Ask the Author: Craig Michael Smith
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Craig Michael Smith
I follow Robert M Pirsig's example in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Don't try to write about the city, the building or the wall of the building - write about the brick in the top left corner. From there, words will come.
Craig Michael Smith
You can create an imaginary world.
Craig Michael Smith
My advice is simply to write, write and write more. Completion of a work of fiction is its own joy.
Craig Michael Smith
My second novel is tackling the theme of greed and larcenous misuse of power in the art world.
Craig Michael Smith
After 30+ years of writing non-fiction treatises as part of my role at the University of British Columbia, my retirement has offered me the opportunity to write fiction.
Craig Michael Smith
My dog Abby and I visited a local hospice weekly for seven years and my experiences there led to the development of an imagined life that invites the reader to explore how someone’s past can never be truly held in the past. The germ of the idea sprang from an intimate death bed chat with a resident. The result is a complete fiction.
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