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Sneak Peek: A third child born in the desert
A free sneak peek from current novel-in-progress, about the man who founded Desert Center, California. By Markus Mcdowell
BOOK REVIEW: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
A review of Love in the Time of Cholera, a literary novel by Gabriel García Márquez. Reviewed by Dr. Markus McDowell.
Listen: Writing and Bleeding
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.
Get the audiobook now! The Sky Over Chaos—Short Stories by Markus McDowell
Read by the author, this is a collection of short stories about the chaos we often find ourselves in—sometimes of our own making. Each story uses the adverb “so” in its title, emphasizing the extreme function of the following adjectives
Exploring a desert ghost town for my historical fiction novel about Desert Steve, Pt 2
Markus McDowell describes his adventure and exploration of the land surrounding the ghost town, Desert Center, part of his research for a forthcoming historical fiction novel about Desert Steve Ragsdale, the founder of Desert Center.
Listen: Do you have a hat? A short story from The Sky Over Chaos
Audio version of the short story “Hats” from The Sky Over Chaos collection by Markus McDowell.