Are you a real man? Turns out that is a pretty silly question. But for too long men have been scared off having real conversations about just what kind of man they are, and hope to become.
For Mack, and for us as readers, what transpires in the shack requires creative imagination not unlike that in any number of fantastic tales. But in this case the subject is far closer to home: the healing of a broken heart.
Fight Club has always been my favorite movie. I wondered somewhere deep in my soul what it would feel like to bash another man in the face. So I went out in search of the real thing.
The way we write and think about writing books has to change for them to remain relevant in the 21st century. The head in the sand, I am an artist don't bother me with marketing attitude won't work.
The books of the 21st century will no longer be sold by an agent to a publishing house who tries to sell them to bookstores. The most successful books of the future will look more like a U2 concert.