OUR TOWN BOOK
REVIEW Questions
Does this book have a special meaning to
you? i.e. where you found the idea, its symbolism, its meaning, who you
dedicated it to, what made you want to write it?
A
Rocky Mountain ski vacation in Aspen, CO, came with the full-blown documented
killing of a wild-living hard-partying Olympic skier plus a wad of other
underhanded goings-on for which no one went to jail. Skin and money and payoffs,
and all the inspirations of the slugs of humanity fell in my lap and onto my
keyboard. A writer would’ve had to be in a coma not to grab the fallout and make
sure there was an extra printer cartridge handy. It was made for the telling.
Where do you get your storylines from?
From
experience and the cultivated habit of staying in the RECORD mode no matter the
setting/location/surroundings. By becoming the audience, I let the crowds play
the storyline…and watch. Bend the facts, motivations…the trivial and the
profound have tales to tell, often in the same character. Readers will always identify
with something.
Was this book easier or more difficult to
write than others? Why?
The core plot stared raw and
exposed, laid out for all to see with the avaricious media throwing out blood
clots and big pieces every day my skis were enjoying the champagne powder that covers
the Rockies. I added a few throwaway complications, a love angle, and used the
unexpected to trip up heroes and villains. Ain’t it fun!
Do you only write one genre?
No. Mono-genre limits one’s
interests. Permanently closes the pages before the prologue is finished…way too
stilted. Readers won’t have it. Genre is for shelves and bookstores. A tale
told is going to have a genre-smear…romance, action, mystery, sci-fi
daydreaming, thriller, horror…all the stuff that lurks within the crevices of
our minds.
Give us a picture of where you write,
where you compose these words…is it Starbucks, a den, a garden…we want to know
your inner sanctum.
Dreadfully dull answer that fits
the definition of a writer…alone in a quiet room full of paper…phone on
silence…oblivious to reality…music OFF…engrossed in world of tales and fantasies…solitude
RULES…except between my ears.
And finally, of course…was there any
specific event or circumstance that made you want to be a writer?
Yes, my mother and gran’ma
spinning awesome endless tales on the porch after supper – both of them
teachers.
Hawk
MacKinney
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