Ask the Author: J.A.V. Simson
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J.A.V. Simson
How did my mother, a sophisticated college teacher, and my father, an engineering student eight years her junior, meet in the wilderness of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan?
J.A.V. Simson
Just write. And then revise, and revise, and revise. And then show it to someone who is a good writer and ask their advice, and then revise again and again. In my experience, a piece of writing is not ready to publish if it hasn't been revised at least five times.
J.A.V. Simson
Experiences in the world around me inspire me to write.
J.A.V. Simson
Don't believe I've ever had writer's block. My problem is finding time to write the stuff I want to write.
J.A.V. Simson
You can work at home!
J.A.V. Simson
Currently working on a narrative of a Sierra Club service trip to Lake Baikal in Russian Siberia in 1992 - shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
J.A.V. Simson
During a trip to Russia. I thought it would be important for Americans to have a greater appreciation of Russia's complicated history.
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