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for notions of why writers write. David Morrell is the author of 28 books, which include such bestsellers as The Brotherhood of the Rose (the basis for a top rated NBC miniseries), The Fifth Profession, and Extreme Denial (set in Santa Fe, where he lives). The award-winning author of First Blood, the novel in which Rambo was created, has more than eighteen million copies of his books in print, and his fiction has been translated into 26 languages. He's now written Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing and excerpted the first one, Why Do You Want to be a Writer? at Backspace.com where you can read it. You can also read parts of his novels on his website Look at the left column there; the text from a novel scrolls up the page, drawing attention to itself. This is a sophisticated website, containing most of the elements that make the most effective use of the Internet for a writer.
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for notions of why writers write. David Morrell is the author of 28 books, which include such bestsellers as The Brotherhood of the Rose (the basis for a top rated NBC miniseries), The Fifth Profession, and Extreme Denial (set in Santa Fe, where he lives). The award-winning author of First Blood, the novel in which Rambo was created, has more than eighteen million copies of his books in print, and his fiction has been translated into 26 languages. He's now written Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing and excerpted the first one, Why Do You Want to be a Writer? at Backspace.com where you can read it. You can also read parts of his novels on his website Look at the left column there; the text from a novel scrolls up the page, drawing attention to itself. This is a sophisticated website, containing most of the elements that make the most effective use of the Internet for a writer.
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posted by Georganna Hancock M.S. | 8:38 AM
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Thanks for the book recommendation. I skimmed thru his excerpt at the website (will read it thoroughly at lunch time or I'll get caught by my boss!). It's always interesting to see what makes people write. I like the answer - "because you have to". :-)
Oh, don't you know it? If I were prevented from writing, I'd be out in the public square declaiming from an orange crate, and you know what that would get me! ;)
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