Ask the Author: Tom Walker
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Tom Walker
i got the idea for my most recent book from two authors who are experts on suicide: A. Alvarez and Emile Durkheim.
Tom Walker
I am working on finding an agent for a novel about an elderly man who is contemplating suicide because he is too impatient and angry to wait for death.
If you know of an agent who might be interested, let me know.
If you know of an agent who might be interested, let me know.
Tom Walker
The best thing about being a writer is getting paid for lying -- that is, for making things up and have people believe them.
Tom Walker
By reading, or typing, passages from the works of the writers I most admire. That will stimulate you and break the block.
Music helps too. Play some music that turns you on.
Music helps too. Play some music that turns you on.
Tom Walker
By reading my favorite passages from the writers I admire most. Salinger, Capote, Bellow, Mailer, Roth, Larry McMurtry, Updike, Richard Yates.
Tom Walker
Write some every day, not matter what. Always go to the same place to write. Somewhere you will not be disturbed. Everything is habit. Form good writing habits. On days when nothing at all comes to you, find a passage from a good writer you admire and TYPE IT and study it.
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