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Mitchell James Kaplan

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Mitchell James Kaplan is a cum laude graduate of Yale University, where he won the Paine Memorial Prize. His first mentor was author William Styron. Following college, he lived in Paris and Southern California. Currently he lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Mitchell James Kaplan's 2010 novel, By Fire, By Water, won numerous literary awards both domestically and abroad. Into The Unbounded Night, a novel of first century Rome and the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, will be out in September, 2020 (Regal House). Rhapsody, a novel about Kay Swift and her 1920s Broadway circle, including her lover George Gershwin, will appear in 2021 (Gallery / Simon & Schuster) ...more

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Research, Outlining, and Writing (mitchelljameskaplan.com)

Research, Outlining, and Writing

It all starts with research. For me, research begets
inspiration. I read dozens of books on the period and the people. Slowly,
patterns emerge, obscure but fascinating relations between characters,
events, symbolic imagery, and abstract ideas. Then I begin another round of
research, focusing on these patterns, and I start sketching outlines and character notes.

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“All people suffer,” said Judith. “But if you don’t know what you believe, you suffer alone.”
― Mitchell James Kaplan, By Fire, By Water

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