Episode 03: John McDermott

Episode 03: John McDermott Author, The Last Spirits of Manhattan A lifetime of doing what you love, blank pages filling up with words, and the overwhelming joy when, finally, the call comes from a large publishing house: “Hi, John. We’d like to publish your novel.” On this episode, author John McDermott reflects on the inner drive that kept him writing for decades, withstanding rejection when it would have been easier to quit, and publishing his first novel at the youthful age of 60. Featured nonprofit: Writers' League of Texas (WLT) is the largest literary arts organization in Texas, a statewide nonprofit offering programs and services to writers at all stages of their writing careers, from just getting started to publication and beyond.  https://writersleague.org/ The Last Spirits of Manhattan novel is available wherever you buy books, and might we recommend: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-last-spirits-of-manhattan-a-novel-john-a-mcdermott/df58a5ab18283aa3 Presented by Big Dreamers United