Hemingway said writing is a lonely business. Markus McDowell discusses the truth of this statement, as well as the dichotomy that a fiction writer must know know a lot about people in order to write genuinely about the human condition. McDowell describes his approach of balancing the loneliness of writing with the need to be around people and learn about them.

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Author Markus McDowell briefly describes how he got interested in reading and then writing, and the path that he took to become a full-time writer and editor. Along the way, he describes the influences, both people and other authors, along with his understanding of what it means to write art.

Show Notes

Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle In Time

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

John Gardner, On Moral Fiction

Markus McDowell, To and Fro Upon the Earth: A Novel

Markus McDowell, Onesimus: A Novel of Christianity in the Roman Empire

Markus McDowell, The Sky Over Chaos: Short Stories

Markus McDowell, Mortals As They Walk

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This is a short story from the collection entitled The Sky Over Chaos by Markus McDowell. Read by Markus McDowell. To listen to this podcast, and all of Dr. McDowell‘s podcasts, join on Patreon.

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