A Holiday Note from Markus McDowell: “I appreciate my readers more than I can say, and I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.”
A Holiday note from Markus McDowell:
I appreciate my readers more than I can say, and I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. I am enjoying time with friends and family, reflecting on the blessings that life offers in the midst of chaos. May peace and joy be yours.
Stay tuned in 2022 for more posts about my travels, my writings, book reviews, updates on my forthcoming books, and more!
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Exclusive first draft of a scene from the forthcoming novel Nuf Sed: The Story of Desert Steve by Markus McDowell, an historical novel about the quirky and resourceful man who founded Desert Center, California. In this scene, Steve, now 19 years old, attends a town dance with his best friend, Roman, and dances with a young girl he is sweet on.
A sneak peek of an early draft of a story by Markus McDowell, from the forthcoming collection “So: Short Stories”
Review of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz. Reviewed by Dr. Markus McDowell
I am almost always writing, of course, but when I travel I like to focus particularly on my own writing instead of the writing, editing, ghostwriting, and research I do for other authors and for publishers. At the moment, I am in the Coachella Desert at a lovely resort. It is peaceful and inspiring. For those of you interested in my current projects, here we go:
Read this first draft of a short story by Markus McDowell, part of a forthcoming collection of short stories.
Audio version of the short story “Hats” from The Sky Over Chaos collection by Markus McDowell.
