Ask the Author: Matthew Silverman
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Matthew Silverman
I edit other people's work now and it frees me up to read anything I want. Trying to slowly get my money's worth out of my English degree, I read a Shakespeare play each year. I got around to Richard III last year and it sent me on a crusade to find out as much as I can about the 15th century monarchy. I've jumped into the Philippa Gregory books, my wife has almost the whole set. I also plan to dig into Catch-22 (it is 2022, after all), Stingray Afternoons, John Adams, Little Fires Everywhere, When Tears Have Voice, 1920: The Year of Six Presidents, and even some books on baseball!
Matthew Silverman
There once was a place where people ignored books--unless they decided to burn them--and stared at their phones every waking second. And they didn't realize what was happening until it was too late.
Matthew Silverman
The hours. They are long and neverending when there is a deadline, but I love being able to shift everything to a certain time of day that works for me, rather than a boss standing over you who insists on having it their way.
Matthew Silverman
Keep your day job! The field of writing is constantly winnowed down and it is very hard to make a dollar at it, or to often make people understand why a grown person could think of it as a career. I love Goodreads because the people here love to read--just like I do. I may have to explain why reading MY book is important, but I don't have to tell them why reading ANY book is important.
Matthew Silverman
I wrote Out of a Dog's Mouth in the early 2000s when I had a puppy and while my dream job in sports publishing was going down the tubes as our company was running dry. It felt like therapy at first; then it felt like a story I really wanted to tell. I always wondered how my dogs saw things and what motivated them--besides food. Many of the incidents from the 1960s on actually happened to my family, though the last chapter--like the first--was a product of my imagination. I've always had a dog (or two), usually mutts. And I decided to donate part of the proceeds will go to animal shelters.
Matthew Silverman
I recently published Out of a Dog's Mouth, a novel about a family's dogs telling the story of a family from the 1930 to the 2000s. I published it under the name McNally Berry. If you want to know why, ask me!
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