Ask the Author: Ed Marohn
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Ed Marohn
After WWII ended, I was born at the end of 1945 in an American-run displaced person (DP) camp in Bavaria, Germany. My mother escaped from the concentration camp in Poland, the Nazi SS guards, and the advancing Soviet Army; I have alluded to the mystery of the event in my two novels, Legacy of War and Legacy of Evil. The protagonist, John Moore, faces these events and the related multiple mysteries. I am writing my third novel, in which I will reveal more.
Ed Marohn
I creep forward, my back scraping the roof of the pitch black Viet Cong tunnel, pieces of earth dropping, compressed into a claustrophobic three-foot cube. My perspiration forms mud streaks on my face as I taste the decay of the ancient soil, smell the reek of my sweat, feel the ugly insects crawling on me, knowing the enemy awaits me.
Ed Marohn
The world in 11/22/63 by Stephen King. To accompany the main character Jake Epping in discovering more about the assassination of JFK.
Ed Marohn
The Order of the Death's Head by Heinze Hohne
S by John Updike
Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
S by John Updike
Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
Ed Marohn
For fiction writing I turn to my characters, letting them take off along different paths until I stumble across a gem in prose that clears my head and allows me to create a plot line that is solid and compelling.
Ed Marohn
A writer can reveal his soul, an emotional event, but yet a meaningful one, that helps define the characters--and the writer. In my novel the metaphysical aspect of life comes into play as John Moore tires to grasp why he was thrown into war, seeing his soldiers die, and killing. A writer can share that emotion with the reader, hoping for a better way in life.
Ed Marohn
For fiction my suggestion is good character development and good story telling. And there is a wealth of information for this from every day life. I believe that fiction writing comes from actual real life experiences so please listen to your character, he or she knows the path.
Ed Marohn
I have started the second in the John Moore mystery series. I hope it won't take me another ten years to write the novel as did Legacy of War (I'm chuckling). I plan to have this book completed in 12 months, while the ending of the first novel is still fresh. John Moore's return from peace time Vietnam starts another compelling action adventure for the reader.
Ed Marohn
I let my imagination and my characters lead me when I write fiction such as in my short story "Retirement" published in Hardboiled mystery magazine, which is about an aging mafia hit man struggling with his future while still doing his boss's bidding. The characters actually inspire me to write. They direct my prose.
My non-fiction writing is driven differently obviously, focused on a factual objectives, such as my article "Brainwashing: Man Over Mind" in Army Magazine. In this case I'm inspired to teach or inform based on historical facts of brainwashing POWs in war time.
My non-fiction writing is driven differently obviously, focused on a factual objectives, such as my article "Brainwashing: Man Over Mind" in Army Magazine. In this case I'm inspired to teach or inform based on historical facts of brainwashing POWs in war time.
Ed Marohn
I served in Vietnam as a captain, commanding a combat unit of 110 personnel with the 101st Airborne Division. My experience on those killing fields set the stage for the plot line of my main character, psychologist John Moore, as he deals with his war demons, over 30 years after the war ended. The actual writing of my novel started in 2009 after I travelled to Hanoi, Vietnam, with my wife to explore the outcome of the war's end in 1975. The melding of the past war to modern day Vietnam is cathartic for Moore as he must deal with his former enemies in peacetime.
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