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Dennis McKay

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in Chicago, The United States
February 22, 1946

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Dennis McKay Hearing from people that have read a story I wrote and telling me how much it meant to them. I had one man, who lived in New Hampshire, call me at sev…moreHearing from people that have read a story I wrote and telling me how much it meant to them. I had one man, who lived in New Hampshire, call me at seven in the morning. He had been up all night reading A Boy From Bethesda. When he finished the book, he cried for 45 minutes. (less)
Dennis McKay You can have all the talent in the world, but if you're not welling to put in the work ... and writing is hard work. Let me quote Hemingway: “From thi…moreYou can have all the talent in the world, but if you're not welling to put in the work ... and writing is hard work. Let me quote Hemingway: “From things that have happened and from things as they exist and from all things that you know and all those you cannot know, you make something through your invention that is not a representation but a whole new thing truer than anything true and alive, and you make it alive, and if you make it well enough you give it immortality. That is why you write and for no other reason that you know of.
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A Boy From Bethesda

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The Shaman and the Stranger

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Once Upon Wisconsin

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A Girl From Bethesda

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The Accidental Philanderer

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Summer of Tess

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A Girl From Bethesda

Maggie Meyers and Johnny O’Brien’s first date:
Johnny went on to tell Maggie about growing up, “Right next to Ayrlawn Rec Center. Me and my friends were down there all summer and every day after school.”
Maggie said she had been raised in Ashburton, a Bethesda community, less than a mile north of Johnny’s house.
“Some of the kids at Ayrlawn called it Trashburton,” Johnny said with a laugh.
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“She's your once in a lifetime girl.”
Dennis McKay, A Boy From Bethesda

“In the silence of the mountain there is much you can learn.”
Dennis McKay, The Shaman and the Stranger

“So many hilarious scenes and seductions!”
Dennis McKay, The Accidental Philanderer

“So many hilarious scenes and seductions!”
Dennis McKay, The Accidental Philanderer

“In the silence of the mountain there is much you can learn.”
Dennis McKay, The Shaman and the Stranger

“She's your once in a lifetime girl.”
Dennis McKay, A Boy From Bethesda

“From things that have happened and from things as they exist and from all things that you know and all those you cannot know, you make something through your invention that is not a representation but a whole new thing truer than anything true and alive, and you make it alive, and if you make it well enough you give it immortality. That is why you write and for no other reason that you know of. But what about all the reasons that no one knows?”
Ernest Hemingway

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