to be happy and in a good mood in order to write. I also noticed that when I just sit down and write, not knowing really where it's coming from, I do better than when I try to proceed from any clear inspiration with a definite purpose in mind. I think my characters inspire me.
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