Episode 117: Novelist Spotlight #117: After 20-year hiatus, Ray Ring returns to the novel writing business
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Novelist and journalist Ray Ring — author of “Telluride Smile,” “Peregrine Dream” and “Arizona Kiss — has published his first novel in more than 20 years, in the form of “Montana Blues.”
We discuss:
>> His long absence from the scene
>> The various voices of Ray Ring
>> His time as an undercover prison inmate
>> A brother’s suicide
>> Moving from Arizona to Montana and back
>> Organic versus outlined writing
>> Creating a sense of place
>> Dialog versus expository writing
>> Etc.
Learn more about Ray Ring here: http://rayring.com/
Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” “Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century” and “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Buy them on any major bookselling site. Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.
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