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Celebrity Author: Peter
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Celebrity
Author: Madeira Beach
Author Frank C. Strunk talks about the craft of writing and his
new suspense thriller, Throwback.
(HarperCollins)
Frank C. Strunk shares some of his writing tips. |
Frank C. Strunk
gives us an insight to the virtuous, self-reliant people of the Appalachian
Mountains that he portrays so vividly in his suspense novels, Jordon's
Wager, Jordon's Showdown, and his latest suspense thriller,
Throwback, see Book Mart.
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"In
my own case, I have a rather old-fashioned view of the art of writing
and of the mission of a writer. I grew up in a small rural town in Mississippi
during the depression -- no TV or such -- and the main forms of entertainment
were the fields and woods and streams -- and books. Writers were my heroes,
and I read everything from the Hardy Boys series to the classic works
of Charles Dickens. I helped track Moby Dick through countless sessions,
and my skin turned to goose pimples with Edgar Allen Poe. And I believe
that writing ability was a scared trust and should be used as such --
that writers should not only entertain but should also use their talent
to illuminate the unfortunate and unjust things in life and to thus enlighten
the human heart.
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