Ask the Author: Joel David Levin
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Joel David Levin
How the heck did I (a double-vaccinated germaphobe) contract a breakthrough case of COVID? And who gave it to me?
I wish Sherlock Holmes was around to help me solve this case...
I wish Sherlock Holmes was around to help me solve this case...
Joel David Levin
As I flipped through the warped, stained, soaking wet pages of the child's book, I gave him the kind of questioning look that librarians wear all too frequently.
With a sheepish shrug of his shoulders, he backed away and said, "It fell into the toilet."
With a sheepish shrug of his shoulders, he backed away and said, "It fell into the toilet."
Joel David Levin
You write your way out of it. While it HURTS to delete pages of your own work, sometimes it takes a few dismal paragraphs of mediocre writing before you get yourself back on track.
Too many people view writer's block as an insurmountable hurdle, but it's actually more akin to an unfinished tunnel that leads to your ultimate destination. You might feel like Andy Dufresne digging away behind a Rita Hayworth poster, but freedom is just a few more spoon-scrapes away!
Too many people view writer's block as an insurmountable hurdle, but it's actually more akin to an unfinished tunnel that leads to your ultimate destination. You might feel like Andy Dufresne digging away behind a Rita Hayworth poster, but freedom is just a few more spoon-scrapes away!
Joel David Levin
I know it sounds pithy, but read and write as much as you can! The learning curve for writing a novel is steeper than the 30+% streets in San Francisco. Seriously.
Having a broad palette of writing skillsets is SUPER-beneficial. Write stories and songs and book reviews and expository reports and letters to long-lost friends... You'll be surprised by how many of these circles overlap in the Venn diagram origami matrix of writing fiction!
Having a broad palette of writing skillsets is SUPER-beneficial. Write stories and songs and book reviews and expository reports and letters to long-lost friends... You'll be surprised by how many of these circles overlap in the Venn diagram origami matrix of writing fiction!
Joel David Levin
I've already written the sequel to my debut novel, Incomplete, but I have quite a bit of revision to do. Spoiler alert: the epilogue is going to take place in a post-COVID world, so I need to see how this pandemic ends before I can truly "finish" the new novel. Not to make things too murky, but it might be a while before I can accurately revise the denouement scene.
Joel David Levin
I've already written the sequel to my debut novel, Incomplete, but I have quite a bit of revision to do. Spoiler alert: the epilogue is going to take place in a post-COVID world, so I need to see how this pandemic ends before I can truly "finish" the new novel. Not to make things too murky, but it might be a while before I can accurately revise the denouement scene.
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