by Michael Lindley | Oct 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
Many of us become authors because we love reading great stories. Our lives have been touched by books we’ve read, the characters we’ve connected with, the places in the world that have become real and meaningful to us. For me, my early reading included the great Hardy...
by Michael Lindley | Oct 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I finished my first novel in 2005, the publishing world was a far different place. Traditional publishing through an agent and mainstream publisher was still seen as the primary path to publishing success. That path came with numerous challenges. To get your...
by Michael Lindley | Sep 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Many of us booklovers enjoy taking along a book that is set in the travel destination we’re headed to next. Who wouldn’t enjoy reading Hemingway’s classic, “The Sun Also Rises”, sitting in a sidewalk café in Pamploma, Spain? Or Leon...
by Michael Lindley | Aug 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I started out on this writer’s journey fifteen years ago, my first goal was simply to tell a good story that would allow readers to escape to another time and place and feel the real emotions of the characters I created. My sense was a good story would speak for...
by Michael Lindley | Jul 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
An author’s journey is mostly a quiet and lonely pursuit. Hours and days spent at the keyboard crafting the next book can be both exciting and terribly frustrating at the same time. There are sessions when the story practically writes itself. There are others where...
