Middle Falls Time Travel series bestselling author Shawn Inmon has been on Here’s What We Know twice before, and this conversation might be the most personal one yet.
In this episode, join us for a wide-ranging conversation about writing, love, creativity, and facing cancer. Shawn shares how the idea behind Middle Falls came from wondering whether we could go back in time and change the choices we made and how that universal idea grew into a bestselling book series. He also talks about expanding the Middle Falls universe to England and Australia, working with other writers, and why he trusts his audiobook narrators so much. Shawn also opens up about how cancer and treatment have affected his ability to write, why he has permitted himself to step away from the keyboard for a while, why he’s choosing to be open about it publicly, and what he wants other men to know about catching it early. Listen now.
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In this Episode:
- How Shawn met his wife at 15, lost her for 30 years, and found her again at a drive-in
- Why Shawn calls himself an organic writer and how he builds a book without an outline
- The story behind Michael Hollister, the shortest and most beloved book in the Middle Falls series
- Writing Reggie Blackwell, a character who resists redemption for years
- How Chuck Burke’s storyline tackles hoarding and addiction with honesty
- Expanding Middle Falls into England with co-writer Kirsten McKenzie
- Bringing a Western Australia storyline into the series with a new collaborator
- Shawn’s prostate cancer diagnosis, his treatment, and why he’s sharing his story publicly
- What’s coming next, including fan-favorite character Moondog
Bio:
Shawn Inmon is a small-town kid who dreamed of being a writer. Today, he is a full-time author who lives in Tumwater, Washington, USA. He worked several dozen jobs – retail, real estate, traveling with the Unlimited Hydroplanes, crabbing in Alaska, morning disc jockey and station manager, and many others he can’t remember to list. These jobs gave him a wonderful base to write what he knows because he knows a little about a lot.
He achieved his dream of becoming a full-time writer in 2016 and has never looked back. One reviewer called him “The King of Redemption stories.” Shawn says he doesn’t feel like a king of anything, but he does love a good tale of second chances.
He is the author of the ever-growing The Middle Falls Time Travel series, 18 books and counting, and The Alex Hawk Time Travel Adventure series. He is also the author of Feels Like the First Time, a bestselling memoir of growing up in a small town in the seventies, falling in love, and messing everything up.
He lives with his high school sweetheart – now wife -Dawn, two happy-go-lucky Chocolate Labs, and a slightly schizo cat named Georgie.
Website: https://www.shawn-inmon.com/
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