Ask the Author: Mark Brandon Powell
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Mark Brandon Powell
The readers by far. Don't get me wrong I love creating, and the feeling it gives me when I hit publish, but without the readers it's only a personal accomplishment, not an experience. So thank you to all who read my works, and I hope you enjoyed them.
Mark Brandon Powell
Don't just write, read. Read often, and break apart good works of writing to incorporate it into your own. I don't mean to steal or copy, I mean look at the sentence structure, plot, pacing, character growth, power curve (if it applies), ect.
Mark Brandon Powell
Currently I am finishing the final edit on my novella The Honeymoon, and from there it's Dragon's Fire, book 2 of the Cypher Theorem Series.
Mark Brandon Powell
It is a continuation of my series, and the more I make it, the more that comes out. Vernon the main character is still young and inexperienced, with that he is going to be challenged and get some good old'e OJT.
Mark Brandon Powell
I have been making up stories since I was a child playing with my Lego's (granted I'm still playing with Lego's). I never really wrote anything down though, and if you would have asked me ten years ago I would have said I hated English back in school. There was one English teacher that I had in college that really enjoyed a work of fiction that I wrote about King Arthur, and said I had a real talent for it. I then proceeded to ignore that advice for the next ten years, where I crafted stories to help me get to sleep at night to push through my insomnia. From there I found my wife, and wanted to pursue something that I felt driven to do. After a month of meaningful reflection, I landed on writing, and I am here today because of it.
Mark Brandon Powell
Put a piece of paper on it and start writing.
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