Ask the Author: W. Scott Mitchell
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W. Scott Mitchell
I am currently working on my 9th novel, "The A Priori". I expect it to be published by June of 2017. It is a story about a young reporter investigating a double murder only to find a much more sinister story.
W. Scott Mitchell
The most obvious issue this novel examines is the relationship between the choices we make and the outcomes of those decisions, regardless of our station in life. Without giving away too much, our choices not only impact our personal life, but also impact the world around us in ways that are not always so obvious. I suppose my inspiration to write this book comes from the belief that all of us have a place within the Universal Mind and that none of us exists in isolation.
The title of the novel “Coincidence” (meaning two or more things happening by chance) and “Design” (meaning a planned or prescribed event) should be polar opposites of each other. At the core of this novel is the age old debate of choice (free will) versus predestination (destiny). Most everyone agrees that our path through life is a matter of choice or destiny, but not both. In fact, I think most people consider choice and destiny to be opposites of each other. I make the argument in “Coincidence by Design” that choice and destiny are not opposites, but in reality exist as two forces walking hand in hand where neither force could exist without the other.
The title of the novel “Coincidence” (meaning two or more things happening by chance) and “Design” (meaning a planned or prescribed event) should be polar opposites of each other. At the core of this novel is the age old debate of choice (free will) versus predestination (destiny). Most everyone agrees that our path through life is a matter of choice or destiny, but not both. In fact, I think most people consider choice and destiny to be opposites of each other. I make the argument in “Coincidence by Design” that choice and destiny are not opposites, but in reality exist as two forces walking hand in hand where neither force could exist without the other.
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