Ask the Author: M.L. McIntosh
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M.L. McIntosh
My father lost a physics paper he was writing during college on a spring break trip through Iowa. He subsequently took an Incomplete in the course and changed majors. The mystery is, who the hell spring breaks in Iowa?
M.L. McIntosh
I read nonfiction. That's where my weirdest ideas have all come from. Yoga memoirs and the New York Times.
M.L. McIntosh
Write every day. If you don't physically set pen to paper or finger to keyboard, think about writing. At the very least compose in your head.
The only way to be a writer, is to write every day.
The only way to be a writer, is to write every day.
M.L. McIntosh
I power through it. If I wind up throwing it all away later, that's later. Today I need momentum. So I keep going.
M.L. McIntosh
The look on people's faces the third time they ask you "No, really, what is your day job?" and I get to answer, "Noveling. I novel daily from 9 to 5."
M.L. McIntosh
Three projects. My urban fantasy is finished and in revision. I'm drafting a paranormal "romance" (actually more like "action adventure thriller" but I'll bang that out (no pun intended) in revision). I'm also drafting a future, space cyber noir detective novel.
M.L. McIntosh
From a short story scifi/fantasy magazine. They listed that they wanted beautiful science fiction, or something like that, but no time travel, space marines, zombies, vampires, easy FTL travel I believe and a couple other things. So I decided to write a short story that included all those things. The story got rejected with a note that I wasn't very funny. The short story eventually became "Time to Burn."
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