Ask the Author: Richard McMahon
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Richard McMahon
Shattered - Allen and Parnes.
The Evangelists - Fitzgerald.
Killers of the Flower Moon - Grann
Hillbilly Elegy - Vance
Since We Fell - Lehane
Into the Water - Hawkins
The First Love Story - Feiler
The Evangelists - Fitzgerald.
Killers of the Flower Moon - Grann
Hillbilly Elegy - Vance
Since We Fell - Lehane
Into the Water - Hawkins
The First Love Story - Feiler
Richard McMahon
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Watson is the perfect foil for Holmes. Intelligent, perceptive, and literate, he is nowhere near as bumbling and clueless as Nigel Bruce is for Basil Rathbone in the movies.
Richard McMahon
I don't. I just sit down at the keyboard and start pounding away.
Richard McMahon
Make sure you are capable of achieving your aspirations. Writing techniques and skills can be learned, but talent is innate. You may aspire to be an opera singer, but unless you have the voice, all the lessons in the world will get you nowhere. Flannery O'Connor was once asked by a college writing student if she thought that creative writing courses stifled aspiring writers. She replied, "In my view, they don't stifle enough of them."
Richard McMahon
Creating the world according to me. Giving birth to characters who eventually stop following my instructions and do their own thing
Richard McMahon
By refusing to accept it. Everyone has periods of low productivity or energy. If the words won't come, take a break. Go for a hike, see a good movie, read a book. Remove the words "writer's block" from your vocabulary.
Richard McMahon
Promoting my books, which is a much harder job than writing them.
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