HEMINGWAY QUOTES THAT STILL INSPIRE

For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1954 The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, "Notes on the Next War," Esquire, Sep. 1935 You know what makes a good loser? Practice. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, as quoted by his son in Papa, a Personal Memoir To me heaven would be a big bull ring with me holding two barrera seats and a trout stream outside that no one else was allowed to fish in and two lovely houses in the town; one where I would have my wife and children and be monogamous and love them truly and well and the other where I would have my nine beautiful mistresses on nine different floors. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald, July 1, 1925 A man can be destroyed but not defeated. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, The Old Man and The Sea In Europe then we thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also as a great giver of happiness and well-being and delight. Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, A Moveable Feast image: http://www.notable-quotes.com/h/ernest_hemingway_quote_3.jpg Wine is the most civilized thing in the world. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, attributed, The Grape Escapes Death is like an old whore in a bar--I'll buy her a drink but I won't go upstairs with her. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, To Have and Have Not The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, For Whom the Bell Tolls The great artist when he comes, uses everything that has been discovered or known about his art up to that point, being able to accept or reject in a time so short it seems that the knowledge was born with him, rather than that he takes instantly what it takes the ordinary man a lifetime to know, and then the great artist goes beyond what has been done or known and makes something of his own. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, Death in the Afternoon God knows, people who are paid to have attitudes toward things, professional critics, make me sick; camp-following eunuchs of literature. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, letter to Sherwood Anderson, May 23, 1925 Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, The Paris Review, spring 1958 Every day above earth is a good day. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, The Old Man and the Sea Life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, A Farewell to Arms They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, "Notes on the Next War," Esquire, Sep. 1935 Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses he will endure or be forgotten. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, Nobel Prize speech, Dec. 10, 1954 It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, The Sun Also Rises In going where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, and seeing what you have to see, you dull and blunt the instrument you write with. But I would rather have it bent and dulled and know I had to put it on the grindstone again and hammer it into shape and put a whetstone to it, and know that I had something to write about, than to have it bright and shining and nothing to say, or smooth and well oiled in the closet, but unused. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, preface, The First Forty-Nine Stories image: http://www.notable-quotes.com/h/ernest_hemingway_quote.jpg Being against evil doesn't make you good. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, Islands in the Stream All our words from loose using have lost their edge. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, Death in the Afternoon We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, New York Journal-American, Jul. 11, 1961 When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, True at First Light The things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, A Farewell to Arms My attitude toward punctuation is that it ought to be as conventional as possible. The game of golf would lose a good deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green. You ought to be able to show that you can do it a good deal better than anyone else with the regular tools before you have a license to bring in your own improvements. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, letter, May 15, 1925 All the critics who could not make their reputations by discovering you are hoping to make them by predicting hopefully your approaching impotence, failure and general drying up of natural juices. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, "A Letter from Cuba," Esquire, Dec. 1934 I rewrote the ending to Farewell to Arms, the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, The Paris Review, spring 1958 No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, A Farewell to Arms No catalogue of horrors ever kept men from war. Before the war you always think that it's not you that dies. But you will die, brother, if you go to it long enough. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, "Notes on the Next War," Esquire, Sep. 1935 All stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, Death in the Afternoon Grace under pressure. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Apr. 20, 1926 Wearing down seven number-two pencils is a good day’s work. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, The Paris Review, spring 1958 Browse Ernest Hemingway Quotes II

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NEWSPAPER STORY ABOUT "DEFYING DEATH IN HAGERSTOWN" the new novel by John Paul Carinci

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERVIEW FOR:Book title: Defying Death In Hagerstown

 Genre: suspense fiction adventure
 One- or two-sentence synopsis of book:
 Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
 Price: $15.24
 Website: www.johnpaulbooks.com

What was your inspiration in writing this novel? The idea for this fiction book happened purely by accident, when I won a diary from EBay, which was penned in 1923, by a young woman from Hagerstown Md.  The 90 year old diary of 365 pages, was fully handwritten by a young woman with only a first name in the diary. I knew there was a story there somewhere, but more importantly I was drawn into the time, the young woman, the love interest she had throughout the year.

I was CONSUMED with finding out who and whatever happened to this young woman from Hagerstown, Md. It took two years to find out who she was, that she married the love interest, and when she passed on. SO, I wrote a FICTION suspense novel, based very loosely on a character from Hagerstown. It’s as if I was supposed to honor this young woman, around the age of 21, from the 1923 diary, by writing fiction, but with her in mind. I felt that this long ago departed woman was motivating me on for the more than 5 years it took to complete the novel

What process did you go through in creating your characters? By whom were they inspired? The characters were inspired loosely on many characters in my life, my community, work, and even by people I have befriended in Hagerstown over the more than 7 years I have researching this and other books of the local areas. You see I take a certain trait of a person and mix them with many other traits to form one new character.

 

People often say the personality of an author can be found in their writing. Did your novel accurately portray your personality and/or  point of view on life? YES, I have put some of my own personality into the protagonist. Also the inspirational messages throughout the novel are from my philosophy on life, love, and even the hereafter that I so strongly believe in. Because of my past 3 self help, motivational books, I was able to interject many of the messages of faith and hope into this book, though the eyes of the 110 year old, very philosophical, Lolita, that the story revolves around.

 

Was there a specific reason you chose to make the protagonist of this novel a reporter? YES. We needed the reporter to tell the story, but more importantly, we needed a very disillusioned person, someone at the end of their rope, ready to give up on life, on love, and almost turn to the gutter. Someone battered so badly by terrible news stories he had been bombarded with.

 

Did this novel require any research? If so, can you explain your process of incorporating factual evidence into a fictional storyline? The idea for this fiction book happened by accident, when I won a diary from EBay, which was penned in 1923, by a young woman from Hagerstown Md.  The 90 year old diary of 365 pages, was fully handwritten in pencil, by a young woman with only a first name in the diary. I knew there was a story there somewhere, but more importantly I was drawn into the time, the young woman, the love interest she had throughout the year.

I was CONSUMED with finding out who and whatever happened to this young woman from Hagerstown, Md. It took 2 years to find out who she was, that she married the love interest from the diary, and when she passed on. It wasn’t till I researched this woman fully that I decided to write a novel. SO, I wrote a FICTION suspense novel, based very loosely on a character from Hagerstown, and because I was so touched by the diary and the year 1923, I incorporated a diary in the novel that is used somewhat in solving a triple murder mystery that had been unsolved since 1923.

 

The novel discusses many ideas affiliated with religion, proposed by Ms. Lolita. Was this your own internal desire to include a religious aspect in the novel, or was it solely for the purpose of creating Ms. Lolita's character? My motivation for the past 40 years has been and is still to touch someone, to encourage them to help themselves. I tried to, through a very philosophical Lolita, to help the reader feel good about themselves, life, and to appreciate all that they have going for themselves in their own life. My 1st goal in writing was to inspire people the way I was positively inspired at age 21, by attending a speech by Rev. Bob Richards, the Olympic gold medal winner, and motivational speaker. That was the turning point of my life. I soon became very successful. His speech motivated me to consume motivational and inspiring books by Og Mandino, W. Clement Stone, Napoleon Hill. My goal was to one day motivate and change someone’s life the way I was motivated to change my attitude and life forever. That is why I wrote the three self help books.

 

How has this novel differed from the other books you have written? Because I had been so touched by the diary, the town of Hagerstown, and the friends I made in Hagerstown in the years of research, I feel that this may in fact be the best and exciting book out of the 9 I have written thus far .

 

Are you working on anything else at the moment? I have been researching a new novel for years that takes place in Gettysburg, PA. Searching out gold that had mysteriously disappeared from the Gettysburg civil War. It will take another 2-3 years to complete.

"In Search Of Gettysburg Gold"

 

Where can readers purchase “Defying Death in Hagerstown?” The book is available as an ebook and paperback online though all bookstores, but the best place they can purchase signed copies is at the

Turn the page bookstore, 18 N Main St. in Boonsboro, Maryland, where I have made special arrangements for that store to haqve an exclusive of signed books on hand befare other stores. Also the can contact me through my site at: www.johnpaulbooks.com

ADDl. INFO.
What's the significance of the book's title? Defying Death In Hagerstown was decided because the main character, Louis Gerhani, uncovers an unsolved triple murder from 1923 that he starts to investigate, and stirs up a hornets’ nest. Someone is clearly upset by the investigation, and his life is threatened numerous times. Also, Lolita, the 110 year old woman in the nursing home, in reality, has defied death for all those years.

What prompts Louis to become so obsessed with Lolita's life story? He reluctantly begins the assignment to save his job, but slowly is convinced by his friends that it may be a good story because of her advanced age. Then he learns how insightful and philosophical Lolita is, and he is drawn to her.

How does Louis adjust when he finds his life suddenly in danger as the result of his investigation? He appreciates just how valuable life is once he almost loses his.

How have readers reacted to the story thus far? They feel for Louis right away, as he almost loses his job, his fiancée leaves him, and he is drinking heavy, hitting rock bottom as he gets one last shot at keeping his reporting job. They are rooting for Louis throughout, happy about the newfound love interest, and they love the philosophical 110 year old Lolita and her special inspirational messages.

Please share more with us about your other writings. I have penned 9 books so far, three are self help, motivational books that have been translated and published in foreign countries, and the other 6 are action adventures. All the novels were written so that they can be adapted to the big screen, and readers say that the novels are all very visual.

some of John’s works include: An All-Consuming Desire To Succeed, The Power of Being Different, In Exchange of Life,  Share Your Mission #5, A Second Chance , The Psychic Boy Detective, Better Off Dead, Better Off Dead In Paradise, An All Consuming Desire To Succeed, Defying Death In Hagerstown, Awesome Success Principles and Quotations, and A Gift from Above. I have also written the screenplays: Better Off Dead, A Second Chance, and Better Off Dead in Paradise, adapted from my novels.

Author, poet, songwriter, CEO - you're quite the accomplished individual. Please share more with our readers about your various artistic and professional endeavors. I love to write songs, I began at around age 13, but the unique thing is I don’t play an instrument. I write the words, and sing out the melody, not knowing what notes and chords I am hitting. Then I ask studio musicians to record the songs with the same notes I have sung out. I have hundreds of songs that still need to be sent to a studio. I want to write only books that I feel would hold my interest, and want to make me keep reading on. I run my own Insurance agency for almost 40 years now, helping people with their insurance and investment needs.

My writing was first influenced by self help authors and motivational books. Then I progressed to action adventure novels that I gear towards the big screen. My characters are very visual. I was inspired by John MacDonald, and his Travis McGee novels, written in the 1^st person.

How can our readers learn more about you and your ongoing efforts? My website is: www.johncarinci.com , Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/john.carinci  Twitter page: blog page: http://john-paul-carinci-author.blogspot.com/

How can they contact you directly? My email address: john.carinci@verizon.net Business phone number is: 718-966-8988

What inspired you to craft this page-turning tale of mystery, betrayal, and unsolved murder?

The idea for this fiction book happened by accident, when I won a diary from EBay, which was penned in 1923, by a young woman from Hagerstown Md.  The 90 year old diary of 365 pages, was fully handwritten by a young woman with only a first name in the diary. I knew there was a story there somewhere, but more importantly I was drawn into the time, the young woman, the love interest she had throughout the year.

I was CONSUMED with finding out who and whatever happened to this young woman from Hagerstown, Md. It took years to find out who she was, that she married the love interest, and when she passed on. SO, I wrote a FICTION suspense novel, based loosely on a character from Hagerstown.

 
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