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So how was Hawaii?
Growing up in Hawaii. Growing up a Mormon. Learning how to write. Dreaming of Europe. Missionary. Love in Germany. Studying in Germany. Finding the Middle Ages. Becoming a Writer in Europe. Life will give you what you really want, but you will not notice it at first.
How to Become a Writer
I can Teach you to Write
Eric T. Hansen’s family moved to Hawaii from cold, rainy Bellingham, Washington, when he was six.
He grew up in the 70’s, a social outcast addicted to fantasy books and dreaming of the Middle Ages; editing the high school newspaper and contributing to it the anonymous satirical column “Our Man in the Bathroom;” yearning to go to Europe and become a writer in a black turtleneck sitting in a cafe on the Seine.
Why I Teach Writing
Eric T. Hansen’s family moved to Hawaii from cold, rainy Bellingham, Washington, when he was six.
He grew up in the 70’s, a social outcast addicted to fantasy books and dreaming of the Middle Ages; editing the high school newspaper and contributing to it the anonymous satirical column “Our Man in the Bathroom;” yearning to go to Europe and become a writer in a black turtleneck sitting in a cafe on the Seine.
So how was Hawaii?
My most personal books.
How to Search for Invisible Things
So how was Hawaii?
Linguistics will teach you what writing is. Europe will teach you what America is. The Nazis will teach you what democracy is. The Middle Ages will teach you who we are today. Mormonism will teach you how to be a child of creation. America will teach you how to create yourself.
What you can Learn from …
Europe
The Nazis
Writing
The Middle Ages
Mormonism
America
So how was Hawaii?
Write for a specific audience. I write for the woman I once saw on a nearly-empty bus far too early in the morning riding to work engrossed in a thick James Clavell novel.
How to Write a Novel
Starting
Planing
Plot
Characters
Process
Style
Revising
Publishing
Reality
AI
Mystery & Thriller
Non-Fiction
Autofiction
Myths
So how was Hawaii?
If you look closely and patiently into the clear night sky you will see stars black out then come on again in a particular pattern – it is the Ur-Cat passing.