Ask the Author: Michael Gerhard Martin
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Michael Gerhard Martin
Not working in a goddamned cubicle, or some other soul-crushing job. I've had all of the soul-crushing jobs at one time or another, I think, so don't think I'm putting on airs.
Michael Gerhard Martin
One of the stories is inspired by my mom's anecdotes as a small business person; another by my own experiences being bullied, and by the story of a kid in my home town who brought a gun to school and killed another boy who had tormented him horribly. They are often inspired by the tragic and heroic stories of the people I most love.
Michael Gerhard Martin
I observe the people around me, listen to their stories and observe their idiosyncrasies, and then steal their lives and call it fiction.
Michael Gerhard Martin
A novel based on two of the stories in Easiest If I Had A Gun. It is the story of Jack and Emilie, two at-risk teenagers becoming at-risk adults in the barren landscape of mill towns south of Pittsburgh.
Michael Gerhard Martin
Listen to criticism and learn from it.
Michael Gerhard Martin
There's no such thing as writer's block. There's Facebook, and TV, and drama, and an unwillingness to sit your ass down and write, but I don't glorify any of that as writer's block. Some days you write well, and some days you suck, and a lot of days you don't even try to write.
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