About Howard Clarke:
Howard Clarke published clinical research and medical journal articles during a long teaching and medical career. He then wrote and illustrated a young readers' fantasy novel, The Door Into Whimsy. He is developing a new suspense genre that merges dystopian near-future settings with detective stories.
What inspires you to write?
The urge to see an inner story unfold, to create worlds that exist in part, but not fully breathing yet.
What authors do you read when you aren’t writing?
Jack Vance. Roger Zelazny. Rex Stout.
Tell us about your writing process.
Like to write longhand, then dictate, and finally edit in text on PC. Have to have a basic conflict, setting, and main characters, then fill out from there initially on notebook paper.
For Fiction Writers: Do you listen (or talk to) to your characters?
More like watch them talk to each other. Watch them interact, collide, fence, explore. If it’s a villain, not so much then within his/her skin, but from a slight distance.
What advice would you give other writers?
Don’t rush to publication. Make it your best—novel, textbook, article—anything that has your name as author.
How did you decide how to publish your books?
After being burned by Hollywood, I decided to go a self-pub route. Lonely, no calls from producers who cannot converse without the word f*** in every sentence, but tougher to reach top level movers etc. Not sure I would have survived in LA LA land, though.
What do you think about the future of book publishing?
I think too many writers go for the fast sell series rather than struggling for the more literary level that an emotionally single breakthrough novel would reach.
What genres do you write?: Fiction, Suspense, detective, occult.
What formats are your books in?: Both eBook and Print
Website(s)
Howard Clarke Home Page Link
Link To Howard Clarke Page On Amazon
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