Ask the Author: Mike Ryan
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Mike Ryan
I would want to visit Middle Earth. It was the product of the imagination of a man who had survived the horrors of the battlefields of World War One.
Mike Ryan
Last Hope Island by Lynne Olson. She's a big favorite of mine and writes about Britain, Churchill, and WWII.
Lincoln's Lieutenants by Stephen Sears. A Civil War author, he is a successor to Bruce Catton. I think I've read all of his books.
A friend sent my the entire Adrian McKinty catalog, so I'll probably sample a few of those.
I've started C.J. Box's Joe Pickett novels and making good progress.
Also, on tap I have Peter James, Peter Robinson, and Paul Doiron. Paul writes about a game warden in Maine, while C.J. Box writes about a game warden in Wyoming. Both series are excellent.
Lincoln's Lieutenants by Stephen Sears. A Civil War author, he is a successor to Bruce Catton. I think I've read all of his books.
A friend sent my the entire Adrian McKinty catalog, so I'll probably sample a few of those.
I've started C.J. Box's Joe Pickett novels and making good progress.
Also, on tap I have Peter James, Peter Robinson, and Paul Doiron. Paul writes about a game warden in Maine, while C.J. Box writes about a game warden in Wyoming. Both series are excellent.
Mike Ryan
I loved books, I loved to read books. I thought I could write one. My background is in journalism. I've always liked to write.
Mike Ryan
I was reading about George Washington, the greatest American. The book is titled George Washington Ate Here!
Mike Ryan
I have a young adult novel, George Washington Ate Here!, that I've completed, and I'm working on the sequel to No Fun in the Fens. The fourth Cootch Connolly is entitled Banned Black in Boston. Cootch meets three prominent Afro-Americans: Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and William Monroe Trotter.
Mike Ryan
It's simple. Plank your butt into the chair and write. We all have busy lives. You can always carve out time to write. Too many people say, "I've got an idea for a book, but I have no time." Hogwash.
Pour out your first draft. Don't worry about grammar or syntax. Get it out of your system. Then grab a pen, or pencil, and eviscerate your first draft. An old professor, paraphrasing Winston Churchill, called writing: "Blood, sweat, and rewrite!"
Pour out your first draft. Don't worry about grammar or syntax. Get it out of your system. Then grab a pen, or pencil, and eviscerate your first draft. An old professor, paraphrasing Winston Churchill, called writing: "Blood, sweat, and rewrite!"
Mike Ryan
When you write fiction, you control your universe. I hopefully write books that I would like to read. I love seeing my name on the spine of a book. It's a rush.
Mike Ryan
I'm usually never blocked. I might be stumped on the plot or a character, but I'll jump on the keyboard. I worked in newspapers. There was no such thing as writer's block.
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