Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Michael Solomowitz hails from Coney Island, Brooklyn, and has cherished his roller-coaster ride as a writer. He began writing scripts for Manhattan Cable-TV and wrote for Warner Bros. in Hollywood. As a freelance sports journalist, he has published dozens of articles in national and trade publications and contributed to two non-fiction sports books. As a playwright and director, his plays have appeared on stages from Los Angeles to Long Island to Boston. BEHIND THE FOURTH WALL is his debut novel.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Behind The Fourth Wall is my new book. It was inspired by my love for live theater and my new home on Cape Cod.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not particularly unless you consider starting my writing day early, around 5:30 a.m. Earlier if I couldn’t sleep that night.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
For classics — Hemingway, Mitchell, Steinbeck, Salinger, and Malamud. More recently, Donna Tartt, Dan Brown, and Michael Crichton.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on a new novel that centers on post-war Coney Island, Brooklyn, where I grew up.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook seems to have my biggest supporters but, as I said, I’m new to this so it could change.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing. The first novel I wrote took six years and I couldn’t get an agent interested in it. Failing is part of the process. Don’t give up.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Lewis Carroll — “In the end we only regret the chances we didn’t take.”
What are you reading now?
Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’ve written the first draft of a new play that needs some work once I can get back to it.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Gone With The Wind, The Old Man and the Sea, Angels and Demons, The Goldfinch
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