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Write What You Know (Part 1)

Write What You Know (Part 1)

by Tom Hogan | Nov 1, 2021 | So You Want to Be a Writer, Writing

NOTE:  This is the first of a 3-part blog series about the writers’ maxim:  Write what you know. Each blog focuses on one of my novels and the experiences that hopefully enriched and informed them. Below is the first one. Left for Alive: This novel’s...
“Why Are Your Novels So F**king Dark?”

“Why Are Your Novels So F**king Dark?”

by Tom Hogan | Aug 9, 2021 | Writing, Inspiration, So You Want to Be a Writer

I was talking with a friend last week, someone I’ve known since graduate school (Harvard, in case I haven’t mentioned it in the last 10 minutes). She had just gotten through the first draft of my newest novel, a suspense thriller with the backdrop of the Catholic...
So You Want To Be A Writer (Part 4): First Writing Jobs (Dirty Jobs)

So You Want To Be A Writer (Part 4): First Writing Jobs (Dirty Jobs)

by Tom Hogan | May 14, 2021 | Announcements

My first paid gig as a writer—if you don’t count the $5.00 I won in 8th grade for my riveting story about racial prejudice in heaven (I was so much deeper then than I am now)—was writing for the travel book, Let’s Go: Europe. My assignment was writing the chapters on...

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