Ask the Author: William C. Pennington
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William C. Pennington
I put away my novel and write letters to myself. Random thoughts, where I'd like to be in twenty or thirty years, how I'm going to spend my royalties, what do I say when accepting my Nobel Prize for Literature 😉
William C. Pennington
Writing "The End." The enormity of that is thrilling.
William C. Pennington
Learn to take critique from others. Lizard skin is required to shake off the impulse to defend what you've written when your writing group tells you it needs to be rewritten or deleted completely.
The first critique of the opening 500 words of Honey Ko was four words: You have good pace. The second critique was 1500 words and humbled me. I thought my writing was the Gold Standard. That I wasn't nearly as good as I thought was a hard lesson to learn. But I persevered and learned.
The first critique of the opening 500 words of Honey Ko was four words: You have good pace. The second critique was 1500 words and humbled me. I thought my writing was the Gold Standard. That I wasn't nearly as good as I thought was a hard lesson to learn. But I persevered and learned.
William C. Pennington
My next novel, Dancing With Orange Blossoms, is a story of love cut short before it reaches full bloom.
William C. Pennington
My inspiration comes from a lifetime of traveling the world as a U.S. Air Force Brat and a career Sailor in the U.S. Navy. People are the same everywhere, but they are different too. The differences are fascinating.
An old photo, chatting with a friend on Facebook, or a reminder of my time in a certain place all bring inspiration.
An old photo, chatting with a friend on Facebook, or a reminder of my time in a certain place all bring inspiration.
William C. Pennington
Honey Ko is based on my observations of the interactions between American Sailors and Filipinos while I was stationed at Cubi Point Naval Air Station in Olongapo.
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