Ask the Author: S. Noël Mckay
“I read somewhere that one should write the kind of book he or she would want to read. Stony Point, a historical novel set in Canada, is the kind of book I would want to read.”
S. Noël Mckay
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S. Noël Mckay
When I was around 11 or 12, not far from where I lived someone murdered a child. I remember first the terror and outrage, and how it died down as the case went cold. No one ever found out who did it. It would make a good story, I think.
S. Noël Mckay
Everything's good about being a writer. It's like making a movie, only I get to be the director, the producer, the set designer, the sound technician, the costume designer, all of the actors, and everything else. Writing is a wonderful process, especially for people like me with large egos.
S. Noël Mckay
I'm working on my second novel, dealing with Canadians in Holland at the end of WW II.
S. Noël Mckay
Don't write what you know as much as write what you would like to read.
S. Noël Mckay
I don't get it.
S. Noël Mckay
A guarantee of success is writing the kind of book you'd like to read.
S. Noël Mckay
An accomplished violinist once said, "if I don't practice for one day I notice it, if I don't practice for two days the orchestra knows it, and if I don't practice for three days the audience knows it."
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