42 Stories Anthology Presents: John Gerard Fagan

 

42 Stories Spotlight: John Gerard Fagan

Author of “IN DREAMS, JUST AS IN LIFE, TO DIE IS TO DIE”

Location: Scotland

Writing Space: Home

Social Media: @JohnGerardFagan | Website

Bio:

John Gerard Fagan is a Scottish writer and author of the Japan-based memoir Fish Town and Scottish literature novel Silent Riders of the Sea. He writes in Gaelic, Scots, and English and has published over 100 short stories and poems.

Featured in 42 Stories Anthology Presents: Book of 42²

Award-Winning Story: IN DREAMS, JUST AS IN LIFE, TO DIE IS TO DIE

Favorites:

Books/Authors: Suttree by Cormac McCarthy, Fires on the Plain by Shohei Ooka, and The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe

Places: The Isle of Skye and Hokkaido

On Writing:

“To write what you want to read. Forget about an audience, outlining, or trying to copy a popular style or author and just write and see what comes out. If you’re writing just to make money, then you’ll never write something worth reading.”

Greatest Achievement in Writing:

Having my memoir Fish Town selling worldwide.

First Creation:

“When I was 10, I wrote a comic strip about a superhero toddler called Super Sulk and his best pal Wee Jimmy Nothin who beat up a group of criminals trying to rob their gym. They went on lots of adventures, mainly fighting baddies all over the world. It was never published, nor should it have been, but it started my love of writing. I still have it all these years later.”

Writing Goals:

To keep improving my craft and be a better writer year on year. My debut in fiction, a Scottish literature verse novel, Silent Riders of the Sea, will be published in November 2024 and has been a long time in the making. I hope it will emulate the success of my memoir Fish Town.

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