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Ed Lynskey |
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1. Did you choose the writing profession or did it choose you? I’ve written for the small presses for twenty-five years so it sort of grew on me.
2. What is your background? (education, work, etc.) I hold a writing degree from George Mason University and worked for Lockheed Martin, TRW, and the American Red Cross.
3. When did you ‘know’ you were a writer? When I made my first pro sale for a science fiction story.
4. How would you describe your style of writing? My voice is grounded in a literary tradition but I like to tell a story that remains accessible and interesting to all readers.
5. What is your writing process? I write most of my new work in the early morning hours or late at night.
6. What was your path to publication? I published primarily in the literary small presses and then branched into writing novels.
7. What is your favorite self-marketing idea? I like to communicate via email with a large number of folks.
8. What are the biggest surprises you’ve encountered as a writer? I’m astounded by the passion avid readers feel for their favorite books and authors.
9. How do you inspire yourself? What are your sources of creativity? I like to start small by writing a short story and then expand it into a novel.
10. What is your proudest writer moment? Holding my first novel in my hand was a heady thrill for me.
11. What’s the best advice you were given about writing? Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite.
12. What is your most embarrassing writer moment? Silly mistakes I find later in my novel manuscripts like misspellings leave me cringing.
13. What business challenges have you faced as a writer? Getting the word out is the most frustrating and challenging hurdle I’ve faced.
14. What is your writer life philosophy? I try to have some fun and I always consider it an honor if someone has read my book and enjoyed it.
15. When you’re not writing what do you do for fun? I like watching sports on TV or taking long walks.
16. Who do you like to read? I get a kick out of reading the old pulp masters like Ed Lacy, Charles Willians, Bruno Fischer, Ross Macdonald, and Bart Spicer.
17. What’s your advice for new writers? For what my advice is worth, don’t be in a hurry to publish so much.
18. What are you currently working on? I’m doing the final edits on two amateur sleuth books, The Tree Surgeon’s Heart and Bermuda Canard. |
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Ed’s 18Q |
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The Eighteen Questions |
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18Q |
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PI Frank Johnson novels Out of Town a Few Days Pelham Fell Here Troglodytes
Sci/Fi novel The Quetzal Motel |
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