Michael E. Ginsberg on Harvard, the National Debt, and Working with a Book Coach

Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors who help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode #115 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with my client, author Michael E. Ginsberg.

Michael is an attorney in Washington, DC, practicing in the field of national security law. He spent a decade in private practice at Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, DC, and then worked several years in the U.S. government as a Senior Associate General Counsel in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where he served as legal counsel for the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity. He currently is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at a Virginia-based defense contractor.

His debut novel, DEBT BOMB, is a political thriller, tied into real-world events, about an apocalyptic threat to America that is ticking remorselessly in the background while Americans continue their daily routines, oblivious to the danger.

During our discussion, Michael describes:

 

• His varied and diverse interests in sports, spaceflight, history, politics, and journalism
• What he learned working as a journalist and editor for the Harvard Crimson
• How a genuine fear concerning the American national debt inspire the plot of his novel
• His experiences working in national security and how it influenced his writing
• Why he chose to work with a book coach and what he got out of the experience
• How he maintained focus on his manuscript throughout the pandemic
• Why he chose to work with hybrid publisher BQB Publishing and what the publisher brought to the project
• And much more!

Listen now!