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Casper, Wyoming, The United States

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Mark Hummel's newest novel is a dark comedy titled MAN, UNDERGROUND. It is available now for preorder through Regal House Publishing: https://regal-house-publishing.mybigc...

Mark Hummel is the author of the novel IN THE CHAMELEON'S SHADOW and the story collection LOST AND FOUND. His short fiction, poetry, and essays have regularly appeared in literary magazines for over twenty years. Writing as Mark Leichliter, he is the author of a crime novel set in Northwest Montana: THE OTHER SIDE (learn more at www.markleichliter.com).

A twenty year veteran of teaching writing in college classrooms, he has also taught in a small, independent high school, served as the director of a Writers' Conference, worked as a librarian, and assisted many other writ ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Mark Hummel Ritual, ritual, ritual. Write everyday. Use the same tools. Be obsessive about your personal writing process, especially if it is eccentric. Basically…moreRitual, ritual, ritual. Write everyday. Use the same tools. Be obsessive about your personal writing process, especially if it is eccentric. Basically, as Flannery O'Connor said, show up everyday. Sometimes there are little tricks--changing format (like writing an entire scene in a journal if your norm is to compose at the computer), or creating ridiculous exercises for yourself (like "This chapter will be written entirely in dialogue.") that can shake something loose. But generally, I find staying ritualistic about work ethic and approach allows you to push through blockage, even if painfully so. Lastly of course, as Paige Stegner said, "lower your standards" (not for the whole project of course, but to get through the block, to write the next scene, etc. for a writer's life is lived in revision after all.(less)

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What are you currently working on?

Mark Hummel I'm working on an odd sort of novel at the moment. Essentially it is a retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice (and Hermes) myth moved to the Rocky Moun…moreI'm working on an odd sort of novel at the moment. Essentially it is a retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice (and Hermes) myth moved to the Rocky Mountains in 1926 and featuring a traveling singer/songwriter, the women with whom he is madly in love, and a priest climbing out of a metaphoric hell rather than an actual one (although this one may prove more hellish in the end).(less)

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	Man, Underground 4.39 avg rating — 38 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Chameleon's Shadow 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost and Found: Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Odds & Ends by Mark Hummel (2008) Audio CD 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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