Ask the Author: Michael Kott
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Michael Kott
Hi Claudia,
Thanks very much for your feedback. My apologies for my ignorance. That's why I now have an editor. Let me say that (not sure which Piasa you read, the 2010 one or the 2017) it was my first novel and even though it was originally published in 2010 it was written well before then. That publisher supposedly edited it (Ha!). They are out of business now. Piasa and the follow on, Cryptid, were self edited but I've since gotten a professional editor (she did LifeShift) and I'm happy to say that personal pronouns are not something she still catches (I have improved) it's the commas that she continually harasses me about. This used to bother me a lot but then two years ago I got to talk to R.L. Stine (Goosebumps author) and he told me my job is to write, not worry about that bull****. He told me his finished draft of a book (his wife is his editor), is terrible. That's why he has an editor. However, I am striving always to improve (and I'm older than you) and really appreciate you taking the time to give me feedback.
Mike Kott
Thanks very much for your feedback. My apologies for my ignorance. That's why I now have an editor. Let me say that (not sure which Piasa you read, the 2010 one or the 2017) it was my first novel and even though it was originally published in 2010 it was written well before then. That publisher supposedly edited it (Ha!). They are out of business now. Piasa and the follow on, Cryptid, were self edited but I've since gotten a professional editor (she did LifeShift) and I'm happy to say that personal pronouns are not something she still catches (I have improved) it's the commas that she continually harasses me about. This used to bother me a lot but then two years ago I got to talk to R.L. Stine (Goosebumps author) and he told me my job is to write, not worry about that bull****. He told me his finished draft of a book (his wife is his editor), is terrible. That's why he has an editor. However, I am striving always to improve (and I'm older than you) and really appreciate you taking the time to give me feedback.
Mike Kott
Michael Kott
I've never had Writer's Block!
Michael Kott
I read for a variety of reasons - Pleasure, Looking for pertinent books for my grandkids and writing research.
This summer's schedule includes (for Pleasure) Z by Therese Anne Fowler;
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann; Chinese Fairy tales & Fantasies by Moss Roberts and The Book of Yokai by Michael Dylan Foster.
Pertinent books for the Grandkids: On the Blue Comet by Rosemary Wells,
Notes From the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick; Summerlost by Ally Condie; and and One Year in Cold harbor by Polly Horvath.
For Research I'll go to my to Reads after reading Spell of the Tiger by Sy Montgomery. By alternating titles from this list that should get me to fall.
Happy Reading! Mike
This summer's schedule includes (for Pleasure) Z by Therese Anne Fowler;
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann; Chinese Fairy tales & Fantasies by Moss Roberts and The Book of Yokai by Michael Dylan Foster.
Pertinent books for the Grandkids: On the Blue Comet by Rosemary Wells,
Notes From the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick; Summerlost by Ally Condie; and and One Year in Cold harbor by Polly Horvath.
For Research I'll go to my to Reads after reading Spell of the Tiger by Sy Montgomery. By alternating titles from this list that should get me to fall.
Happy Reading! Mike
Michael Kott
Hi Anna,
If you mean was I born in America the answer is yes, however, if you mean am I from some tribe that was here before others arrived then no. I have a great interest in the myths of Native Americans, hence my book Piasa which explores some of those myths. Or are they myths?
Thanks for your interest and have a great day.
Mike
If you mean was I born in America the answer is yes, however, if you mean am I from some tribe that was here before others arrived then no. I have a great interest in the myths of Native Americans, hence my book Piasa which explores some of those myths. Or are they myths?
Thanks for your interest and have a great day.
Mike
Michael Kott
Hi Anna,
If you mean was I born in America the answer is yes, however, if you mean am I from some tribe that was here before others arrived then no. I have a great interest in the myths of Native Americans, hence my book Piasa which explores some of those myths. Or are they myths?
Thanks for your interest and have a great day.
Mike
If you mean was I born in America the answer is yes, however, if you mean am I from some tribe that was here before others arrived then no. I have a great interest in the myths of Native Americans, hence my book Piasa which explores some of those myths. Or are they myths?
Thanks for your interest and have a great day.
Mike
Michael Kott
Never give up and write what you know.
Michael Kott
I am currently working on several projects. I have finished ‘Cryptids’ the follow on novel to Piasa. I look to have it published in the near future. When it is ready to be published it will be offered to several interested followers for their first read and opinion. Please let me know if you are interested. I expect this will be sometime in late March. There will later be at least one additional book in this series that features Sara Williams and Cryptozoologist Mike Kellogg.
Concurrently I am working on a series of three novels that will be started with ‘Moonglimmer.’ This first novel is finished and will go to an editor next month. Upon the conclusion of editing and any rewriting it will be pitched to an interested agent. The second novel in this series, LifeShift, is being re-written. The third and final (?) is currently being written (about 30% finished).
Finally there are several what are right now single novels but that is subject to revision.
My website, www.michaelkott.com is still being constructed but descriptions of the above novels are there.
Concurrently I am working on a series of three novels that will be started with ‘Moonglimmer.’ This first novel is finished and will go to an editor next month. Upon the conclusion of editing and any rewriting it will be pitched to an interested agent. The second novel in this series, LifeShift, is being re-written. The third and final (?) is currently being written (about 30% finished).
Finally there are several what are right now single novels but that is subject to revision.
My website, www.michaelkott.com is still being constructed but descriptions of the above novels are there.
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