“If you don’t have something unique you have nothing.”

As a writer, my mantra is “If you don’t have something unique, you have nothing.” If I cannot write something that ‘has never been read done before’ I am just another cookie-cutter writer. Walt Disney understood the power of uniqueness.  Here he is in 1955, 11 years before his death, outlining his vision for a theme park. Half a century after his death, Mickey Mouse is still one of the most recognizable personalities in the world, Disneyland alone hosts 18 million tourists a year and you can buy Snow White and the Seven Dwarf lawn figurines – from a 1937 movie – in most cities in the United States. Now that’s the power of unique idea. [See my books at https://authormasterminds.com/master-of-the-impossible-crime.]

Steve Levi is an Alaskan writer who specializes in the Alaska Gold Rush (nonfiction) and the ‘impossible crime,’ (fiction.)  An ‘impossible crime’ is one where the detective must figure out HOW the crime was committed before going after the perpetrators – like a Greyhound bus with bank robbers and hostages disappearing off the Golden Gate Bridge –THE MATTER OF THE VANISHING GREYHOUND. Steve’s books can be found at www.authormasterminds.com/steve-levi

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