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July 2, 2025 37 mins

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Today, we welcome back author Andrew McDowell on the podcast. He shares his thoughts, insights and experiences in this author interview. 

Andrew appeared on our Podcast way back at the beginning for episode 023 back in 2020.

In this episode, we cover:

  • His writing processes and writing style

  • His inspiration

  • Marketing tactics

  • and more!

Click here to listen to his earlier episode

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ABOUT

Andrew McDowell is the author of the fantasy novel Mystical Greenwood and Beneath the Deep Wave, which was a finalist in the 2019 American Fiction Awards, won the 2021 Maryland Writers’ Association Novel Contest, and was an honorable mention in the 2021 Top Shelf Magazine contest.

He studied at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and the University of Maryland, College Park. Andrew has had poetry, short stories, and essays featured in anthologies and literary journals. He was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. He is a member of the Maryland Writers’ Association. 

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