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De Voe</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Q2 2024 Creative Nonfiction Contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writing parents</category><title>Interview with M. M. De Voe, Second Place Winner in the Q2 2024 Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/assets/111-FE1-Q22024EssayContest-MM-De-Voe.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;M. M. De Voe&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/assets/111-FE1-Q22024EssayContest-MM-De-Voe.jpg&quot; width=&quot;306&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;M. M.&#39;s bio:&lt;/b&gt; M. M. De Voe can be read in various anthologies, literary magazines, poetry collections, horror magazines, sci-fi dailies and on her free weekly Substack called “&lt;a href=&quot;http://mmdevoe.substack.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;This is Ridiculous&lt;/a&gt;.” All this and the “&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/m-m-de-voe/a-flash-of-darkness/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;masterfully conceived&lt;/a&gt;” fiction collection &lt;a href=&quot;https://bookshop.org/a/13964/9798987926901&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A FLASH OF DARKNESS&lt;/a&gt; (Borda Books 2024) and first-prize winning productivity guide for creative writers with kids (&lt;a href=&quot;https://bookshop.org/a/13964/9781952991073&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BOOK &amp;amp; BABY&lt;/a&gt;) can be found on her website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://mmdevoe.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;mmdevoe.com&lt;/a&gt; (it’s worth it) or just follow her @mmdevoe on Twitter. She is the founder and Executive Director of Pen Parentis, a literary nonprofit for writers who also are parents. She is frequently on Twitter @mmdevoe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Photo credit: A. Mathiowetz)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;----- Interview by Angela Mackintosh&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt; Welcome, M. M.! I&#39;m thrilled to chat with you today about your dynamic, award-winning essay, &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/111-FE1-Q22024EssayContest-2nd-printable.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gabriel Garcia Marquez didn’t have to do laundry&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;We all loved the one-sentence format with the extra bonus paragraph. Why did you choose this structure, and do you have any tips for writing a one-sentence essay? I know they are hard to pull off, and you did it beautifully!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;M. M.:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; I love that essay too. It came to me fully formed. I just had to write it down. Sometimes the universe bestows little gifts on us. Honestly? I needed to feel seen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;It&#39;s such a gift when an essay comes fully formed! I&#39;m also intrigued by your humorous&amp;nbsp;title, &quot;Gabriel Garcia Marquez didn’t have to do laundry.&quot; Why did you choose this particular author?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;M. M.:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I’m actually re-reading &lt;i&gt;The Cave&lt;/i&gt; by Jose Saramago—I’m reading it aloud to my daughter and it’s just so brilliant—it puts my tiny one-sentence to shame. But I didn’t think enough people had heard of him. Marquez also wrote long, winding, inter-threaded, domestic narratives, though he wrote in Spanish not Portuguese—hm. I probably should apologize if Marquez actually did laundry and helped his wife raise their two sons. What do you think the chances are? Both Marquez and Saramago also happened to win Nobel Prizes in Literature. Just saying.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;You&#39;re right, I haven&#39;t heard of Saramago, and now I&#39;ll have to check out &lt;i&gt;The Cave&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;because I love domestic narratives. Your essay accurately captures that overwhelming feeling of being a writer with kids and many distractions and trying to focus on the writing at hand. I&#39;m curious how you tackle this in real life. Your book, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bookshop.org/a/13964/9781952991073&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Book and Baby: The Complete Guide to Managing Chaos and Becoming A Wildly Successful Writer-Parent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; sounds like a much-needed guide! Can you share a couple tips from it? How do you find time to write?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;M. M.:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Oh wow, thanks so much for this question! My book is a collection of advice and anecdotes that I collected and distilled over years of running the nonprofit Pen Parentis—we help writers stay on creative track after having kids. It’s divided into the ages of kids from infant to grown and flown. It’s not a “how to” exactly—more like a fun read about how others managed. I have never liked didactic nonfiction. I was so lucky that many of the authors we interviewed were willing to have their interviews published. That said, some great advice was to write in the car during swim lessons, to write early mornings or late nights depending on your kids’ sleep schedule, or in my own case, I made a little nest on my work table for my sleeping infants so I didn’t have to get up and walk over when they needed me. Every word counts! &amp;nbsp;
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  3. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Finding those pockets of time to write can help so much! You&#39;re also the author of a flash fiction collection, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bookshop.org/a/13964/9798987926901&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A Flash of Darkness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Borda Books), which Kirkus called &quot;masterfully conceived,&quot; and Tommy Dean described as &quot;wickedly fun, deeply cutting, and as creepy as a funhouse mirror.&quot; That sounds like my kind of book! We have a lot of writers who are interested in putting together a collection. Please tell us more about the flash compilation and how it became published.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;M. M.:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;It’s a great story. The publisher came to me! Over time, I had written four stories that they had published and when later they conceived of a series of single-author collections by “Bold New Voices” they invited me to submit my stories. The irony is that when I submitted my literary collection, they rejected the manuscript and asked instead for my “weird” fiction. It was a pleasure to collect all the nonconforming oddities together and it has been very well received!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;To have a publisher invite you to write for them is so rare and such a compliment! You&#39;re one of those talented writers who write both fiction and creative nonfiction. I have an ongoing debate with a friend about which genre is harder to write. She says CNF is harder because you have to include all the wisdom and takeaways, and I think fiction is harder because there are way too many possibilities. Which came first for you, and which do you think is harder?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;M. M.:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Despite winning prizes for it, I don’t consider myself much of a CNF writer. My heart is in fiction. I love a good story and I hate it when truth gets in the way. But I’m also always afraid someone will get embarrassed or offended.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&quot;I hate it when truth gets in the way&quot; - love that! You&#39;re the founder and Executive Director of &lt;a href=&quot;http://penparentis.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pen Parentis&lt;/a&gt;, a literary nonprofit for writers who are also parents. That sounds like a fantastic resource for writers in the WOW community. How did you start it, and what do you provide for writers?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;M. M.:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;It is such a wonderful community! The story of how it began is actually in my &lt;i&gt;Book &amp;amp; Baby&lt;/i&gt; book.  We offer an annual fellowship to inspire writers to create new work, monthly literary salons featuring famous writers who have kids—these are open to anyone—your community is warmly invited to check them out on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/penparentis&quot;&gt;YouTube.com/penparentis&lt;/a&gt; and a Cycle of Support which blends mentorship, membership and weekly accountability meetups.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Those salons look inspiring and it&#39;s great they are available to everyone! You&#39;re so busy and yet still manage to remain productive in writing and publishing. I&#39;d love to know what you&#39;re working on right now. Did you ever write the essay about being the eldest daughter and taking care of your baby brother?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;M. M.:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I did not! When my brother read the essay he commented and made me self conscious! So I’m back to working on a novel about a woman who feels destined to be an opera star. New York City eats her alive.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Great premise! Thank you so much for chatting with me today, M. M. Good luck with that and all your literary projects, and congrats again on your second place win!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Find out more about WOW&#39;s contests by visiting&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  4. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. 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We chat about Elizabeth&#39;s writing process, the joy of entering writing contests, and her goals for the year. If you love magical realism and gripping stories, you&#39;ll want to read this book!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We&#39;re also inviting readers to participate in our Reader Review event.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://forms.gle/NooFgfy6FSNvrNxw6&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sign up and receive a copy of the book&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;/b&gt;You don&#39;t need to be a blogger to join in on this event; anyone who can leave a review on Goodreads and Amazon can participate and receive a copy of &lt;i&gt;What Was Never There&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;b&gt;By&amp;nbsp;leaving a review, you&#39;ll also be entered in a drawing to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;About the book:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJsNayJu6woUm68UeLomYt-RG4hMi7pY-qzGbutv6R71LAVbN1mWWJ97pvzqvJc8mkWM22-7FPhRtEwH57hEFHJcyqgIT4JvyIqOVRDqF3pSxZOpFWjYoIS-6GeMQkuWQoePlh73JYKzJ65-urcJpoIGeUm6WiVJmwJXt2sV1mi6fO0GWrJ9iOpQ/s1500/71Jn-rr0b9L._SL1500_.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;What Was Never There by Elizabeth Maria Naranjo&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1500&quot; data-original-width=&quot;938&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJsNayJu6woUm68UeLomYt-RG4hMi7pY-qzGbutv6R71LAVbN1mWWJ97pvzqvJc8mkWM22-7FPhRtEwH57hEFHJcyqgIT4JvyIqOVRDqF3pSxZOpFWjYoIS-6GeMQkuWQoePlh73JYKzJ65-urcJpoIGeUm6WiVJmwJXt2sV1mi6fO0GWrJ9iOpQ/w250-h400/71Jn-rr0b9L._SL1500_.jpg&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A mother and daughter lost in the woods must overcome their worst fears to find their way back. A father going through a divorce witnesses a seemingly impossible motorcycle accident, which forces him to question the truth of his own perceptions. A little boy with a terrible secret routinely steals away at night to meet a girl beneath a willow tree—only to discover she has a secret of her own.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;What Was Never There&lt;/i&gt; is a collection of short stories with the common theme of memory, or rather, the way memory haunts us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Includes Pushcart Prize nominated stories “We Never Get to Talk Anymore” and “The Dinosaur Graveyard” and the award-winning “Windows,” selected for &lt;i&gt;Best Microfiction 2023&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ASIN:&amp;nbsp;B0CQSTX8WT&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ISBN-13:&amp;nbsp;979-8866571697&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Publisher: Independent (December 2023)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Length: 276 Pages&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;What Was Never There&lt;/i&gt; is available in print and as an ebook at &lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/3UmL0O4&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;. Add it to your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199240146-what-was-never-there&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Goodreads list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;About the author, Elizabeth Maria Naranjo:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2hkFkEtIkwfrO2JlJRJEYD2CBX24C04c3lGuxV9ftDBEM_IcRhMdjdxzPTpCA0_YaCaIZi3yt249ur_gHaT0QzuK7TPGhpco4byLs7JmrhvZ2qiTzQBDazdhXVR4rj6sM4EiyRcYMPAv8c3Enu-RdMiS1ZJB-cEit6cZC1C-CYXpbAmW9gxKOA/s2560/elizabeth91-scaled.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Elizabeth Maria Naranjo&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1707&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2560&quot; height=&quot;426&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2hkFkEtIkwfrO2JlJRJEYD2CBX24C04c3lGuxV9ftDBEM_IcRhMdjdxzPTpCA0_YaCaIZi3yt249ur_gHaT0QzuK7TPGhpco4byLs7JmrhvZ2qiTzQBDazdhXVR4rj6sM4EiyRcYMPAv8c3Enu-RdMiS1ZJB-cEit6cZC1C-CYXpbAmW9gxKOA/w640-h426/elizabeth91-scaled.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Elizabeth Maria Naranjo is the author of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/4a1B9Tx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Fourth Wall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/4biH0F5&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The House on Linden Way&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/4dpoj4w&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;What Was Never There&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. Her stories and essays have been widely published and nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best American Essays, and Best of the Net, and her short story, “Windows,” was selected for Best Microfiction 2023. She lives in Tempe, Arizona, with her husband and two children.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit her website at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.elizabethmarianaranjo.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.elizabethmarianaranjo.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Twitter/X:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/emarianaranjo&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@emarianaranjo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Goodreads:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.goodreads.com/elizabethmarianaranjo&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.goodreads.com/elizabethmarianaranjo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;----- Interview by Crystal J. Casavant-Otto&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt; Thank you for writing such a delightful book full of intriguing stories! What was the takeaway you were hoping people would have after reading &lt;i&gt;What Was Never There&lt;/i&gt;? Each story touched me in one way or another yet they were all incredibly different.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;Elizabeth:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Thank you, too, for the compliment! I’m glad readers are enjoying &lt;i&gt;What Was Never There&lt;/i&gt;. What I hope people take away from it is a sense of empathy. Most of the stories in &lt;i&gt;What Was Never There&lt;/i&gt; deal with uncomfortable and even painful internal struggles. Many of the characters are haunted by past decisions or how close they are to making the wrong one. Not all of these struggles will be relatable, but that’s the beauty of fiction; it asks us to strive for empathy, even, and especially, when that’s a difficult thing to do.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I felt every bit of what you wanted me to as a reader; it was definitely a whirlwind of feelings. I know you&#39;re always working, so that begs the question: What’s next for you? What are your writing goals for 2024 and beyond?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;Elizabeth:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;My goal for this year was to publish all three books in my cozy mystery series. The first, &lt;i&gt;Murder by Milkshake&lt;/i&gt;, will be released in July 2024, and I’m thrilled to be doing a full blog tour with &lt;i&gt;Women on Writing&lt;/i&gt; to promote that one! The second book is on track to be released in the fall, and I’m hoping the third (and final) book will come out in December. Once 2025 hits, I’m back to working on more literary fiction and essays. I miss writing motherhood pieces, and now that my daughter has moved out and my son is driving and preparing to graduate high school next year, I have a wealth of great material to work with!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;The motherhood deal speaks right to my mama writer heart—all the feels! Before I get weepy, let&#39;s talk about writing contests. You know WOW! offers several, so we want to know: What is your history with writing contests?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;Elizabeth:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Writing contests are awesome! Most of them provide a prompt, a word count limit, and a deadline, parameters that come in handy for those writers (i.e., all writers) who tend to twist themselves into knots over every little decision. It’s much easier to shape a piece of writing around a prompt instead of facing a blank page with a head full of competing ideas. Deadlines are always a good thing because they add a sense of urgency, and word count limits benefit us as well; we are working toward a definitive end. Also, with contests you can often get constructive feedback; in fact, way back in 2011 I submitted a short story called “Flight” to &lt;i&gt;Women on Writing’s&lt;/i&gt; Spring Fiction Contest—my first time doing so. I didn’t win, but the feedback I received guided my edits, and “Flight” became my first published piece when &lt;i&gt;Literary Mama&lt;/i&gt; accepted it the following year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I hope everyone reads this interview and is inspired to enter a contest, even if it&#39;s not ours. I feel like so many of us have an author inside who is just eager to fly free! Speaking of authors, who is your favorite author and why?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;Elizabeth:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;If I had to choose just one, I’d choose Peter S. Beagle, since he wrote my favorite book of all time, &lt;i&gt;The Last Unicorn.&lt;/i&gt; Beagle’s storytelling is of that rare quality that even if you’re reading the story for the first time, you feel nostalgic, as if it’s a place you’ve been before. His prose is effortless and absolutely sublime—whimsical and lyrical yet simple and never overwritten. That is so hard to do.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;That sounds very similar to your style! You always have the most beautiful words—truly a gift! Where do you write? What does your space look like? I envision you sitting in a very colorful room by the way. I think it&#39;s because your book covers are always so intriguing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;Elizabeth:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;On weekend mornings my writing space looks like a warm, inviting coffee shop. It’s dimly lit and smells like roasted coffee beans. I’ve written several books there, along with countless stories and essays. On weekday mornings during summer and school breaks my writing space looks a little different. Sometimes I stay home and write on the family room couch. Sometimes I drive to the library parking lot and write in my car. The year before last I spent the majority of my writing time at a cheery and blessedly cool Dunkin’ Donuts while my son worked out at a nearby gym. Now he has a license and drives himself, but I do miss that little donut shop! The key for me is claiming a writing space. Even if it’s at home, while I’m writing I claim the space; I close the door, light a candle, play some movie soundtracks or a fantasy playlist, dim the lights, and disappear into the work.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Oh Elizabeth, we could chat all day! It&#39;s no wonder why I love your writing; I feel like if you lived next door, we&#39;d be besties! I&#39;m happy to let readers know that you&#39;ll be back with yet another tour this fall for your cozy mystery, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjvXTcdbi4JkZW2CEiUSRfDvvT9ZRDY7SNvLeFTghQM4rr1g/viewform&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Murder by Milkshake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, which means another longer interview!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVvm-ZAPzHg8DlZ89TQb3cUeHtdXOWNvQB_JI48hRMEU74cK-gjTrTpLMal9Q6HumScOfh97uco3LhGbRyCNimqCRePFCU2AJlzranD_5pwcKqHjXa0eXyh0oq6EzEj5u95CatPCMQdIS_HpMbWvxwV6xtx9eng8XWEh2oElaZpE1YTJQ11Z3iJQ/s496/WhatWasNeverThere.gif&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;What Was Never There by Elizabeth Maria Naranjo&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;496&quot; data-original-width=&quot;341&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVvm-ZAPzHg8DlZ89TQb3cUeHtdXOWNvQB_JI48hRMEU74cK-gjTrTpLMal9Q6HumScOfh97uco3LhGbRyCNimqCRePFCU2AJlzranD_5pwcKqHjXa0eXyh0oq6EzEj5u95CatPCMQdIS_HpMbWvxwV6xtx9eng8XWEh2oElaZpE1YTJQ11Z3iJQ/w275-h400/WhatWasNeverThere.gif&quot; width=&quot;275&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;Join the Reader Review Event!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKZDJbLEO2zHHOHL2TUIO-YEN3pOdsv8yZ3GPX7rz_lO-YVgg4XfP96UhOkfb5dtQFargpNapmz5xZEtnVE-WCqhoPwpc0hyphenhypheny4BgrvuQDy_SpV4rVhZUzfkmjW3hPPSx6hWfMcwn5K0a9Ngngcs9cu2a_JTgg_wkyKjA18WNogt9OGLmrRO2Qag/s320/1_en655K1xLigDq0CKquLJRg-1.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;168&quot; data-original-width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;168&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKZDJbLEO2zHHOHL2TUIO-YEN3pOdsv8yZ3GPX7rz_lO-YVgg4XfP96UhOkfb5dtQFargpNapmz5xZEtnVE-WCqhoPwpc0hyphenhypheny4BgrvuQDy_SpV4rVhZUzfkmjW3hPPSx6hWfMcwn5K0a9Ngngcs9cu2a_JTgg_wkyKjA18WNogt9OGLmrRO2Qag/s1600/1_en655K1xLigDq0CKquLJRg-1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Readers, if you&#39;d like to receive a copy of the short story collection&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/4dpoiNE&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;What Was Never There&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; by Elizabeth Maria Naranjo for review, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://forms.gle/NooFgfy6FSNvrNxw6&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;fill out this Google Form&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. 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  5. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/05/what-was-never-there-interview-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crystal Otto)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJsNayJu6woUm68UeLomYt-RG4hMi7pY-qzGbutv6R71LAVbN1mWWJ97pvzqvJc8mkWM22-7FPhRtEwH57hEFHJcyqgIT4JvyIqOVRDqF3pSxZOpFWjYoIS-6GeMQkuWQoePlh73JYKzJ65-urcJpoIGeUm6WiVJmwJXt2sV1mi6fO0GWrJ9iOpQ/s72-w250-h400-c/71Jn-rr0b9L._SL1500_.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-5499271026833104516</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-05-02T05:05:22.149-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">agent query checklist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">literary representation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Missing in the Carolinas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">querying literary agents</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Renee Roberson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writing fiction</category><title>An Agent Query Checklist</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YBxFYtlLH0JkCJmwQxCMzFlk98Hautia9hmpUZX6eCYKT2kNtrd2M4PPdVBE0OG-yKIe8KEm_4h6j7aabkaQHdD1hr80jIQMFTQDStbFvmQjvk0khhgA6WHq76OkjXiaD-THnRhat07p5gDhccM0HqPg7oJfNWIq9U2i-8eG7-CvBbP7gKO6oA/s5788/pexels-youssouf-carius-906317932-19862644.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;5788&quot; data-original-width=&quot;3862&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YBxFYtlLH0JkCJmwQxCMzFlk98Hautia9hmpUZX6eCYKT2kNtrd2M4PPdVBE0OG-yKIe8KEm_4h6j7aabkaQHdD1hr80jIQMFTQDStbFvmQjvk0khhgA6WHq76OkjXiaD-THnRhat07p5gDhccM0HqPg7oJfNWIq9U2i-8eG7-CvBbP7gKO6oA/w268-h400/pexels-youssouf-carius-906317932-19862644.jpg&quot; width=&quot;268&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  7. I love to write fiction and create deeply-flawed characters along with plot twists. With every page I edit, I become more skilled and learn what works and what doesn’t. That’s why most of us are here—we want to connect with other writers, learn from the experiences of others, find marketing tips and ways we can perfect our craft.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What I don’t love is what happens when I’m done with a project. The querying process is something that terrifies me. Nothing brings on imposter syndrome like scrolling through the various lists of available agents and looking to see what they want in their submissions. There have been several times where I completed a novel (yes, I&#39;ve written several), polished it to the best of my ability, and then began to prepare for querying agents. I’ll get through five or six agents on my list, and then grind the process to a screeching halt.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Every single agent asks for something different. I recently signed up for &lt;a href=&quot;https://querytracker.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Query Tracker,&lt;/a&gt; a free website (it offers a premium membership upgrade if you choose) that helps you find literary agents in your genre, organize and track your queries, and learn the typical response times and reply rates from agents. This website also shares what agents want to see from prospective writers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After randomly selecting five different agents, I’m outlining what I found below when searching the thriller/suspense genre. I will not use any real agent names. For my purposes in this exercise, I’m only looking for agents representing fiction, as the submission process for nonfiction books is different.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Agent #1&lt;/b&gt; would like you to submit your information through QueryManager.com. That includes a short biography from you, the writer, a website address, a query letter, a short synopsis of your book, the first three chapters of your book, a one-sentence pitch for your book, and a description of your potential target audience.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Agent #2&lt;/b&gt; requests you contact them through e-mail. When I go to their website to get more information, it does not specify what they are looking for in this e-mail query. I’m assuming a query letter and synopsis of the book would be the first place to start unless the agent requests more information.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Agent #3&lt;/b&gt; asks that you submit via e-mail. Going to the agency website for more guidelines, the agent asks for a query letter including the author’s bio, optional synopsis, and the first 10 pages of the book.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Agent #4&lt;/b&gt; wants authors to submit queries via e-mail. The website submissions guidelines ask for a book synopsis and a brief author biography.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Agent #5&lt;/b&gt; accepts queries via e-mail. They would like a query letter from the author about the book, including the hook, bio, brief synopsis of the work, and submission information (i.e., is this a simultaneous submission?)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aaaaand this is why I’ve previously been intimidated by the submissions process. While you’d think I’d be excited about the prospect of getting my book information out into the world, juggling the various elements of the submissions package dampens that enthusiasm almost immediately. I know I’m not alone in this. However, I’m excited to use Query Tracker because it will help me stay organized and provide a record of who I’ve submitted to and when. But before I get started, my first task is to put together the following:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• A one-sentence logline of my book.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• A one-paragraph author bio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• A one-page synopsis of the book, using samples I found in the latest edition of &lt;i&gt;The Writer’s Market&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Save the Cat Writes a Novel&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• A brief description of the potential target audience and other comparative titles to mine.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• The most polished version of the book, where I can pull the first 10 pages, 25 pages, or 50 pages, depending on what/if the agent wants.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wish me luck—I have a feeling I’ll need it!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Have you been through the submissions process with any of your books? I’d love to hear your experiences and submission methods!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Renee Roberson is an award-winning writer who also hosts the true crime podcast, &lt;a href=&quot;https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing-in-the-carolinas/id1511309373&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Missing in the Carolinas&lt;/a&gt;. She&#39;s currently preparing to shop around a suspense/thriller about, what else? A podcaster trying to solve the mystery of her sister&#39;s disappearance.
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  13. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. 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Fall 2023 Flash Fiction Contest</category><title>INTERVIEW WITH BV LAWSON,  RUNNER UP IN THE WOW! FALL 2023 FLASH FICTION CONTEST</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNddTsT3Pytrd5W6IMFg5fmMKTYaILYWFnbI4rcmjgaIfZlz2YzvTingMrX3AWBRng2u-9rZKcnyHWwWEyj3NAU7JL9aTIAJhdUzMqQXnT0bHZJHe3PVTvI9Dj9d-n7xDCXvZTCVkuEk_91hMtki_krOSICUDl4jfw_RwpxH11J4Gs-2iEamjW/s325/Wow%20Lawson.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;279&quot; data-original-width=&quot;325&quot; height=&quot;275&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNddTsT3Pytrd5W6IMFg5fmMKTYaILYWFnbI4rcmjgaIfZlz2YzvTingMrX3AWBRng2u-9rZKcnyHWwWEyj3NAU7JL9aTIAJhdUzMqQXnT0bHZJHe3PVTvI9Dj9d-n7xDCXvZTCVkuEk_91hMtki_krOSICUDl4jfw_RwpxH11J4Gs-2iEamjW/s320/Wow%20Lawson.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Washington, DC-based BV Lawson’s stories have won the &lt;i&gt;Dillydoun&lt;/i&gt; Flash Fiction Prize, SMFS Derringer, Noir Nation Golden Fedora, and &lt;i&gt;Gemini&lt;/i&gt; Awards. She’s also been longlisted for the &lt;i&gt;New Writers&lt;/i&gt; Flash Competition and Fish Short Story Prize; shortlisted for &lt;i&gt;Flash 500 Quarterly&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Anthology Magazine&lt;/i&gt; short story awards; and chosen as a finalist for the &lt;i&gt;Pulpfictional&lt;/i&gt; Flash Contest and Tucson Festival of Books Literary Competition. BV’s Scott Drayco novels have been a featured &lt;i&gt;Library Journal&lt;/i&gt; pick and finalists for Shamus, Silver Falchion, Daphne, and &lt;i&gt;Foreword Book Reviews&lt;/i&gt; Awards, with her eighth Drayco novel to be published this spring.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;She enjoys flying with her husband above the Chesapeake Bay in a little Cessna.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Visit her website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://bvlawson.com&quot;&gt;bvlawson.com&lt;/a&gt; - no ticket required.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;If you haven&#39;t read her story, &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-BV-Lawson.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Chrysalis&lt;/a&gt;,&quot; take moment to this piece of flash before coming back her to learn more about her writing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;-------&lt;i&gt;interview by Sue Bradford Edwards-------&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: What was your inspiration for “Chrysalis?”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;BV:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; It’s hard to say where ideas originate sometimes, but with “Chrysalis,” the first line just popped into my head one day, unbidden. I’d been reading a lot beforehand on young women and body image disorders, and somehow that first line morphed into this little tale of a mother and daughter’s fraught relationship over their perceptions of  what “beauty” really is.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: Your narrator in “Chrysalis” knows the names of so many butterflies but we never learn her name.  How did you decide what to reveal and what to conceal?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;BV:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;That, too, can be a bit mystical, since with some stories—like this one—I’m able to sit down and write without pause or much editing. But I do subconsciously create backstories for characters, and I like to think in this case that the narrator is a closet science geek, one of many reasons she and her mother don’t see eye-to-eye. In many cases, the characters seem to write themselves.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: You have so much experience writing flash.  What advice do you have for our readers who aren’t sure how to start writing flash?
  14. I adore flash fiction!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;BV:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;It seems so simple, and yet every single word counts. There are many writing prompts all over the internet, and it can be helpful to grab one that interests you and write a paragraph about it. Then you spin that paragraph into another, and before long, you have a tight little story. It also helps to read a lot of flash fiction in various genres.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW:&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s always interesting the way different genres can feed what you are creating. In addition to writing flash, you write a crime fiction series.  How do these two types of writing play off each other?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;BV:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;With novels, I have a lot more room to “play” with words, although I always wanted my crime fiction series to have poetry underlying it. My earliest writings (and publications) were actually in poetry, a genre my mother loved and shared with me. I hope that no matter how short or long my works may be, those hints of poetry will always shine through.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: A background in poetry?&amp;nbsp; That makes sense given the figurative language in your story. “Chrysalis” features details about butterflies.  Music features prominently in the Drayco series.  How do you use these topics to enrich the stories in which they appear?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;BV:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;The butterflies in “Chrysalis” were integral to the daughter’s character and life experience, and music is integral to the character of Scott Drayco, since he began his life as a concert pianist before tragedy ended that dream. In a sense, butterflies represent how the narrator in “Chrysalis” views herself and her life, just as music represents a lens through which Drayco sees his world. Butterflies are also usually quite colorful, too, and Drayco has a form of synesthesia, where he experiences all music and sounds as colors, shapes, textures, and even tastes.  Art = life = art.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW:&amp;nbsp; Thank you for giving our readers so much to think about!&amp;nbsp; Thank you for taking the time out of your writing schedule to be here with us.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  15. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/interview-with-bv-lawson-runner-up-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sue Bradford Edwards)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNddTsT3Pytrd5W6IMFg5fmMKTYaILYWFnbI4rcmjgaIfZlz2YzvTingMrX3AWBRng2u-9rZKcnyHWwWEyj3NAU7JL9aTIAJhdUzMqQXnT0bHZJHe3PVTvI9Dj9d-n7xDCXvZTCVkuEk_91hMtki_krOSICUDl4jfw_RwpxH11J4Gs-2iEamjW/s72-c/Wow%20Lawson.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-6290619656135819523</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-29T01:30:00.138-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book giveaway</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">grief memoir</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lisa Braxton</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lyric memoir</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">memoir</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WOW blog tour</category><title>Dancing Between the Raindrops by Lisa Braxton: Blog Tour &amp; Giveaway</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1XwIvxVHBD1o5ByMg0_5mdWPnIFrncqz5Uoujo-_aoDE2FMW2UyTyMnhe-N0EVfr-ay5vctfMEdfuCgu63ByTBx1HFy5fh331RzZ-B9_Pl09z-NDytB1MMdlRTsj3Yso0A6XTFpJnCqO5XKjqQxNrx2qkVuMGK-5JVHlXzHR-TBGDdQtdwq3/s2560/Dancing%20Between%20the%20Raindrops%20Ecover.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Dancing Between the Raindrops by Lisa Braxton&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2560&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1XwIvxVHBD1o5ByMg0_5mdWPnIFrncqz5Uoujo-_aoDE2FMW2UyTyMnhe-N0EVfr-ay5vctfMEdfuCgu63ByTBx1HFy5fh331RzZ-B9_Pl09z-NDytB1MMdlRTsj3Yso0A6XTFpJnCqO5XKjqQxNrx2qkVuMGK-5JVHlXzHR-TBGDdQtdwq3/w250-h400/Dancing%20Between%20the%20Raindrops%20Ecover.jpg&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This is a book for readers who enjoy reading personal essays and learning about the African American experience. This is also a book for those who are grieving or suffering a loss.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;&lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt; is a heartfelt homage to Braxton&#39;s parents in the wake of their passing. She touches the soul of every adult child&#39;s mourning in ways poignant, nostalgic, aching, and funny with a clever patchwork of writing styles. A must-read!&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;--E. Dolores Johnson, author of &lt;i&gt;Say I&#39;m Dead, A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets and Love&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;With photographs, letters, music, and other archival materials, Braxton constructs a daughter&#39;s loving portrait of her parents while fulfilling and honoring her mother&#39;s missed opportunities and dreams of writing. The memoir time travels to a past that grieves those who are gone while not being afraid to tell the parts about how antiBlack racism and white supremacy imposed itself, limiting and constraining people&#39;s lives. And yet, the fact that this powerful book exists is evidence of how love, creativity, stories, and the human spirit triumphs and overcomes. Read this book! You will be better for it.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;--Grace Talusan, author of&lt;i&gt; The Body Papers: A Memoir&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Bef&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;ore we in&lt;/span&gt;terview the author here&#39;s a bit more about the book:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops: A Daughter’s Reflections on Love and Loss&lt;/i&gt;, is a powerful meditation on grief, a deeply personal mosaic of a daughter’s remembrances of beautiful, challenging and heartbreaking moments of life with her family. It speaks to anyone who has lost a loved one and is trying to navigate the world without them while coming to terms with complicated emotions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lisa Braxton’s parents died within two years of each other—her mother from ovarian cancer, her father from prostate cancer. While caring for her mother she was stunned to find out that she, herself, had a life-threatening illness—breast cancer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In this intimate, lyrical memoir-in-essays, Lisa Braxton takes us to the core of her loss and extends a lifeline of comfort to anyone who needs to be reminded that in their grief they are not alone.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;PUBLISHER: Sea Crow Press&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ASIN:&amp;nbsp;B0CW1N2JWN&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ISBN-13:&amp;nbsp;978-1961864085&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Print Length: 158 pages&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can purchase a copy of the book on &lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/3Wb5oEj&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dancing-between-the-raindrops-lisa-braxton/1144935014?ean=9781961864085&quot;&gt;Barnes and Noble&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://bookshop.org/a/13964/9781961864085&quot;&gt;Bookshop.org&lt;/a&gt;. Make sure to add it to your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208947069-dancing-between-the-raindrops?from_search=true&amp;amp;from_srp=true&amp;amp;qid=WYkO4vLd07&amp;amp;rank=2&quot;&gt;Good Reads list.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;About the Author, Lisa Braxton&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZP7W7c2zKeGVrItKU6cFyl-FwIQ_GpZidm3UqkOdfB9Ta4VME3FPeBqe5KnBK3nMAGjFLFX_a1iazMHiv23LPAEgE52kdyZkRlCPFPS8feQnAzKjLB9IBmrFHE17c1sMEU53WA2by2V2IS2AcZVNMpa6SWc8i9n-0X28i8K837Zodavz5gvhW/s1131/Lisa%20Braxton%20author%20pic%20cropped.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1131&quot; data-original-width=&quot;926&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZP7W7c2zKeGVrItKU6cFyl-FwIQ_GpZidm3UqkOdfB9Ta4VME3FPeBqe5KnBK3nMAGjFLFX_a1iazMHiv23LPAEgE52kdyZkRlCPFPS8feQnAzKjLB9IBmrFHE17c1sMEU53WA2by2V2IS2AcZVNMpa6SWc8i9n-0X28i8K837Zodavz5gvhW/s320/Lisa%20Braxton%20author%20pic%20cropped.jpg&quot; width=&quot;262&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Lisa Braxton is the author of the novel, &lt;i&gt;The Talking Drum&lt;/i&gt;, winner of a 2021 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards Gold Medal, overall winner of Shelf Unbound book review magazine’s 2020 Independently Published Book Award, and winner of a 2020 Outstanding Literary Award from the National Association of Black Journalists and a Finalist for the International Book Awards. She is also an Emmy-nominated former television journalist, an essayist, and short story writer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;She is on the executive board of the Writers Room of Boston and a writing instructor at Grub Street Boston, and currently serves as President of the Greater Boston Section of the National Council of Negro Women and is a member of the Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can find her online at:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lisabraxton.com/&quot;&gt;https://lisabraxton.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Twitter/X: @Lisaannbraxton&amp;nbsp; OR @LisaReidbraxton&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Facebook:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/lisa.a.braxton/&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/lisa.a.braxton/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Instagram:&amp;nbsp;@lisabraxton6186&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Linked In:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisabraxton/&quot;&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisabraxton/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;--- Interview by Jodi M. Webb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b37a9c;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt; Congratulations on &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt;! I love that your memoir is a combination of many different types of writing: poetry, press releases, news scripts, letters as well as more traditional memoir writing. What made you decide to include so many varieties of writing?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d5e70;&quot;&gt;Lisa:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;My memoir explores family. The joys, the sweet reminiscences, and sorrow in the face of illness and loss. These are weighty topics. I want the reader to stay with me as I describe my journey with my parents until they passed away. By using different forms, such as a crossword puzzle, and press releases I was able to add some tasteful humor and give a lighter touch to tough topics. In spite of the overarching theme of grief, readers have told me they were touched by my stories and some of the situations I focused on made them laugh out loud.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b37a9c;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I’m a failed journaler so I always ask memoir authors: Do you keep a journal?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d5e70;&quot;&gt;Lisa:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I don’t keep a journal. I never have. But as my journalism career came to a conclusion, I began to write creatively, crafting short stories and essays. I had success getting much of my writing published in literary magazines and anthologies. When my mother and father’s health began to fail dramatically—my father from dementia and Parkinson’s disease and my mother from ovarian cancer—I reflected on my childhood, what they were like when they were young parents and full of energy, rites of passage in my life and theirs. The writing was cathartic. After they both had died, I enrolled in some classes on writing about grief, which helped me keep up the momentum of my writing on the topic and also helped me deal with the mental exhaustion from my grief.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b37a9c;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I find writing classes invigorating. Tell us about something you gained in your class.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;Lisa:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; In the grief writing classes we were encouraged to experiment with different narrative forms and poetry. I became fascinated by the idea of crafting hermit crab essays, which are a bit like actual hermit crabs in that they are essays that takes on the existing form (as if a shell) of another type of writing. The “Comforter-in-Chief” job description is one example and the two-part news script about the search for my father who had wandered across a highway ramp is another.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b37a9c;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Your first book was the novel &lt;i&gt;The Talking Drum&lt;/i&gt;. What made you decide to write your second book as a memoir?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d5e70;&quot;&gt;Lisa:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I call myself an accidental memoirist. I had no intention of writing a memoir. In fact, I had been working on my second novel and put it aside when my mother got sick. The memoir evolved organically when I realized that I had dozens upon dozens of pages of essays on the topic of family and grieving. I contacted about a dozen small presses pitching my pages as a chapbook. Within days I got a response from Sea Crow Press, an award-winning woman-run independent publisher based on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Publisher Mary Petiet said that she wasn’t interested in a chapbook, but a full-length book and if I thought I could hand in a manuscript of at least 100 pages, she’d send me a contract. I, of course, said yes. And that’s how my writing became a memoir in essays.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b37a9c;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Can you compare writing a novel and writing a memoir?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d5e70;&quot;&gt;Lisa:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Writing a memoir was more emotionally wrenching than writing the novel because the memoir was personal. I was writing about my family and myself. I had to revisit a lot of memories and dig deep into my grieving while polishing the writing, reading sentence after sentence over and over to get everything right, reliving a lot of emotionally tough moments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A novel has many challenges, but the characters I created were at a distance because they’re not real. For the novel I had to create a story with a beginning, middle and end, with a narrative arc and with characters who I had created from my imagination and had to create personalities for each that I kept consistent throughout the manuscript. Each is tough in their own way.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b37a9c;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;What is one thing you hope people will remember after reading &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d5e70;&quot;&gt;Lisa:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I hope that readers will remember that they are not alone in their grief, whether it is about a loved one, friend, or pet. Most of us have experienced grief or will experience it in the future. Our responses and reactions to it are our own. Our responses are unique and we should embrace our memories, embrace our grief the way we need to.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b37a9c;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I think that’s a message that will benefit us all. What are you working on now?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d5e70;&quot;&gt;Lisa:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I’m working on historical fiction. The setting for the novel is Boston, Massachusetts in the mid-1800s. I’m enjoying developing the characters and creating the plot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b37a9c;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;You are a writing chameleon! We never know what we’ll get from you next. I love history and I love Boston so this book sounds like a natural for me.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaM-JrZ_mFJkKiCP5Q76OUHEDsMx2IHqy6yw2zWZpAGfJZK1JS-C5Fcy3O8SU3DHA-E5f1XTZ8IdPl71kwf4Ps7NsTJ9hC2lcUbdP9t8hqZjef0Ib7dmK7NH3YwGzNvG_dFOvidgDcJzESgjuhlsV7mgv6uhwpeAzuraY36ngN2TJ0QVE_JJ1Pvw/s1000/Dancing-Between-the-Raindrops-tour.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Dancing Between the Raindrops by Lisa Braxton Blog and Podcast Tour&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaM-JrZ_mFJkKiCP5Q76OUHEDsMx2IHqy6yw2zWZpAGfJZK1JS-C5Fcy3O8SU3DHA-E5f1XTZ8IdPl71kwf4Ps7NsTJ9hC2lcUbdP9t8hqZjef0Ib7dmK7NH3YwGzNvG_dFOvidgDcJzESgjuhlsV7mgv6uhwpeAzuraY36ngN2TJ0QVE_JJ1Pvw/w640-h640/Dancing-Between-the-Raindrops-tour.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;--- Blog Tour Calendar&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 29th @ The Muffin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join us at WOW as we celebrate the launch of Lisa Braxton’s memoir &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt;. Read an interview with the author and enter for a chance to win a copy of the book.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 1st @ Beverley Baird&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lisa Braxton, author of the memoir &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt;, shares the experience of being an adult orphan.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com&quot;&gt;https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 3rd @ A Storybook World&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Start the month with a touching memoir. Read more about Lisa Braxton&#39;s &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.astorybookworld.com/&quot;&gt;https://www.astorybookworld.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 3rd @ Beverley Baird&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bev reviews &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt;, a memoir by Lisa Braxton.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com&quot;&gt;https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 5th @ Choices&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How important is it to be part of a writing group? &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt; author Lisa Braxton gives her opinion on writing groups.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://madelinesharples.com&quot;&gt;http://madelinesharples.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 6th @ Anthony Avina&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Stop by for a guest post about breast cancer with Lisa Braxton, author of the memoir &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.authoranthonyavinablog.com&quot;&gt;http://www.authoranthonyavinablog.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 8th @ The Shaggy Shepherd&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How to answer the question &quot;Do You Have Kids?&quot; with guest post Lisa Braxton, author of the memoir &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://theshaggyshepherd.wordpress.com/ &quot;&gt;https://theshaggyshepherd.wordpress.com/&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 9th @ Boys&#39; Mom Reads!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Find out how a Boys&#39; Mom feels about the memoir&lt;i&gt; Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt; with today&#39;s review.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://karensiddall.wordpress.com&quot;&gt;https://karensiddall.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 13th @ Word Magic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Stop by for a guest post about growing up in the family business by Lisa Braxton, author of the memoir &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fionaingramauthor.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;https://fionaingramauthor.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 14th @ What Is That Book About&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Looking for a new book for your TBR pile? Stop by for a spotlight on Lisa Braxton&#39;s memoir &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whatisthatbookabout.com&quot;&gt;www.whatisthatbookabout.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 15th @ From the TBR Pile&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt; author Lisa Braxton will be visiting with a guest post today on lessons learn while getting her MFA.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fromthetbrpile.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;https://fromthetbrpile.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 16th @ Fancy That!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lisa Braxton, author of &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt;, is at Fancy That today writing about grieving the death of elderly parents.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fancythatblog.com&quot;&gt;https://fancythatblog.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 23rd at Words by Webb&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Read a review of Lisa Braxton&#39;s &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt; today.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jodiwebbwriter.com/blog&quot;&gt;https://www.jodiwebbwriter.com/blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 24th @ World of My Imagination&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Enjoy Nicole&#39;s review of&lt;i&gt; Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt;, a memoir by Lisa Braxton.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://worldofmyimagination.com&quot;&gt;https://worldofmyimagination.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;--Podcast Tour&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mission Unstoppable&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Lisa at Mission Unstoppable as she talks about family, health crises and writing a memoir.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thegoodradionetwork.com/2024/04/04/dancing-through-the-raindrops-lisa-braxton-story/&quot;&gt;https://www.thegoodradionetwork.com/2024/04/04/dancing-through-the-raindrops-lisa-braxton-story/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Joy Found Here&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lisa talks about her life and memoir Dancing Between the Raindrops at Joy Found Here&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.joyfoundhere.com/episodes&quot;&gt;https://www.joyfoundhere.com/episodes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Donna Seebo Show&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Don&#39;t miss Lisa&#39;s upcoming visit in May on The Donna Seebo Show.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://delphiinternational.com/&quot;&gt;https://delphiinternational.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Book Lover&#39;s Companion&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Stop by for Lisa&#39;s podcast appearance on Book Lover&#39;s Companion on August 23.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-lovers-companion-the-english-version/id1479727212&quot;&gt;https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-lovers-companion-the-english-version/id1479727212&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #406173;&quot;&gt;*****&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: #b37a9c;&quot;&gt;BOOK GIVEAWAY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: #406173;&quot;&gt;*****&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Enter to win a copy of &lt;i&gt;Dancing Between the Raindrops&lt;/i&gt; by Lisa Braxton. 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Creative Nonfiction Contest </title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvNUZ-9emMegZeXfXy3lh9MX1MLHwF7v2HcMTzQMjmO2oVBlTAMXoSvnuARrFtsOwcEvaq-XKhDKq1oC5Md2qqTROULMY3AuESu5BC-hC909NXB1OO19bzwvy5mnwv2ZRENtB2MJYy9wDY7YFu3yt4Z9ZBmU1kliOLcoY7fzF6-HupRufDrX4/s273/Carolyn-Campbell.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;273&quot; data-original-width=&quot;218&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvNUZ-9emMegZeXfXy3lh9MX1MLHwF7v2HcMTzQMjmO2oVBlTAMXoSvnuARrFtsOwcEvaq-XKhDKq1oC5Md2qqTROULMY3AuESu5BC-hC909NXB1OO19bzwvy5mnwv2ZRENtB2MJYy9wDY7YFu3yt4Z9ZBmU1kliOLcoY7fzF6-HupRufDrX4/w160-h200/Carolyn-Campbell.jpg&quot; width=&quot;160&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Carolyn Campbell&lt;/b&gt; is a journalist, photographer, nonfiction writer, and award-winning multimedia artist whose work has been featured in galleries, national publications, and statewide initiatives. After living in some of America’s most remote regions for the last six years, her upcoming debut book, &lt;i&gt;Life at the Edge of the World&lt;/i&gt;, explores the grit and grace of rural towns struggling to survive. When she’s not in Oregon, Carolyn is following a story in her tiny home on wheels named Missy May.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;interview by  Marcia Peterson&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt; Congratulations on winning first place in our Q2 2024 Creative Nonfiction essay competition! What prompted you to enter the contest? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;Carolyn:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Last year I submitted a piece to the WOW contest and added the option to get feedback. I didn’t make it through the first round. It didn’t matter. The feedback was so spot on I felt like I had won. It was the clearest, most direct and supportive critique I’d ever received. This year, I entered &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;for&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt; the critique. So, thanks for offering this much appreciated service! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Glad that you had such a great experience with our critique add on! “&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/111-FE1-Q22024EssayContest-1st-printable.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Blinking Lessons&lt;/a&gt;” is a powerful essay and the list format worked so well here. What inspired you to write this particular piece? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;Carolyn:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Last fall I was taking a fractured narrative writing class with a 300-word limit. The form forced me to write directly into action. The first words that tumbled out of my pen were, W&lt;i&gt;hen your dad asks you to come back east because your mother has lost her mind in ways it can no longer be found, don’t blink. Pack. Fly. Drive. &lt;/i&gt;The discordant trauma of my family lay there, bare on the page. As I wrote more, I focused on a staccato rhythm and rhyme to link the fragments that for years hadn’t made sense. Using a ‘lesson guide’ format provided a structure for quickly setting the scene to reveal my father’s growing cancer and my mother’s descent into Alzheimer. By starting with simple instructions that felt safe, the form allowed me to drop the reader into split-second vignettes that captured ruptured, explosive elements of my family’s trauma. The action of blinking became the perfect metaphor to bring the reader from the past to the present through graphic fast snippets of confusion, memory, forgiveness, and reclamation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do you have any thoughts or advice for writing about difficult things? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;Carolyn:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;This is such a great question. I think we all enter this arena each in our own way. For me, I have to be willing to write the hard parts and own my truth. Because it can feel frightening to be so vulnerable and exposed, I think it’s crucial we honor our individual process. This piece took me a few years before I could step back enough and allow myself to feel the story, but not get consumed by emotions or a sense of shame. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once I find the thread of a story, I think about the rhythm of the sentences and the pulse of the words. What should be sharp? What calls to be languid? Especially in a ‘fractured’ format, cadence and form give me a structure to help contain the piece. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One last thing, for me to feel safe putting it out into the world, I have a support system of writers, teachers and coaches who I trusted will give me emotional support and structural feedback. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tell us about your upcoming book, Life at the Edge of the World. Anything you can share about the writing process, or how the journey of writing this book went for you? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;Carolyn:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Life at the Edge of the World&lt;/b&gt; (my working title) has been in the making for seven years. In 2017 I started a two-month civics project with urban high school journalism students in Portland, Oregon. I called the project &lt;b&gt;Looking For America&lt;/b&gt;. Students could send me anywhere they wanted me across the nation to interview people about issues they thought relevant to our current social crisis. I would send them videos and they would write stories about the women and their own reaction to the videos. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When an all-girls school sent me to Mississippi to find out what it was like to be a woman living in a state that had never (at that point) had a woman in a high level of office, my world shifted. Prior to this journey, I knew little about rural America. I was raised suburban. In my adult life I live an inner city life. All I knew about rural were the stop-n-go moments getting gas in small towns on the way to backpacking destinations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diving into the underbelly of our nation, this sojourn turned increasingly personal. Within days I found myself facing my own reckoning with cultural bias and unexpected connections with my own rural roots. Two months turned to six, then nine. By year three I’d sold my house, left my city life, and taken on the challenge to live on the income of a rural woman for a year. This life is NOT for the faint of heart. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Raw, candid, inspiring, self-effacing and at times heart wrenching, Life at the Edge is a reckoning with my own ancestral past and the crisis of the class, culture and race wars today. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With each phase of this sojourn, I’d explore different writing modalities in order to deepen my understanding of the issues, tease out my own truths, and engage a larger audience. Whether I was journaling, blogging, crafting digital stories, creating podcasts, or writing articles, my goal was to have intimate conversations about the social inequities, economic insecurities, and health disparities that threaten families and communities. I am now in the process of shaping those stories into a collection of essays, prose poems, and conversations that chronicle the grace, grit, and perseverance of women who live at the edge of hope and desperation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thanks so much for chatting with us today, Carolyn. Before you go, can you share a favorite writing tip or piece of advice?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394;&quot;&gt;Carolyn:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;One of the challenges I’ve had is finding teachers/coaches/editors who really get what I’m trying to write about. If you are writing outside the lines of immediately accessible storylines and finding yourself stuck, I’d recommend the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)      Explore multiple literary genres as well as multimedia and spoken word. Experiment. Stumble. Play. Expose yourself. Let your voice stammer and dance. By trying out different forms you give your true voice an opportunity to find its singular harmony … and discordance. For me, it’s this juxtaposition that makes for a compelling story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2)      Be picky about who you work with. There is a song inside you that longs to be sung. Work with those who push you to dig deep and craft stories in a voice that is unique to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;***&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  20. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/interview-with-carolyn-campbell-first.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Marcia Peterson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvNUZ-9emMegZeXfXy3lh9MX1MLHwF7v2HcMTzQMjmO2oVBlTAMXoSvnuARrFtsOwcEvaq-XKhDKq1oC5Md2qqTROULMY3AuESu5BC-hC909NXB1OO19bzwvy5mnwv2ZRENtB2MJYy9wDY7YFu3yt4Z9ZBmU1kliOLcoY7fzF6-HupRufDrX4/s72-w160-h200-c/Carolyn-Campbell.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-111410986093637854</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-25T04:30:00.242-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">freelance writing tips</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jodi M. Webb</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writing tips</category><title>Are Your Writer Senses Tingling?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FYXNGZbuBAPN2g74ZIJ2_eYzRMmU3-Y0L4NkvTY_KAEWO8ni_UEl5c6JbuJrWoZ7phULX9EOMe1EV0m1ywiNWXs-ifetSz1yhHc67w0Ys6yNsE7RnhFXhq1yoHUGHpmVLvIQZMsyvsPqxHWlMcH1G4pww4sUEJsmLydQPqZu1_gjuTBX_isY/s2698/20240424_170919.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2698&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1691&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FYXNGZbuBAPN2g74ZIJ2_eYzRMmU3-Y0L4NkvTY_KAEWO8ni_UEl5c6JbuJrWoZ7phULX9EOMe1EV0m1ywiNWXs-ifetSz1yhHc67w0Ys6yNsE7RnhFXhq1yoHUGHpmVLvIQZMsyvsPqxHWlMcH1G4pww4sUEJsmLydQPqZu1_gjuTBX_isY/s320/20240424_170919.jpg&quot; width=&quot;201&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Recently, the working world has been debating the pros and cons of remote work vs. office work, especially the blurred line between work time and personal time. I agree that workers shouldn’t be required to be available to their clients/supervisors 24/7. People need to have a portion of each day when they aren&#39;t working.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Things are different when you’re a writer. As a writer, I’ve come to accept that my writer senses (much like Spider-Man’s spidey senses) are tingling all the time – whether I’m at work or not. While spidey senses are looking for crimes, writer senses are looking for ideas. Some of my best ideas came to me, not during my time in my office, but when I was “off duty”. As writers, I think every experience of our life should include a faint whisper, ”Could this be useful to the writer in me ?” So, for writers, personal and work life often overlap.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I looked over the past few months of writing to find out what in my personal life led to ideas for articles, essays, short fiction and more came from and here’s what I came up with:&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gift of chocolate covered pretzels from my in-laws (Thanks, Lisa &amp;amp; Tom!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Planning a baby shower&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Facebook post about The Quiet Man&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dusting my living room&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Buying tea bags&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Making pierogies&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visit to Longwood Gardens&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Local newspaper article about the PA Chamber of Commerce&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Email from the PA Department of Military and Veterans Affairs&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Billboard in my daughter’s town&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;From this weird combination I sold five magazine articles, landed one part-time position with a magazine, wrote one spec article and three essays and sent four queries (one refused and three awaiting replies).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take full advantage of your writer senses by always being able to jot down a thought, whether it be a notepad, cellphone or even a scrap of paper. It could be an unusual place or person you want research further, a funny thing someone said or even how one thing reminds you of another. For me the Quiet Man led to an essay exploring relationships between fathers and daughters. Capture these fleeting thoughts as soon as they pop into your brain. You think you’ll remember that fabulous idea that popped into your head as you were running the kids to baseball practice but trust me, you won’t.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes an interesting experience immediately transforms into an idea for a writing project. Other times it just remains an interesting experience. That’s why I also periodically make lists of interesting things from my day with no writing ideas attached to them. If you take time to mull over those lists, you may find a way to use them in your writing. Here’s my list from yesterday:&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Diabetic pumps&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Math phobia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Warming vests for hunters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Seniors reluctance to drive&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sharing baby photos on social media&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Aging poll workers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Politicizing of colors red/blue&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Relativity of “old” – Vans sneakers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Red tape preventing common sense solutions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Saying thank you to volunteers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;They may not make much sense to you but I can already see the vague outlines of a few writing ideas I’d like to explore.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also invite others to join my hunt for ideas. I tell friends and strangers alike to let me know about any interesting people, places or events they know about because I’m a writer always looking for ideas. Often that will lead to an immediate, “You should talk to…” Other times, months later someone will contact me with a thought or an event they think would interest me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Where’s the most unusual place you’ve found an idea that was transformed into a writing project?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC60NFMvcKEProks1YtiRrtwNL6lov9Ii2LkpP88XJ-J1h3402WZrBgvWy7yQu3NLhG_hY1k_UWiiC2kRYWioJ4LdlErCT5fxXllT2PQtCvTnjddW4vnSNAWbSQ5pSY4l8MUokoj3k7DqKZ4TktSlkSvH4JjwDvmsKG82dByzZMQWiVmffyPoc/s151/JOdi%20Image%20(1).jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;151&quot; data-original-width=&quot;97&quot; height=&quot;151&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC60NFMvcKEProks1YtiRrtwNL6lov9Ii2LkpP88XJ-J1h3402WZrBgvWy7yQu3NLhG_hY1k_UWiiC2kRYWioJ4LdlErCT5fxXllT2PQtCvTnjddW4vnSNAWbSQ5pSY4l8MUokoj3k7DqKZ4TktSlkSvH4JjwDvmsKG82dByzZMQWiVmffyPoc/s1600/JOdi%20Image%20(1).jpg&quot; width=&quot;97&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jodi M. Webb writes from her home in the Pennsylvania mountains. After a decade hiatus from writing, she is back with bylines in Tea Journey, Mental Floss and a WIP about her plant obsession. She&#39;s also a blog tour manager for WOW-Women on Writing. Get to know her &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/jodiwebbwrites/&quot;&gt;@jodiwebbwrites&lt;/a&gt; , &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/jodimariewebb&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; and blogging at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jodiwebbwriter.com/blog&quot;&gt;Words by Webb&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  21. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/are-your-writer-senses-tingling.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jodi Webb)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FYXNGZbuBAPN2g74ZIJ2_eYzRMmU3-Y0L4NkvTY_KAEWO8ni_UEl5c6JbuJrWoZ7phULX9EOMe1EV0m1ywiNWXs-ifetSz1yhHc67w0Ys6yNsE7RnhFXhq1yoHUGHpmVLvIQZMsyvsPqxHWlMcH1G4pww4sUEJsmLydQPqZu1_gjuTBX_isY/s72-c/20240424_170919.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-7899749071259618810</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-24T03:48:04.675-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BIPOC writers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book proposal course</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">course giveaway</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">discount code</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dr. Angela Yarber</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feminist publishing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feminist writers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Publishing for the Global Good</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">queer writers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tehom Center Publishing</category><title>Interview With Dr. Angela Yarber, Creator of the Course Publishing for the Global Good (and Giveaway!)</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sgcitizenry.com/course/publishing-for-the-global-good&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Publishing for the Global Good Course by Dr. Angela Yarber&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;360&quot; data-original-width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrXdSWdSMCdyINzgbFNrLJDpdpjj8rvB3BQm2EwzQn_F2BwdDtuV4-ECuesHFUpDkXezdRvcDTRVZ33fL4-gIkmGoAeIL1MUTJ_MpkqETVRPM1bt7XmVp2rgdK3cbdLN44TKMM6W4j7TQ0sB0AU6vPiorQ_gEu7EOFM5rDBrhNGWHYP89C71lcg/w640-h360/SGB%20Publishing%20for%20Global%20Good.png&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m excited to interview Dr. Angela Yarber, founder and Executive Director of &lt;a href=&quot;https://tehomcenter.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tehom Center Publishing&lt;/a&gt; and creator of the online course &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sgcitizenry.com/course/publishing-for-the-global-good&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Publishing for the Global Good&lt;/a&gt;. This course is perfect for you if you are interested in writing and publishing a book that makes a difference in the world. It will teach you the Why, What, Who, How, When, and Where of writing your book and help you formulate a book proposal ready for any publisher. Learners who complete the course have an opportunity to pitch a book directly to Tehom Center Publishing, a traditional publisher, and have a chance to finish the course with a publishing contract.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_Gh7HtVbeXUpi91wCGCz153k9k0nJIrvTUNmLxkFsFMSbPju26V4EAP5kxkaklEyIjTEQbhMN5ToYuW_RRCBu3dbpogI86xEKh9a6BuJK3coZ_h3Rughu_PBSmIcCcnMgMPwRbj3E8t_OlohyuGEquXA-sQEmJIetRP7LADnC3JFjKYAkMuZtw/s960/2e28cf2b2f8f45d123031e3b41695dd4.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Dr. Angela Yarber&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;960&quot; data-original-width=&quot;953&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_Gh7HtVbeXUpi91wCGCz153k9k0nJIrvTUNmLxkFsFMSbPju26V4EAP5kxkaklEyIjTEQbhMN5ToYuW_RRCBu3dbpogI86xEKh9a6BuJK3coZ_h3Rughu_PBSmIcCcnMgMPwRbj3E8t_OlohyuGEquXA-sQEmJIetRP7LADnC3JFjKYAkMuZtw/w318-h320/2e28cf2b2f8f45d123031e3b41695dd4.jpg&quot; width=&quot;318&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Rev. Dr. Angela Yarber is the award-winning author of 8 books and the founder of Tehom Center Publishing, an imprint publishing feminist and queer authors, with a commitment to elevate BIPOC writers. An academic, author, activist, and artist, she holds a Ph.D. in Art and Religion and is a highly sought public speaker. Through Tehom Center Publishing, she publishes feminist and queer authors at absolutely no cost to writers, in addition to offering book coaching programs empowering authors in book writing, book marketing, and authorpreneurship. Her work has been featured in &lt;i&gt;Forbes&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;NPR&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;HuffPo&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Ms. Magazine&lt;/i&gt;, the television show &lt;i&gt;Tiny House Nation&lt;/i&gt;, and more. Currently in St. Petersburg, FL, she lives and travels the world with her wife and two children doing book tours, art shows, speaking engagements, and leading retreats as a comadre en la lucha.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dr. Angela Yarber is also offering WOW writers a 10% discount code for the course, and a chance to win a free course below!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;---- &lt;i&gt;Interview by Nicole Pyles&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b65aa1;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I love your course already from the title alone! Tell us about the course and what authors can expect.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://tehomcenter.org&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1090&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1797&quot; height=&quot;194&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbr9OA7gsN3joQGHmtvN2lGKadEk84xo45GxOqFmKO3gzzssLSG8nOfHdhPcAy-kiuu2y0s6swrLSgfBvoX8RGZLS-tMF5D7DiMTLPZAYIYZk33ceU0Ds4sQW1VuPZKb2LyETv1TTFCYRUNetLwOY08piKNTtoZkcpfdw2fCMrXNfHFcqonGJxUw/s320/Logo_Tehom-Center-Full-Markup-White-JPG.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Angela:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Well, I founded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tehomcenter.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tehom Center Publishing&lt;/a&gt; as an imprint to publish feminist and queer authors, with a commitment to elevate BIPOC writers. In short, the global good is our goal and this goal manifests in elevating authors traditionally excluded and overlooked in the publishing industry. Along the way, I also began offering book coaching aimed at empowering such authors in book writing, book marketing, and authorpreneurship in order to offer a wholistic approach to writing and publishing. After doing this for a year, I discovered that a lot of writers have great book ideas, but struggle to determine the why, what, who, how, when, and where behind writing and publishing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;With on-demand, self-paced videos, assignments, exercises, and a supportive community focused on making a difference in the world, the course coaches writers through these questions:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why do you want to publish?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What do you want to write about?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Who are you to write this book, who else has written about this topic, and who is your audience?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How are you going to write this book?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;When are you going to write this book?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;And where are you going to publish this book?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Knowing concrete answers to these questions is essential to succeeding in publishing a book for the global good.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b65aa1;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; I love how thorough you are in helping people through this course.&amp;nbsp;I am so impressed that this course actually gives people a chance to win a publishing contract! Can you tell me more about Tehom Center Publishing?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;Angela:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;TCP’s goal is to publish feminist and queer authors, with a particular commitment to elevate BIPOC writers. Since LGBTQ+ authors only represent 16% of published authors, and BIPOC writers only 11%, it’s imperative to us to highlight these strategically ignored communities.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As an author myself, I know how incredibly difficult it is to secure a publishing contract, particularly when you come from a historically marginalized community. I’m hoping that the possibility of publishing with TCP will offer learners an encouraging incentive to get their writing out into the world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b65aa1;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; That&#39;s so cool! Who is this course right for?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;Angela:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Anyone who wants their writing to make the world a better place!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you’re an activist working for social change, a writer dreaming of a better world, this is the course for you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;While I believe it’s particularly poignant for first-time authors, I’m also confident that the exercises and content can inspire even seasoned authors to view their writing anew, offering a fresh, innovative, and subversive approach to publishing in the current political landscape.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b65aa1;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; I think that&#39;s so tremendously helpful&amp;nbsp;You ask the learners the Why, What, Who, How, When, and Where of writing a book. Why is knowing the answers to those questions so important?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;Angela:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Since I briefly responded to this in the opening question, I’ll focus specifically on the importance of knowing your WHY. I always coach authors through articulating two different iterations of the WHY behind writing a book. The first is practical and the second is prophetic.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The practical WHY deals with those aspects of publishing that a lot of activist writers don’t really like to talk about. Reasons like becoming famous, getting rich, checking an item off a bucket list, building a brand or business, or raising a middle finger to that 8th grade English teacher who said your writing would never amount to anything are reasons that don’t exactly align with “writing for the global good.” But it’s important for authors to be honest about the practical reasons why they want to publish. There’s nothing wrong with claiming any of those practical reasons, but there is something wrong with not being honest with yourself about those reasons. Plus, if you know why you’re doing it, it’s easier to set your expectations accordingly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The second and most important WHY is the prophetic WHY. And this reason is all about making a difference in the world. It’s about the calling and vocation of writing and publishing: to change the world. I believe it’s vital for an author to know the deep, abiding, prophetic WHY behind their writing. Are you writing to educate about climate change? Inspire LGBTQ+ inclusion? Honor your enslaved ancestors? Getting to the heart of WHY you’re writing is what will keep you going when writing and publishing gets hard. When you get your 20th rejection letter from a literary agent and want to throw in the towel, your WHY keeps you going. When you’re editing ARCs and find a comma splice in the third iteration of printing, your WHY inspires you not to give up.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b65aa1;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; You give people so much to think about.&amp;nbsp;I love that you offer coaching and other help to authors. You even offer no-cost publishing! Can you tell me what drives you to help others in this way?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;Angela:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Absolutely. After having eight books published with four different publishers, I experienced first hand the ways most publishing companies struggle to meet the needs of queer, feminist, and BIPOC writers. Typically, they don’t understand the nuances of marketing our work.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then I witnessed two brilliant writer friends spend $40,000 on a hybrid publishing company that promised riches and delivered little. These colleagues are smart, savvy, talented queer women who were taken advantage of by a predatory publishing company.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Inspired by queer, chicana, feminist writer, Gloria Anzaldúa, I wanted “The world I create in my writing compensates for what the real world does not give me.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The “real world” has given us, at worst, many predatory publishing companies who take advantage of marginalized writers, and at best, publishers who just don’t understand the nuances of marketing us. I wanted to create something better and more equitable that compensates for what the real world does not give us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tehomcenter.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tehom Center Publishing&lt;/a&gt; charges authors absolutely no fees to publish. And our courses and coaching programs are equitable, just, and fair in pricing. We believe that marginalized authors writing for the global good should be able to live thriving, financially sustainable lives. That’s why we offer authorpreneur coaching, 20% author royalties (which are double industry standard), and equitable contracts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b65aa1;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; I completely agree about the predatory publishing out there. What you have offered to authors is a game changer!&amp;nbsp;This is a course offered through The School of Global Citizenry. Can you tell me about that program and why you decided to offer your course through them?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;Angela:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sgcitizenry.com/course/publishing-for-the-global-good&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;School of Global Citizenry&lt;/a&gt; is run by two queer women committed to the global good. I offer a couple other courses with them focused on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sgcitizenry.com/course/queer-spirituality&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Queer Spirituality&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sgcitizenry.com/course/divine-feminine&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Feminine Divine in Global Perspectives&lt;/a&gt;. Since their focus is on creating global citizens who imagine and create a more just and beautiful world, offering the course with them aligns with Tehom Center Publishing’s values.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b65aa1;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; What a great partnership! At what point in their writing should someone take this course?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #45818e;&quot;&gt;Angela:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;That’s a great question. While it could work at any time, I think the course would be most valuable at two distinct phases of writing. The first is the general idea phase. When a writer is trying to find clarity regarding how to move forward with a book, what exactly to write about, and where they might envision publishing, this course would be tremendously helpful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Equally valuable is taking the course when an author has done some solid book writing. While the author may have a solid grasp on the WHAT question—what the book is about—learning about the why, who, how, when, and where really provides inspiration and clarity during the writing process, along with a roadmap for how to move forward.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Personally, I know I’m always more eager to write when I know why I’m writing and who is going to publish my work!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b65aa1;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; You have been such a fascinating person to interview. I hope everyone takes your course!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Writers,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sgcitizenry.com/course/publishing-for-the-global-good&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Check out Dr. Angela Yarber&#39;s course&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you&#39;d like to find out more about Publishing for the Global Good.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Publishing for the Global Good: 10% Discount Code&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Dr. Angela Yarber&amp;nbsp;is giving WOW writers a special discount! Go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sgcitizenry.com/course/publishing-for-the-global-good&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.sgcitizenry.com/course/publishing-for-the-global-good&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;b&gt;use code WoW2024 to receive 10% off&lt;/b&gt; her course, Publishing for the Greater Good: Writing a Book that Makes a Difference in the World.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sgcitizenry.com/course/publishing-for-the-global-good&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Win a Free Book Proposal Course with Dr. Angela Yarber&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;700&quot; data-original-width=&quot;700&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_4zb-pPPEkDRXCI17cwMV8yz4wrAS9qcqmRl86ydRS4UeOtw2bmWLpD0VnXMLYfWQjULBEklstpWXxpxlSdPpR01cggzSOQuZFKMT6LRRTwDjrTTysLMSz4vza4ve9PcyXEZueFDbuq4NXtVyUVPYtU2cmAsVUvvNkTvI-HMz54Cwen1nrGdeg/w400-h400/BookProposalCourseGiveaway.gif&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Giveaway: Publishing for the Greater Good Course&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Enter the Rafflecopter form below for a chance to win Dr. Angela Yarber&#39;s course,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sgcitizenry.com/course/publishing-for-the-global-good&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Publishing for the Greater Good: Writing a Book that Makes a Difference in the World&lt;/a&gt; ($297 value). 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  24. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/interview-with-dr-angela-yarber-creator.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Pyles)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrXdSWdSMCdyINzgbFNrLJDpdpjj8rvB3BQm2EwzQn_F2BwdDtuV4-ECuesHFUpDkXezdRvcDTRVZ33fL4-gIkmGoAeIL1MUTJ_MpkqETVRPM1bt7XmVp2rgdK3cbdLN44TKMM6W4j7TQ0sB0AU6vPiorQ_gEu7EOFM5rDBrhNGWHYP89C71lcg/s72-w640-h360-c/SGB%20Publishing%20for%20Global%20Good.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-1927015683454340238</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-23T00:00:00.134-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Anne Greenawalt</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fall 2023 WOW! Flash Fiction Contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Runner up</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Yolanda Renee</category><title>Interview with Yolanda Renée: Fall 2023 Flash Fiction Contest Runner Up</title><description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/assets/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Yolanda-Renee.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;448&quot; data-original-width=&quot;314&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/assets/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Yolanda-Renee.jpg&quot; width=&quot;224&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Yolanda’s Bio:
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  26. Yolanda Renée, author of the Detective Quaid Mystery Series, discovered her love of mysteries after earning her first library card. Now, she writes the kind of books she wants to read, including poetry, but flash fiction is an addiction she hopes has no cure. Renée has published short stories in two anthologies – Parallels: Felix Was Here and Tick Tock: A Stitch in Crime. Moving from corporate accounting to give her imagination full reign, she now watches the waves break while penning her first noir and finishing book seven of the Detective Quaid Series. Read more of her work at &lt;a href=&quot;https://yolandarenee.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Defending the Pen&lt;/a&gt; or connect with her on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/yolanda.renee.184&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook &lt;/a&gt;or X &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/YolandaRenee&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@YolandaRenee&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;If you haven&#39;t done so already, check out Yolanda&#39;s award-winning story &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Yolanda-Renee.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Conundrum&lt;/a&gt;&quot; and then return here for a chat with the author.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: Congratulations on placing in the Fall 2023 Flash Fiction Contest! What excited you most about writing this story?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yolanda:&lt;/b&gt; I wanted to explore friendship and our expectations of how our lives will play out.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: What did you learn about yourself or your writing while crafting this piece?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yolanda&lt;/b&gt;: I worked hard to stick to the title, “Conundrum.” I could see myself in this piece and lived something similar.
  27. But many who’ve read the story wanted a more descriptive ending like the drink in the face. I agree I could have gone a step further. But instead of the drink in the face, or a whispered response such as, “Ted wanted full custody. I say, why not. The boys obviously love you.”
  28. I can attest to the fact that the whispered response wouldn’t have ended any better than the drink in the face. What I’ve learned is that there is no easy answer in life or fiction.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: I agree. Your ending is more understated yet much more complex than a drink in the face. Please tell us more about your love for mystery stories and mystery writing! What interests you most about the genre? Are you writing any mystery stories right now?&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yolanda&lt;/b&gt;: I grew up fascinated with mysteries since reading Nancy Drew and Judy Bolton via my first library card in the fourth grade. And then reading the mystery writers of the past two centuries. I loved learning that Edgar Allan Poe is considered the founder of detective fiction. He’s a particular favorite of mine since he also wrote poetry, horror, and mystery, and like me, combines all three. I love crafting a good tale and especially keeping my readers clueless. It’s as much fun as solving the plots of other mystery crafters.
  29. My interest is always the motivation behind the crime. The antagonist and their background are as important in my stories as the protagonists.
  30. I’m currently working on a noir and finishing the 7th book in my Detective Quaid Mystery Series set in Alaska.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: Your description makes the genre sound so exciting, and I can see why you’re drawn to it. Enjoy the process of writing the 7th book in your mystery series! What are you reading right now, and why did you choose to read it?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yolanda&lt;/b&gt;: I enjoy reading stories based on history or biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. I’m currently reading Myrna Loy’s memoir &lt;i&gt;Being and Becoming&lt;/i&gt;. I love black and white movies, and she’s a favorite, along with William Powell from The Thin Man Movies. I also read and review scripts for Zoodiker, and I’m a developmental editor for some of my favorite authors.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: If you could give your younger self one piece of writing advice, what would it be and why?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yolanda: &lt;/b&gt;I wish I’d heard this quote when younger: “Believe in yourself, and your dreams will dance towards you!” Low self-confidence has always haunted me. Believing I could accomplish anything was more a test of will than a true belief in self. I’m glad to say I’ve turned that around, although stubbornness will forever be part of who I am.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: I like that image of dreams dancing towards you. That’s a mantra to live by! Anything else you’d like to add?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yolanda: &lt;/b&gt;WOW is an asset to writers, and I’m super proud to have had a story place in the top ten. Thank you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: Thank you for sharing your story and your inspiring responses with us. Happy writing!&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Interviewed by &lt;a href=&quot;https://linktr.ee/annegreenawalt&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anne Greenawalt&lt;/a&gt;, founder and editor-in-chief of &lt;a href=&quot;Sport Stories Press&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sport Stories Press&lt;/a&gt;, which publishes sports books by, for, and about sportswomen and amateur athletes and offers developmental editing and ghostwriting services to partially fund the press. Connect on Twitter @greenmachine459.
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  32. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/interview-with-yolanda-renee-fall-2023.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Greenawalt)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-8629546538220039006</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-22T01:30:00.152-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">author interview</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blog tour</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book giveaway</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Finding Fran</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">midlife moxie</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Nancy Christie</category><title>Finding Fran by Nancy Christie: Blog Tour &amp; Giveaway</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBOvfgEkS4QHCiegX7-ojdmHH7V8u2ZejM6ANHFYNJiI1pOuEoebxR4SqRDLh5yoHOGycEXRdxuSBECrjShLV5oqh-6thNQLtF9oyCs0xD3OF51sst6VXk3k1qytRDZwYcOgSIWUbFcnaGsvdjcgs4pHHLHBLwASzcXn8af2ZMI778MqK1TuYHw/s864/Finding%20Fran%20by%20Nancy%20Christie.png&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Finding Fran by Nancy Christie&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;864&quot; data-original-width=&quot;554&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBOvfgEkS4QHCiegX7-ojdmHH7V8u2ZejM6ANHFYNJiI1pOuEoebxR4SqRDLh5yoHOGycEXRdxuSBECrjShLV5oqh-6thNQLtF9oyCs0xD3OF51sst6VXk3k1qytRDZwYcOgSIWUbFcnaGsvdjcgs4pHHLHBLwASzcXn8af2ZMI778MqK1TuYHw/w258-h400/Finding%20Fran%20by%20Nancy%20Christie.png&quot; width=&quot;258&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;We&#39;re back again with another blog tour! This time it&#39;s with author Nancy Christie and her novel,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt;. This book is ideal for readers of all ages, but particularly people who want to read stories about women their age and older who are experiencing the challenges of midlife, and ultimately find their moxie and pursue their dreams.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Join us as we celebrate the launch of her blog tour by interviewing this talented author and giving you a chance to win a copy of her book.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;But first, here&#39;s more about &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Once a best-selling romance novelist, 55-year-old Fran Carter is now dealing with a slow but steady drop in book sales and a major case of writer’s block, complicated by the knowledge that her lover, a professional photographer, has been on the wrong side of the camera (so to speak) with his models. (So much for her author brand, built on the premise that women in their fifties and beyond can still find love and happiness.) Her solution is to spend a week in isolation at a northern California bed-and-breakfast. There she hopes to resolve her professional and personal conflicts, and ultimately create a new and better future for herself by writing a new “story” for the Fran she wants to be!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;ISBN-13:&amp;nbsp;979-8350942248&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ASIN:&amp;nbsp;B0CWTNN8ZC&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Print Length: 302 pages&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Purchase a copy of &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Fran-Midlife-Moxie-Novel/dp/B0CWTNN8ZC/?tag=wowwomenonwri-20&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/finding-fran-nancy-christie/1144974535&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Barnes and Noble&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://bookshop.org/a/13964/9798350942248&quot;&gt;Bookshop.org&lt;/a&gt;. You can also add it to your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209268602-finding-fran&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;GoodReads reading list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Praise About &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;“I loved the premise of the romance writer floundering in a relationship herself and then finding her way. And I always enjoy reading about the lives of writers, even fictional ones. As a writer myself—and as a woman—I could so relate to Fran’s indecision, lack of confidence and self-doubt as well as be inspired by her pushing ahead despite it all.” ~ Dorothy Rosby, award-winning author and humor writer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;“Nancy Christie is an author who has made a career of writing about women’s lives, and as a women’s fiction reader, I’m glad to have discovered her work. Christie’s strength is in her ability to thoroughly insert you into the life of her heroine, Fran. In &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt;, you learn about Fran’s floundering writing career and her relationship troubles. Fran is relatable, and I found myself rooting for her to pursue and earn the life she deserves.” ~ Monic Ductan, award-winning author&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;“With her Midlife Moxie series, author Nancy Christie has tapped into a long-overlooked, yet vital and thriving, world of women in mid-life. Sadly, so many books dealing in romance and achieving life goals only revolve around the younger woman, but Christie has wisely realized that ‘women of a certain age’—like her, like you, like me—have been dealing with heartbreak, pursuing true love, and achieving their wildest dreams from time immemorial. [In] Finding Fran, Christie delves into the shock and heartache of learning a so-called life partner has committed the ultimate betrayal that feels like a death, but leads to beauty, fulfillment, and self-awareness. Christie’s characters are complete studies of humans with all of their messy, imperfect vulnerabilities, who realize they are ultimately in control of their destinies—they just needed a little push.” ~ Jennifer Bowers Bahney, award-winning journalist and author&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;About the Author, Nancy Christie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUh1ywvaMnko73wt64XrWKO6KYGAWieZ3C2VwZ2doO5u61I-HBDrgVnBpYVeGzJWu5v4c_H67gFcTFQtwK8yFKJvyYNBSrvmYxGi7CgpmgQ_rVtsags5eTVOZR0M8_byOmYTKGHkVx2d2MsBHTINqq2K0KSpAclZ1ycMaUXl-JQYgLR5JP6vzHA/s281/Nancy%20Christie.png&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Nancy Christie&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;281&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUh1ywvaMnko73wt64XrWKO6KYGAWieZ3C2VwZ2doO5u61I-HBDrgVnBpYVeGzJWu5v4c_H67gFcTFQtwK8yFKJvyYNBSrvmYxGi7CgpmgQ_rVtsags5eTVOZR0M8_byOmYTKGHkVx2d2MsBHTINqq2K0KSpAclZ1ycMaUXl-JQYgLR5JP6vzHA/s16000/Nancy%20Christie.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nancy Christie is the award-winning author of eight books—two novels: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/books/reinventing-rita-a-midlife-moxie-novel/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Reinventing Rita&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/midlife-moxie-novel-series/finding-fran-a-midlife-moxie-novel/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;; three short story collections: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/books/mistletoe-magic-and-other-holiday-tales/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mistletoe Magic and Other Holiday Tales&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/books/traveling/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/books/peripheral-visions-and-other-stories/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Peripheral Visions and Other Stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;; two books for writers: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/books/rut-busting-book-for-authors/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rut-Busting Book for Authors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/books/rut-busting-book-for-writers/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rut-Busting Book for Writers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;; and the inspirational book, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/books/gifts/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Gifts Of Change&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. Her &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/publications/essays-fiction/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;short stories&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/publications/articles/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;essays &lt;/a&gt;have appeared in print and online publications, with several earning contest placement. The host of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://livingthewritinglife.podbean.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Living the Writing Life podcast&lt;/a&gt; and the founder of the annual &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/midlife-moxie-novel-series/midlife-moxie-day/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;“Midlife Moxie” Day&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/focusonfiction/celebrate-short-fiction-day/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;“Celebrate Short Fiction” Day&lt;/a&gt;, Christie teaches writing workshops at conferences, libraries, and schools. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), the Florida Writers Association (FWA) and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can find her online:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Website: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/&quot;&gt;https://www.nancychristie.com/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Facebook: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/NancyChristieAuthor&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/NancyChristieAuthor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;X/Twitter: &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/NChristie_OH&quot;&gt;https://twitter.com/NChristie_OH&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Instagram: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/nancychristie_author&quot;&gt;https://www.instagram.com/nancychristie_author&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Threads: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.threads.net/@nancychristie_author&quot;&gt;https://www.threads.net/@nancychristie_author&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;TikTok: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tiktok.com/@nancychristie_author&quot;&gt;https://www.tiktok.com/@nancychristie_author&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bookbub: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bookbub.com/profile/nancy-christie&quot;&gt;https://www.bookbub.com/profile/nancy-christie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Amazon: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/stores/Nancy-Christie/author/B001K8GBYK&quot;&gt;https://www.amazon.com/stores/Nancy-Christie/author/B001K8GBYK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Goodreads: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1048768.Nancy_Christie&quot;&gt;https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1048768.Nancy_Christie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Midlife Moxie Novel Series on YouTube: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/@midlifemoxienovelseries3804&quot;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/@midlifemoxienovelseries3804&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Books by Nancy Christie on YouTube: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/@NancyChristieAuthor&quot;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/@NancyChristieAuthor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Living the Writing Life podcast: &lt;a href=&quot;https://livingthewritinglife.podbean.com/&quot;&gt;https://livingthewritinglife.podbean.com/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-- &lt;i&gt;Interview by Nicole Pyles&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;First off, congratulations on your book, &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt;! What inspired you to write this book?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt; has an interesting history. First of all, while it’s my second published novel, it’s actually the first one I had written. I had never planned on writing a novel—I was a confirmed short story writer. And when I began writing it, that’s what I thought it would be. But then it kept growing and by the end of 90 days, writing for 30 minutes a day every day without fail—I had a very rough draft of a 60,000-word story.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As for the topic, it was just one of those ideas that came out of nowhere. I don’t write romance novels—those bodice-rippers, as some people call them—because I just can’t relate to the women who are the main characters in those stories. Maybe it’s because I was a tomboy as a child, maybe because I have a very strong independent streak. But I knew how popular they were and how well they sell. So I thought it would be fun to write a story about a character who does write them yet is struggling with her own “Happily Ever After” story that isn’t so happy. One reviewer said it’s an “un-romance” story and I think that’s a great description!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And by making her in her mid-fifties, &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt; was a perfect fit for my Midlife Moxie Novel Series.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;As a devoted short story writer myself, I love hearing that this novel began as a short! I have to say - I love your theme of writing books about women thriving mid-life. I think that&#39;s my favorite aspect of this book. What made you want to write about this type of character?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;You know that old saying: write what you know? Being in the midlife stage myself—well, on the far side of midlife!—I know a bit about the challenges of navigating through those decades.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Also, I am more than a little tired of how women of “a certain age” (i.e., middle age) have been portrayed on shows and advertisements. It seems like once a woman crossed into Menopause Land, she is viewed as someone who suffers from incontinence or incompetence—sometimes both! A woman who, once she hits 50, has nowhere to go and nothing to look forward to, and that just isn’t the case.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Many women at midlife are thriving, taking on new challenges and looking for new opportunities to find out who they can be and what they can accomplish. Midlife doesn’t have to be the end of life—it can be the beginning of a new life if you find your moxie and go after your dream. Life is full of possibilities no matter what age you are.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My goal is to write stories that show that the loss of a career, whether through age discrimination or retirement, doesn’t mean that all you have to look forward to are years spent staring at the same four walls while your brain cells atrophy. Or that the end of a relationship, whether through death or divorce, doesn’t mean a future spent all by yourself with no one to talk to but the cat. My novels are about women at midlife (50s and older) who are reinventing themselves, either by choice or necessity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fran is off on adventure that seems like a dream to me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&quot;Many women at midlife are thriving, taking on new challenges and looking for new opportunities to find out who they can be and what they can accomplish. Midlife doesn’t have to be the end of life—it can be the beginning of a new life if you find your moxie and go after your dream.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;It does to me too!&amp;nbsp;You did such a good job sweeping the reader in and making both Fran and the setting seem real. How did you manage to do that so well?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;While I had written a draft of &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt; about a romance novelist who lived near San Francisco, California, I needed the details to make it accurate. I traveled there and spent a week in Half Moon Bay, taking tons of pictures, talking to locals and just in general, getting a feel for the place.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then last year, Mary Bisbee-Beek read through the manuscript and from her perspective living in that general area—northern CA—gave me some recommendations regarding locations that really improved the story. That being said, I have learned my lesson and unless I have a major travel budget, will stick to setting my fiction in places that I can visit frequently as I am writing!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I grew up in the Bay Area of California and adore that area.&amp;nbsp;What characterization building tips can you share with our readers?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Really think about who the character is: her struggles, her fears, weaknesses and strengths, her motivations and goals. Many writers build a character bio ahead of time, detailing as much information as they can about the character, from their past life to the present. I’m not one of those, sadly. It would probably make my writing time more efficient! But what I do is to keep track of details that come into the story organically, using a spreadsheet and endnotes within the document. That being said, the novel I’m working on now, &lt;i&gt;Moving Maggie&lt;/i&gt;, has been a real challenge because I struggled to get a solid grasp of the character. I had to keep asking myself who she was before the inciting events, how those changed her perception of herself, and who and what helped her get back to the “Maggie with moxie” person she once was, only in a more balanced form. I’m finally there, and now I am engaged in doing major revisions to the novel, to make sure that everything is in line with that progression of events.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I can&#39;t wait to read it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Y&lt;b&gt;ou are an incredibly prolific and successful writer. How do you maintain the momentum to publish and release so many books?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Well, to be honest, if we’re looking at my publishing career, I don’t really think of myself as all that prolific. My first book came out in 2004 when I was 50, and my next one in 2014—10 years later! I realized at that point that if I maintained that kind of schedule, I didn’t have all that many decades left for the books I wanted to write! This year, with the release of Finding Fran, I’m up to eight books, and two more will be released next year bringing me to a total of 10.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My goal—and I am a very goal-oriented person—is to release one new Midlife Moxie novel a year. In addition to the one I am working on for 2025, I have several more ideas for future novels.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But I am a prolific writer, especially when it comes to fiction. While I’ve had short stories published—both in collections and as individual stories in magazines—I have many, many, many more that are in various stages of completion sitting on my computer or, in some cases, in hard copy in my file drawer. I just can’t help myself. I hear a line of dialogue in my head and I’m off, making up a story!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I&#39;m the same way! I have collections of untyped stories that need to see the light of day.&amp;nbsp;I loved seeing that you teach writing workshops. How does teaching help your own writing?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I learn a lot from those in my classes as well as from the members of my writing group, the Monday Night Writers. And not just about writing, but also about the challenges that come with being a writer. When I hold my writing workshops, I make them very interactive. They are designed to help attendees learn how to tap into their creativity on the fly, so to speak, and overcome the notion that you have to have everything in place and ready to go to be creative: the right music, the right candle, the right setting. But that’s not the case. While any of those can help, they are not required. What is required is the ability to shut off the outside world and go into the space where your characters or your ideas are waiting. Many times when I hold these workshops, I will do the exercises along with the class, and then share what I come up with. And sometimes it ends up being a piece I can develop into a full story!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;That&#39;s amazing.&amp;nbsp;What type of problems do you commonly see in student writing?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Sometimes it’s a lack of “think-through”—thinking through the story after it’s drafted to see if what the characters do makes sense and follows the theme. Other times, it’s just a lack of knowledge about the basic rules about grammar, spelling and punctuation. It matters—it really does. But I think the main issue is that students are often afraid to get solid feedback. They don’t want to hear anything negative about their work. But that’s how we learn to improve. I started my writing career working for a small local newspaper and I had an editor who would mercilessly point out everything I did wrong. But he also told me what I did right. My goal was to have less of the first and more of the second, and by paying attention to what he said were my errors, I got better. And I still rely on editors and beta readers for input on my work. As writers, we should always try to get better, write better.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;That&#39;s a wonderful balance.&amp;nbsp;You manage to be all over on social media! I&#39;m so impressed. How do you handle it all?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I have a schedule that I do my best to follow. But it’s not easy, especially because I am a full-time copywriter besides writing and marketing my books. I try to learn all I can from other writers, even though often I feel like I am behind. And I’m not very good at interacting on social media—the “social” part. I don’t have that much time to do it, even though I wish I did. I do what I can, and when I have extra time, try to do more.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;That&#39;s fair. What advice do you have about being on social media as an author?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Always remember that being an author is a profession, and how you present yourself reflects on you as a professional. Personally, I’m very cautious about posting anything negative or controversial. My views about politics, religion, etc., are private. What I post on social media is about my books, books by and interviews with other writers, and other aspects of the writing life. But then, that is my choice. Other authors are more outspoken and I admire them for it. It’s just not me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;That&#39;s a great approach.&amp;nbsp;And you run a podcast too. How do you handle everything that&#39;s on your plate?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Again, it all comes back to having a schedule and being disciplined. I use my Outlook calendar and a paper-based datebook, and plan things out as far in advance as I can. I learned that when I was working two jobs and had young kids. There’s always going to be something unexpected that occurs so take advantage of every minute and get stuff “in the can,” so to speak, so you aren’t scrambling.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;You are so organized. I love it! What advice do you have for authors who want to reach their readers?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I’d love to give you a surefire way to find your readers and connect with them but that is something I struggle with myself. One thing I know about me is that I am better in person than on social media when it comes to connecting with people. I hold actual conversations with people at my book events, talking to them about their lives and their struggles. Also, from a purely practical, marketing side, I always carry bookmarks with me to hand out whenever it seems appropriate and make sure everyone knows that I’m an author. And I have a newsletter I send out and a website I update monthly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;That&#39;s a great idea!&amp;nbsp;What advice do you have for writers who want to create characters that reflect where they are at in their own life? Or maybe characters that aren&#39;t represented too well?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Don’t engage in too much navel-gazing—writing solely from the perspective of your own life and your own experiences. If you do that, every character will sound like you. Your life can serve as a springboard but make sure the characters are fully formed and distinct from who you are. If you want to write about characters who aren’t well represented, do your homework and make sure you understand them first. Don’t do it just because the market is hot for certain types of people in terms of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or whatever. You’ll end up having stock characters or stereotypes that don’t ring true.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Excellent point!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is your writing routine like?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I write every day. Sometimes it’s my own work—novels or short stories—and sometimes it’s a mix of client work and my work. But every day I write. I start by 5 or 6 in the morning, and, depending on what is happening and how productive I am, may go until after dinner. But every day I write. (I know I said that already, but it bears repeating! That’s how I keep my writing engine running smoothly!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;How amazing that is&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;What are you working on now that you can tell us about?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800180;&quot;&gt;Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Moving Maggie&lt;/i&gt;, the next in my Midlife Moxie novel series. And I’m also playing with a short story idea that is too unformed to even talk about! And planning my launch for &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt;, which includes a road trip to North Carolina. All my events are listed on my website at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nancychristie.com/workshops/upcoming-events/&quot;&gt;https://www.nancychristie.com/workshops/upcoming-events/&lt;/a&gt; so people can find me. If there’s anyone around those areas when I’m there, drop by and say hi!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #f27c47;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;That&#39;s so exciting! I can&#39;t wait to see what you come out with next. Thank you for joining us!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTdJoMhAaG4Hw_Vp40dshTNlRDIwiNrFmJU4eK66PxI0rHuPgECfn9kE416pCy7-LmSvWXrt-dOJ3xQRTayLZqwZqKfNIDbnPoHHCSqEUaXzlEXbA3-8JINL4PKkCAJ0YfGmfmPZzBdMtN2J0uTpvR3FOdJ-ukCqquPNsZaOuY0ZvuJAgVypSGg/s800/Finding-Fran-blog-tour.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Finding Fran by Nancy Christie WOW Blog Tour&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;800&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTdJoMhAaG4Hw_Vp40dshTNlRDIwiNrFmJU4eK66PxI0rHuPgECfn9kE416pCy7-LmSvWXrt-dOJ3xQRTayLZqwZqKfNIDbnPoHHCSqEUaXzlEXbA3-8JINL4PKkCAJ0YfGmfmPZzBdMtN2J0uTpvR3FOdJ-ukCqquPNsZaOuY0ZvuJAgVypSGg/w640-h640/Finding-Fran-blog-tour.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;--- Blog Tour Calendar&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 22nd @ The Muffin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join us as we celebrate the launch of &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran &lt;/i&gt;by Nancy Christie. Read an interview with the author and enter to win a copy of her book.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 25th @ The Faerie Review&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Lily&#39;s blog for a spotlight of &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran &lt;/i&gt;by Nancy Christie.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thefaeriereview.com/&quot;&gt;https://www.thefaeriereview.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 26th @ StoreyBook Reviews&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Leslie&#39;s blog for her spotlight of an excerpt in&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;by Nancy Christie.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://storeybookreviews.com/&quot;&gt;https://storeybookreviews.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 26th @ Bookplaces&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Kay&#39;s blog for her review of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;by Nancy Christie. She&#39;ll also be interviewing the author as well!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bookplaces.blog/&quot;&gt;https://bookplaces.blog/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 29th @ Just Katherine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Katherine to check out her review of &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt; by Nancy Christie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justkatherineblog.wordpress.com/&quot;&gt;https://justkatherineblog.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 1st @ Affinito Lit&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Stephanie for a feature of &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran &lt;/i&gt;and a chance to win an eBook.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/AffinitoLit/&quot;&gt;https://www.instagram.com/AffinitoLit/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 4th @ A Wonderful World of Books&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Joy&#39;s blog for her spotlight of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;by Nancy Christie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://awonderfulworldofwordsa.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;https://awonderfulworldofwordsa.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 5th @ Bring on Lemons&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Crystal for a review of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;by Nancy Christie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bringonlemons.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;https://bringonlemons.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 7th @ A Storybook World&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Deirdra&#39;s blog for her spotlight of &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran &lt;/i&gt;by Nancy Christie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.astorybookworld.com/&quot;&gt;https://www.astorybookworld.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 9th @ Knotty Needle&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Judy&#39;s blog for a review of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;by Nancy Christie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://knottyneedle.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;http://knottyneedle.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 10th @ Beverley A. Baird&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Beverley&#39;s blog for her review of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Finding Fran&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;by Nancy Christie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com&quot;&gt;https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 15th @ Writer Advice&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;B. Lynn Goodwin will be interviewing Nancy Christie about her book &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://writeradvice.com/&quot;&gt;https://writeradvice.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 17th @ Sarandipity&#39;s Designs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Sara for her interview with author Nancy Christie. You&#39;ll also have the chance to win a copy of the eBook.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sarandipitys.com/&quot;&gt;https://sarandipitys.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 20th @ World of My Imagination&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Nicole for her review of &lt;i&gt;Finding Fran &lt;/i&gt;by Nancy Christie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://worldofmyimagination.com&quot;&gt;https://worldofmyimagination.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 21st @ Sara Trimble&#39;s blog&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Sara&#39;s blog for&amp;nbsp;her review of Finding Fran by Nancy Christie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://saratrimble.wordpress.com/&quot;&gt;https://saratrimble.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 22nd @ Create Write Now&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mari L. 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This is a poem about memory and how it shapes the present.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you’ve ever been told that your manuscript won’t stand up to multiple readings, study poetry.  If you’ve ever been told that your piece was too flat, study poetry.  Need to know how to incorporate multiple themes?  That’s right.  Study poetry.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Originality&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;Poetry manages to create pieces with multiple layers and all that depth because successful poets do it while spinning wholly unique look at a topic.  Want to write about the quietness of nature?  Then you’ll have to do it without writing about hummingbirds, egrets, or the stillness of a pond.  Why?  Because Mary Oliver already did that.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Because poetry demands a unique approach, it is a great lesson on getting beyond cliché and all that is overused.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Perspective&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;As you read poetry, you get to see the world in many different ways.  You get to experience Mary Oliver’s perspective as well as Sherman Alexie’s.  Want to know how Naomi Shihab Nye sees the world?  Pick up her poetry.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Poetry is an excellent way to experience the world through someone else’s mindset.  It is a way to broaden your view.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Every Word Counts&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;In part, it is because poems are short, but poems are a literary form in which every word matters.  Every word has earned its place in the poem whether it impacts the mood, the rhythm, or the pattern.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you are writing picture books or flash, you too need to make a case for every word you choose.  You should study the type of writing you are doing, be it picture books, flash, or poetry.  But it is also an excellent idea to study all three.  After all, you never know where you will find inspiration.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Word Play&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;Children’s poetry in particular involves a lot of word play.  In addition to rhyme, there onomatopoeia (sound words), assonance (repeating vowels or diphthongs), alliteration (repeated consonants), and just the galloping, romping rhythm of words.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I’m not going to say that word play makes an appearance in every sentence I write. But when I want a to pack a punch, the words come out to play. Did you know that a string of single syllable words can help create emphasis?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I will never be a poet.  No, really.  It just isn’t how I’m wired.&amp;nbsp; But I can appreciate the poetry of others as well as the lessons poetry has taught me to use in my own writing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So, tell me.  What poets should I be reading?  Favorite poems?  Let’s share!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;--SueBE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;open sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif&quot;&gt;Sue Bradford Edwards&#39; is the author of 50 books for young readers.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;list-style-image: none; list-style-position: inside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;open sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif&quot;&gt;To find out more about her writing, visit her site and blog,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://suebe.wordpress.com/&quot; style=&quot;color: #f65e53; font-family: &amp;quot;open sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;One Writer&#39;s Journey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;open sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif&quot;&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;open sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif&quot;&gt;Click&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://onewritersjourney.substack.com/p/one-writers-journey?sd=pf&quot; style=&quot;color: #f65e53; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to find her newsletter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;open sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif&quot;&gt;She is also the instructor for 3 WOW classes which begin again on&amp;nbsp; May 6, 2024.&amp;nbsp;She teaches:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;list-style-image: none; list-style-position: inside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/SueBE_PitchingQueryingSubmitting.php&quot; style=&quot;color: #f65e53; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pitching, Querying and Submitting Your Work&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/SueBE_Research.php&quot; style=&quot;color: #f65e53; font-family: &amp;quot;open sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Research: Prepping to Write Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;open sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/SueBradfordEdwards_WritingNonfictionForChildrenAndYoungAdults.php&quot; style=&quot;color: #f65e53; font-family: &amp;quot;open sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Writing Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;open sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  36. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/why-non-poets-need-to-read-poetry.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sue Bradford Edwards)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WMkFwNpIIi9JBRQzcNCsjNRsa0VO9CgVx4V_UGgqmmSXaHxtkLBCZ42ORHl7SIucbYCwVcDzPtWilonfeTDbENMj3-uqssGFCMAmaELpk-m_wz3WpcZ1u3y_KUmCX4VgqA9SQKOLsV1jTLfjnxI-1aDjg61Vls4eeJxSsDxTLAH4CgG5FFq9/s72-c/Naomi%20shihab%20nye.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-7638810039672682717</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-16T00:30:00.135-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Contestant interview</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">flash fiction</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jennifer Braunfels</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Renee Roberson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WOW! Women on Writing Fall 2023 Flash Fiction Contest Runner Up</category><title>Interview with Jennifer Braunfels, Fall 2023 Flash Fiction Contest Runner Up</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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  38. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUfza4JyeYmu2u4o7xZppC6MaAU5XkEYdh74Sc0N4frNOa2EalIKq64bN6pUorYG_5ZoVNG2objWSsbJbYw8xc9qnXyZU3T87GtbMPCN8p5B85SF3pOl7d3CA1Oz2qkt7B2QCeVnerlr4fygrLY8fXOmUJz1sJcnUmbaVB4Its1HHYDMM9eFnOA/s902/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Jennifer-Braunfels.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;902&quot; data-original-width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUfza4JyeYmu2u4o7xZppC6MaAU5XkEYdh74Sc0N4frNOa2EalIKq64bN6pUorYG_5ZoVNG2objWSsbJbYw8xc9qnXyZU3T87GtbMPCN8p5B85SF3pOl7d3CA1Oz2qkt7B2QCeVnerlr4fygrLY8fXOmUJz1sJcnUmbaVB4Its1HHYDMM9eFnOA/s320/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Jennifer-Braunfels.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;213&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Jennifer is a writer and English teacher from Maine. Her work has appeared in &lt;i&gt;McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, As You Were: The Military Review, the Whiskey Tit Journal&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Free Flash Fiction&lt;/i&gt;. Her piece, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/106-FE1-Fall22Contest-Jennifer-Braunfels.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;“Surrender Ridge,” &lt;/a&gt;placed in the top ten in the WOW! Women on Writing 2022 Fall Flash Fiction contest and she has also received Honorable Mentions in two other WOW! Women on Writing contests. She is currently in the process of getting her first novel, &lt;i&gt;Waiting&lt;/i&gt;, published. You can learn more about her at her &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jenniferbraunfelsmaineauthor.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;----------&lt;i&gt;Interview by Renee Roberson&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: Welcome, Jennifer, and congratulations! My favorite thing about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Jennifer-Braunfels.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;“Well-Kept”&lt;/a&gt; is the main character Ben’s voice. How did you first get the idea for this story?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;Jennifer: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;I was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer almost a year ago, so of course, cancer keeps showing up in my stories. As I suspect most writers do, we write what we know. And I have found that writing about what I’ve been going through has been very cathartic. I’ve written some non-fiction, but I love expressing some of my deepest fears about this disease through fictional characters to see what they’ll do with my fears.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: I&#39;m so sorry to hear that.&amp;nbsp; I hope that writing through this diagnosis has been helpful on your healing journey. You’ve had success before having your fiction published, including here in this contest. What is it about writing short stories that appeals to you?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;Jennifer: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;I like the challenge of telling an entire story in a short amount of words. Then, you have to make every sentence count.
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  40. I suppose I also like to write short pieces because I’m a high school teacher. Student attention spans get shorter and shorter each year, so I spend a good deal of time reading short stories that might appeal to them. I often find inspiration in other people’s stories, and I model my writing after what would appeal to a broad audience and hold their attention.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: I get that! I think everyone&#39;s attention spans are getting shorter, to be honest. It&#39;s fun to experiment with different lengths. How do you find potential markets for your writing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;Jennifer:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;I devote a good deal of time to perusing Clifford Garstang’s literary magazine rankings for fiction. It’s fun to dream about one day seeing my name in one of the publications at the top of his list.
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  42. I also spend a good deal of time reading different literary magazines. If I read a story in a magazine that I like and the voice resonates with me, I start researching what types of work that particular magazine is looking for. And if it looks like that magazine might be interested in my style of work, I submit to them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW:&amp;nbsp; That sounds like a great method for finding new markets. How do you balance working full-time and your writing? Are there specific times of the day you reserve for your creative work?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;Jennifer: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;I often wake up with a story idea in my head, and I know that if I don’t get it down on paper, I’m going to lose the details. So, I usually get out of bed before everyone else, go downstairs, and start writing. The story doesn’t always flow immediately, but I just write the words down on paper and then sift and rearrange them later. Sunday mornings are usually quiet around the house, and that is when I get a lot of writing done.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: You are currently seeking publication for a novel. Could you tell us a little more about what it’s about?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;Jennifer: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Thirty-year-old Grace moves to a coastal town in Maine for a year with her boyfriend, Liam, to fix their broken relationship. However, Grace’s focus quickly shifts when she meets their new neighbor, Annie, a woman twice her age. Annie has a sharp tongue, a thick New York accent, and a mammoth personality. The two become instant friends. As her relationship with Liam begins to fall apart, Grace meets Matthew, who might be the perfect for her. It’s not until Grace accidentally learns that Annie has terminal cancer, a secret that Annie wants to withhold from Grace, that Grace starts to question everything about her life. With humor at the forefront, the novel follows Grace on her inspirational journey, where she discovers who she really is and what she wants out of this one life we’re given.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: Sounds like a great premise for a novel, we wish you continued success on your publishing journey! Thank you again for joining us today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  43. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/interview-with-jennifer-braunfels-fall.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Renee Roberson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUfza4JyeYmu2u4o7xZppC6MaAU5XkEYdh74Sc0N4frNOa2EalIKq64bN6pUorYG_5ZoVNG2objWSsbJbYw8xc9qnXyZU3T87GtbMPCN8p5B85SF3pOl7d3CA1Oz2qkt7B2QCeVnerlr4fygrLY8fXOmUJz1sJcnUmbaVB4Its1HHYDMM9eFnOA/s72-c/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Jennifer-Braunfels.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-1143277055246690916</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-15T01:30:00.265-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">author interview</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book giveaway</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dog lovers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">memoir</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rescue dogs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Roslyn Cohn</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Who Saved Who</category><title>Who Saved Who by Roslyn Cohn: Blog Tour &amp; Giveaway</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HhUShvgkprIYhud_gqjiJbfpUU-jmSxZFwIEecYZCtdYuAbCJ8Ml3QS-216iyDlkuq951V7TsvqVOCdHe_q6vrxndrqNl7DLD55UvkwI2CiqdyDER6Yb3QvFVWGEdAOxygVKvX4EOTnOqbwdQNTphVlHZdRPJyWS4mzVJysiNsrM2yPas3r3TQ/s2700/W2K-Who%20Saved%20Who-Rev10-Final%20Front%20Cover%20(1).jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Who Saved Who by Rosyln Cohn&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2700&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1800&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HhUShvgkprIYhud_gqjiJbfpUU-jmSxZFwIEecYZCtdYuAbCJ8Ml3QS-216iyDlkuq951V7TsvqVOCdHe_q6vrxndrqNl7DLD55UvkwI2CiqdyDER6Yb3QvFVWGEdAOxygVKvX4EOTnOqbwdQNTphVlHZdRPJyWS4mzVJysiNsrM2yPas3r3TQ/w266-h400/W2K-Who%20Saved%20Who-Rev10-Final%20Front%20Cover%20(1).jpg&quot; width=&quot;266&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;We&#39;re back with another awesome blog tour for an amazing book you don&#39;t want to miss. Roslyn Cohn is launching her blog tour for &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who&lt;/i&gt;, a must-read memoir for dog lovers everywhere. Join us as we celebrate the launch of her book with a giveaway and an interview with the author.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;But before we get to that, here&#39;s more about her book:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Growing up in beautiful Bohemian 1970s Marin County, the daughter of a funny pawnbroker-jeweler with vision who knew the streets and a warm, independent Mom turned Naturalist-Animal Rights Activist, Roz is an award-winning actress who spent 20 years in NYC, where she worked on stages from the size of a postage stamp to Broadway.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Roz begins &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who&lt;/i&gt; with her unique parents and upbringing which is so crucial in understanding both her and her journey during 2022. While living in a post-Pandemic world, her career on hold and with politics and the environment in a persistent state of toxic tension, there was little left of life to be desired, so believed Marin County raised and NYC ripened Roz. Told through words, pictures, and video, “Who Saved Who” is an honest, sometimes funny, many times moving, and ultimately joyous journey of 2022 with a woman who was lost. With messages from the Other Side and the words that her Mother said to her years ago, “We save dogs, Roz, that’s what we do,” Roz was able to climb out of deep sadness and found a purpose ignited she didn’t know was flickering inside.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In “Who Saved Who,” readers may recognize their own journey in loving dogs – perhaps heal themselves from the loss of their own beloved furry family member – and best of all, readers may find their hearts open to saving their next canine companion. “Who Saved Who” does more than warm the heart, it can help heal the spirit. It’s an easy and fulfilling read – paws down.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ISBN-13: 979-8865682363&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ASIN: B0CNWZ3LYW&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Print Length: 157 pages&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Purchase a copy of the book on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Who-Saved-Roslyn-Cohn/dp/B0CNWZ3LYW&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;. You can also add it to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202602624-who-saved-who&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;your list on Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;About the Author, Roslyn Cohn&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQWni0Q5g-JUcEY9VaR3rGxX_Z-1E7yxCjppQwATyuk-DJupTJGWtiQCZlC6oIZqFqmeTDKGDy6Ma5ekOUy3jKURoOVRu0KlQupidsL_EilBznEa_to8gC9fsM_likZdNcpU6GI1TMyOs9BgmMuVRADQMu4gNgBD9SEVl1y2eJfA2ILTu7fbNcw/s300/Roslyn%20Cohn.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;300&quot; data-original-width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQWni0Q5g-JUcEY9VaR3rGxX_Z-1E7yxCjppQwATyuk-DJupTJGWtiQCZlC6oIZqFqmeTDKGDy6Ma5ekOUy3jKURoOVRu0KlQupidsL_EilBznEa_to8gC9fsM_likZdNcpU6GI1TMyOs9BgmMuVRADQMu4gNgBD9SEVl1y2eJfA2ILTu7fbNcw/s1600/Roslyn%20Cohn.jpg&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Roslyn Cohn is an actress who has worked from stages the size of a postage stamp to Broadway with the likes of Tony Randall, Jack Klugman, Jerry Stiller, Julie Hagerty, and Ellen Greene as well as appeared in TV, film, and commercials. Roz has won awards in Intimate Theatre (known as 99 Seat) in Los Angeles; awards for her Short “Essential Tremors” about her neurological disorder; and in 2013, with Jake Anthony and Joshua Finkel, co-wrote and stars in the groundbreaking, Broadway World Award-nominated “diffiCult to leave,” about her 23 years in the Cult of Scientology. The entire show lives on her YouTube channel: RoslynCohn. You can visit her at: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.RoslynCohn.com&quot;&gt;www.RoslynCohn.com&lt;/a&gt;. #WhoSavedWho #ShelterDogsRock #AdoptDontShop&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can find her online at:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Her Link Tree: &lt;a href=&quot;https://linktr.ee/rozcohn&quot;&gt;https://linktr.ee/rozcohn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.RoslynCohn.com&quot;&gt;www.RoslynCohn.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Instagram: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/roslyncohn/&quot;&gt;https://www.instagram.com/roslyncohn/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Facebook: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/rozcohn&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/rozcohn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;--- &lt;i&gt;Interview by Nicole Pyles&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e0a3c7;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Congrats on your book&lt;i&gt; Who Saved Who&lt;/i&gt;! What inspired you to write this book?&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e38a4;&quot;&gt;Roslyn:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I use Facebook (FB) as a journal in many ways. People had been following my journey of buying this house out of dire necessity for Fluke and Diva. I don&#39;t want to give too much away in the book, but when Fluke became suddenly ill, I had a legion of people already plugged into when he&#39;d gone through his knee surgery. It was like a mini-series, reading about our lives together - Fluke, Diva, and the Human who lives with them. As my journey took a course no crystal ball could envision, I was gaining more and more readers on FB. By the time this miraculous thing happened, literally hundreds were watching the birth of the pups. It was my FB friends who urged me to write the book as each entry had them laughing and crying in my storytelling. It was those FB friends who inspired me for I knew my story would help those grieving the loss of their beloved pets and also give awareness of the gifts shelter dogs give us. My Mom always said I was a writer along with being an actress and I trusted her words.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e0a3c7;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I love that your personal sharing on Facebook led you to creating this memoir.&amp;nbsp;You captured many profound emotions so well in this memoir. What was your writing process like to capture these feelings in such a great way?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e38a4;&quot;&gt;Roslyn:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;When the pups were about 4 weeks old I was able to move them into the living room. I would pour myself a martini, and for the next two hours, I would write starting from the time when I adopted Maui &amp;amp; Kona. I knew that I had three weeks to get this part of the journey written and the story literally poured out of me. The original title of the book was &quot;Who Saved Who or The Book That Wrote Itself&quot; because that is what happened. The story literally poured out of me in laughter and tears. When the pups were transferred to their final foster, I started writing about all the dogs in my life but then felt it would be too long of a read. I wanted this book to move people and be an easy read. My family is very interesting and knew I had to start there, quickly catch people up w/all the shelter dogs in my life and then focus on 2022, a year where I no longer wanted to be alive. My shelter dogs saved me. Fluke and Diva got me through the pandemic where I lost all traction in my acting career, didn&#39;t work for 3 1/2 years due to the fear of getting Covid, and then I started dealing with the worst loss of my life in losing Fluke so suddenly. When Diva crossed over I had been working with the animal communicator, Pam, and it was Fluke who pulled me from the brink and then I got Maui and Kona....and the miracle happened. A woman who was lost was suddenly charged with beautiful, innocent lives who would have been snuffed out had I not rescued Maui and Kona. It&#39;s a profound journey and lesson I hope all readers benefit from.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e0a3c7;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;What an incredible experience.&amp;nbsp;Why did you decide to independently publish?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e38a4;&quot;&gt;Roslyn:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I didn&#39;t want to waste any time getting it out there to help others in grief and all the dogs in shelters. While this book is about my dogs, I feel cats fall into this predicament as well. I have no real stats a literary agent would be interested in and my only purpose for publishing it was to inspire others to adopt their next furry family member from a shelter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e0a3c7;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I can understand that.&amp;nbsp;I truly believe this is a must-read book for anyone who loves their pets. What do you hope people walk away feeling after finishing your book?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e38a4;&quot;&gt;Roslyn:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Aw, you&#39;re making me well up because this is why I wrote the book - thank you. I wanted to die. I didn&#39;t know if I would act again and didn&#39;t feel I had a worthwhile purpose here any longer. I sense there are others who went through deep tragedy after the Pandemic and could relate. Our animals pulled us through. I want people to experience what happened to me and go through their own loving memories of the dogs in their lives. I want them to laugh, to cry, to go out and adopt a shelter dog....and if they can&#39;t have one for whatever reason, the shelters are in dire need of volunteers and that is a very noble endeavor. You&#39;re still giving to these amazing beings!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e38a4; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;I want people to experience what happened to me and go through their own loving memories of the dogs in their lives. I want them to laugh, to cry, to go out and adopt a shelter dog. And if they can&#39;t have one for whatever reason, the shelters are in dire need of volunteers and that is a very noble endeavor.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e38a4;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e0a3c7;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I truly hope people do!&amp;nbsp;You are an actor by trade. Did your acting experiences inform your writing in any way? If so, how?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e38a4;&quot;&gt;Roslyn:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Actors are storytellers. If you are an actor, you are used to all different kinds of writers and knowing how to tell the arc of a story. It was super helpful to be a storyteller who gives voice to a writer&#39;s words. All I wanted was to be authentic and move people in their hearts and to action in saving these creatures.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e0a3c7;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;That&#39;s so cool.&amp;nbsp;Tell me about the non-profit you are donating to through the publication of this book.&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e38a4;&quot;&gt;Roslyn:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I am donating to two. Hank&#39;s Legacy Foundation enabled me to care for Maui&#39;s pups, and there is no way I could have done this without Shelby Erashidy, whose foundation I am also giving funds to East Valley Animal Shelter, where I got Fluke, Maui, and Kona...and inadvertently 8 pup pups. 500 dogs are euthanized DAILY in the LA Animal Services world. This is a problem we Humans can fix through education, spaying, and neutering. I want to make a dent in this terrible, needless issue. If we could end backyard breeders and puppy mills, spay, neuter, and let responsible breeders do their job, we wouldn&#39;t have the need for shelters. We can fix this!!! I know I say I am giving 10% of the proceeds to Hank&#39;s Legacy, but the truth is that I&#39;ve given probably 200% to both Hank&#39;s Legacy Foundation and East Valley Animal Shelter. Regardless of how the book sells, I will continue to do so. It would be so helpful if people would buy the book, though, as it does help...and hopefully, it will spur people to donate to their local shelters as well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e0a3c7;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;You are making such a difference!&amp;nbsp;What are you working on now that you can tell us about?&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e38a4;&quot;&gt;Roslyn:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;After the puppies left I did The Laramie Project in Los Angeles. It&#39;s a play about how the city of Laramie deals with the tragic murder of Matthew Shepard. It&#39;s a sacred play and we&#39;ve won two Los Angeles Awards as Best Ensemble. Then I shot a short that&#39;s getting ready to be released by a filmmaker who saw Laramie (work begets work) and was in A Very Die Hard Christmas Musical which is being given new life next December in two very exciting venues, one being in another Country, which I cannot say too much more about....but it would be an experience of a lifetime! And I continue to audition for Film/TV/Theatre/Commercials/Voiceover...Ah, the life of a thespian)) It&#39;s my dogs who give me the Greatest Joy!!! #ShelterDogsRock #AdoptDontShop #WhoSavedWho&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e0a3c7;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I can&#39;t wait to see what you come up with next! Thank you again for joining us.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmUeQorzFuKQs_yGDsloipmnfnCPv-08NsohX8B3CQnquKlRnm-gNQUCgHgKW6_9YRtbGMCn5SRhGYeL9rDiPadBz19apM1v__bQZT9fTwiRtrfYNTcNJlxh8hy5gEAKJUD-D9NMkzQWMGfhPlGt0wPM_6UgLjCcBeVtM6hvlX1xj3zC5h3ARAg/s800/Who-Saved-Who-blog-tour.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Who Saved Who by Roslyn Cohn Blog Tour&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;800&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmUeQorzFuKQs_yGDsloipmnfnCPv-08NsohX8B3CQnquKlRnm-gNQUCgHgKW6_9YRtbGMCn5SRhGYeL9rDiPadBz19apM1v__bQZT9fTwiRtrfYNTcNJlxh8hy5gEAKJUD-D9NMkzQWMGfhPlGt0wPM_6UgLjCcBeVtM6hvlX1xj3zC5h3ARAg/w640-h640/Who-Saved-Who-blog-tour.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;---- Blog Tour Calendar&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 15th @ The Muffin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join us at The Muffin as we celebrate the launch of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who &lt;/i&gt;by Roslyn Cohn. Stop by and read an interview with the author and enter for your chance to win a copy of her book.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 16th @ Pages and Paws&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Kristine&#39;s blog for her review of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who &lt;/i&gt;by Roslyn Cohn.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://pagesandpaws.com/&quot;&gt;https://pagesandpaws.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 18th @&amp;nbsp;Sarandipity&#39;s Designs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Sara&#39;s blog for an interview with the author and a giveaway of an e-book of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sarandipitys.com/&quot;&gt;https://sarandipitys.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 18th @ Words from the Heart&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Linda for her review of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who &lt;/i&gt;by Roslyn Cohn.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://contemplativeed.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;https://contemplativeed.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 20th @ A School Librarian in Action&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Zarah for her review of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who &lt;/i&gt;by Roslyn Cohn.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;https://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 22nd @ Word Magic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Fiona for a spotlight of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who &lt;/i&gt;by Roslyn Cohn.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fionaingramauthor.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;https://fionaingramauthor.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 25th @ Knotty Needle&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Judy&#39;s blog for her review of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who &lt;/i&gt;by Roslyn Cohn.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://knottyneedle.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;http://knottyneedle.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 27th @ Chapter Break&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Julie&#39;s blog for her interview with Roslyn Cohn.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chapterbreak.net/&quot;&gt;https://chapterbreak.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 29th @ Boys&#39; Mom Reads&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Karen&#39;s blog for her review of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://karensiddall.wordpress.com/&quot;&gt;https://karensiddall.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 1st @ A Storybook World&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Deirdra for her spotlight of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.astorybookworld.com/&quot;&gt;https://www.astorybookworld.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 3rd @ Weaving a Webb&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Jodi&#39;s blog for her review of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jodiwebbwriter.com/blog&quot;&gt;https://www.jodiwebbwriter.com/blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 5th @ A Wonderful World of Books&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Joy&#39;s blog for a spotlight of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://awonderfulworldofwordsa.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;https://awonderfulworldofwordsa.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 7th @ World of My Imagination&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Nicole&#39;s blog for her review of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://worldofmyimagination.com&quot;&gt;https://worldofmyimagination.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 9th @ Bring on Lemons&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Crystal&#39;s blog for her review of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bringonlemons.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;https://bringonlemons.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 10th @ Boots, Shoes, and Fashion&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Linda for her interview with Roslyn Cohn about her memoir &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bootsshoesandfashion.com/&quot;&gt;https://bootsshoesandfashion.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 10th @ The Faerie Review&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Lily for her spotlight of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thefaeriereview.com/&quot;&gt;https://www.thefaeriereview.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 11th @ Sara Trimble&#39;s blog&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Sara&#39;s blog for her review of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://saratrimble.wordpress.com/&quot;&gt;https://saratrimble.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 13th @ Freeing the Butterfly&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Visit Michelle&#39;s blog for her interview with the author Roslyn Cohn.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://freeingthebutterfly.com/&quot;&gt;https://freeingthebutterfly.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 15th @ The Mommies Review&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join Glenda for her review of &lt;i&gt;Who Saved Who.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.themommiesreviews.com/&quot;&gt;https://www.themommiesreviews.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #dd96c0;&quot;&gt;*****&lt;/span&gt; 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  47. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. 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Fall 2023 Flash Fiction Contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writer inspiration</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writing tips</category><title>Interview with Krahe, Fall 2023 WOW! Flash Fiction Contest Runner Up</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dJzSXUfhvzdDTXaAgcZ2ckzz5waHaPxEEzZ8_vL8BuXUOsnMFsEROkhLuiDjSNb0i37EnMLqzLkHYHZcjxzx_xjcZZBxiNQtFWn4xCX7kvm6ggud-R1LtwsWqatnlHr1rqseE6ROmQZFpXlOn69ShxsfxNQlIkjm3L3WhY6agzo86YZtpWbJ/s300/Krahe.gif&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;284&quot; data-original-width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;189&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dJzSXUfhvzdDTXaAgcZ2ckzz5waHaPxEEzZ8_vL8BuXUOsnMFsEROkhLuiDjSNb0i37EnMLqzLkHYHZcjxzx_xjcZZBxiNQtFWn4xCX7kvm6ggud-R1LtwsWqatnlHr1rqseE6ROmQZFpXlOn69ShxsfxNQlIkjm3L3WhY6agzo86YZtpWbJ/w200-h189/Krahe.gif&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Going by the (deliberately misspelled) pen name “Krahe,” this bird will write almost anything, but prefers cerebral, surreal, absurdist horror. In stark contrast to some of her written material, she also draws buttons for her local &lt;i&gt;Pokémon Go&lt;/i&gt; group. To contact her about writing almost anything (or editing your fanfiction for a small fee), message her on Twitter (@majoukrahe). Buy some of her jewelry on Etsy (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrystalsbyKrahe&quot;&gt;CrystalsbyKrahe&lt;/a&gt;) if you feel like showing support (or like shiny things).&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;interview by Marcia Peterson&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ffa400;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt; Congratulations on placing as a runner up in our Fall 2023 Flash Fiction competition! Can you tell us what encouraged the idea behind your story, “&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Krahe.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;All the Time in the World&lt;/a&gt;?” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff00fe;&quot;&gt;Krahe:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Believe it or not, it came from a writing prompt from a local writing group. We were given two lines to start with. The rest was up to us. My mind went to a problem that writers usually have because &lt;i&gt;of course it did.  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ffa400;&quot;&gt;WOW:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff00fe;&quot;&gt;Krahe:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I don&#39;t write flash regularly, but I am used to writing other things within a given word count. As much of a free bird as I can be, I also find it challenging and fun to work within restrictions (like in flash fiction). Most budding writers aren&#39;t used to doing that; it can be a well-deserved kick in the pants.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ffa400;&quot;&gt;WOW:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;What advice would you give to someone wanting to try writing flash fiction for the first time? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff00fe;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff00fe;&quot;&gt;Krahe:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;The old adage &quot;less is more&quot; comes to mind. Flash fiction requires you to be succinct. It is not for writers that like slathering the audience with details (that can be an issue regardless—watch out!). Break out your thesaurus; sometimes, you can save words by finding &lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt; word that works perfectly for your story as opposed to &lt;i&gt;five&lt;/i&gt;.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flash fiction is also great for ideas that you are uncertain about; can you, for example, tell a story with this idea in 750 words or less? You won&#39;t know until you try.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ffa400;&quot;&gt;WOW:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Besides writing, you’re also an artist and have a jewelry shop on Etsy. How do you balance multiple types of creative projects? What works for you? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff00fe;&quot;&gt;Krahe:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Priorities, I guess. Most of my art projects are for events, like &lt;i&gt;Pokémon GO&lt;/i&gt; Community Days or holidays. I don&#39;t have control over those dates. I usually need my art done a week or two before then so that the people I work with can make merchandise. Same for writing things with deadlines—the deadlines always come first.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That said, the jewelry part (which I&#39;m sure people want to hear more about) is languishing. It started as an idea during the pandemic. Resin is messy and dangerous to work with. Don&#39;t do what I did. I might do something with doming resin or wrapping crystals in the future, but that&#39;s it.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buying something on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrystalsbyKrahe?ref=dashboard-header&quot;&gt;my Etsy shop&lt;/a&gt; is a very easy way to support me, by the way. I get unreasonably excited every time someone makes a purchase!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ffa400;&quot;&gt;WOW:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thanks so much for chatting with us today, Krahe. Before you go, do you have a favorite writing tip or piece of advice you can share? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff00fe;&quot;&gt;Krahe:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Have two.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One is &quot;write every day.&quot; It doesn&#39;t matter what. Get into the habit of writing something daily.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On that note, two, know when you have a good idea. Edit that idea. Shop it around. Writers might be stereotyped as introverts, but that will hurt you. You won&#39;t know your strengths and weaknesses until you put your work out there and learn to take feedback. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;***&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
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McHenry: Blog Tour &amp; Giveaway</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsB01A7d2H1rDKYU9U8cO0DMyR8gnWgXFrFbcXE43E_lJeuwUDUgXcGxEELBDPGXGkl6Nvbv4PR3fj_HUb6lh4yrR5I_ysliyNRtbMMlW0hwkMyHIPWFULasMBAHELYkLVWZGT4J7XL7C7Va5jLClyEuBA0vYhARdDv7PmwCIkPi6E23rXcbL/s2600/Rogue%20Ranger%20Book%20Cover.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Tales from a Rogue Ranger by Rosanne S. McHenry&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2600&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1733&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsB01A7d2H1rDKYU9U8cO0DMyR8gnWgXFrFbcXE43E_lJeuwUDUgXcGxEELBDPGXGkl6Nvbv4PR3fj_HUb6lh4yrR5I_ysliyNRtbMMlW0hwkMyHIPWFULasMBAHELYkLVWZGT4J7XL7C7Va5jLClyEuBA0vYhARdDv7PmwCIkPi6E23rXcbL/w266-h400/Rogue%20Ranger%20Book%20Cover.jpg&quot; width=&quot;266&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;We&#39;re excited to announce the blog tour for &lt;i&gt;Tales of a Rogue Ranger &lt;/i&gt;by Rosanne McHenry. This book—which is equal parts outdoor adventure, danger, humor and overcoming obstacles—is a perfect match for outdoors lovers, women and families. The book is a great vacation read or escape from your everyday life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;“From drug busts and drunken brawls to teen romance on display, from an attack goose to a pot-bellied pig on the loose, Rosanne S. McHenry regales her readers with madcap adventures as a California State Park Ranger working in California’s American River Canyon.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;—Barbara J. Moritsch. Ecologist and Author of &lt;i&gt;Wolf Time&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;and &lt;i&gt;The Soul of Yosemite, Finding, Defending, and Saving the Valley&#39;s Sacred Wild Nature&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;“Rosanne tells it like it is, with humor and wonderful details of the pains and joys of working as a California State Park Ranger.&amp;nbsp; Fantastic park stories of people and Mother Nature are featured inside this fascinating peek at the world of a park ranger.&amp;nbsp; Funny, intriguing, and a really good read!”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;—Mike Lynch, retired California State Park Ranger and Historian. Author of &lt;i&gt;Rangers of California State Parks: Over 125 Years of Protection and Service&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Before we interview the author, here&#39;s a bit more about the book:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt; is full of stories that speak to the comedy and tragedy of being a park ranger: a job that is nothing like you might imagine.&amp;nbsp; Set against the stunning backdrop of California&#39;s American River Canyon, this is an engaging and wildly unusual read about the untamed life of a woman ranger.&amp;nbsp; From a miner riding a mule to a young man lost in the system, these tales show the kaleidoscope of characters a park ranger encounters, giving the reader a fascinating look into a true ranger experience. Readers will laugh out loud, cry tears of sadness, and feel the greatest joy as they revel in this amazing book!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Publisher: Book Baby&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ASIN:&amp;nbsp;B0CWSV7J2G&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ISBN-13:&amp;nbsp;979-8350936056&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Print Length: 253 pages&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can purchase a copy of the book on&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/4cKbdyk&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tales-from-a-rogue-ranger-rosanne-s-mchenry/1145038291&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Barnes and Noble&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/tales-from-a-rogue-ranger&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kobo&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://bookshop.org/a/13964/9798350936056&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bookshop.org&lt;/a&gt;. Make sure to add it to your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208913582-tales-from-a-rogue-ranger&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Good Reads list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZadvmfTSB6QaFWfPITaKD66gH3Vwdrwze2cUIaSHwnRH-OYstik7tEccannJb7_S9SeOuzrVqt6ODBHdewxYoxscqyTVOx8JAIEruS7XvnxWbLYaTlIFOoPCWpOmdvmn9BHDpC-GR-XOyLeviVRogOIwk8VAu6g9Rr56B8H2i8njVxnbIAwL/s940/Rosanne%20Web%20page%20photo.JPG&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;807&quot; data-original-width=&quot;940&quot; height=&quot;275&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZadvmfTSB6QaFWfPITaKD66gH3Vwdrwze2cUIaSHwnRH-OYstik7tEccannJb7_S9SeOuzrVqt6ODBHdewxYoxscqyTVOx8JAIEruS7XvnxWbLYaTlIFOoPCWpOmdvmn9BHDpC-GR-XOyLeviVRogOIwk8VAu6g9Rr56B8H2i8njVxnbIAwL/s320/Rosanne%20Web%20page%20photo.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;About the Author, Rosanne McHenry&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Rosanne S. McHenry has worked as both a U.S. National Park Ranger and a California State Park Ranger. Her ranger experiences include the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Mount Rainier National Park, the Auburn State Recreation Area, Folsom Lake, Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, and Death Valley National Park, among others.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;In her latest book, &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt;, McHenry shares her experiences about the rough and tumble life of a patrol ranger near Auburn, California. A park ranger’s job is nothing like you might imagine! Set against the stunning backdrop of California’s American River Canyon, this is an engaging and wildly unusual read about the untamed life of a woman ranger.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;McHenry, who first wrote the book &lt;i&gt;Trip Tales: From Family Camping to Life as a Ranger&lt;/i&gt;, currently lives and works in Auburn, California, with her husband. The beautiful American River Canyon is adjacent to their home in the Sierra Nevada Foothills.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;You can find her online at:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Website:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://triptalesbook.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://triptalesbook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Facebook:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/people/Rosanne-S-McHenry-Author-Page/100066900574228/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/people/Rosanne-S-McHenry-Author-Page/100066900574228/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Instagram: @askrangerrose &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/AskRangerRose/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.instagram.com/AskRangerRose/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;--- Interview by Jodi M. Webb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #89c527;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Congratulations on the release of your second book, &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;You spent decades as a ranger. How did you narrow down which stories you were going to share?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0f4787;&quot;&gt;Rosanne:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;These are my favorite tales, the ones that are the most intrepid and unusual, the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;craziest, wildest and most engaging stories that will grab readers’ attention and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;make them amazed to learn about the kinds of challenges a park ranger faces.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Most of the stories are about my own adventures as a ranger, but a few of them&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;are about my husband, Vern, whom I worked with, and who had some pretty&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;amazing, hilarious, and heartwarming tales of his own.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;All of the stories are true,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;as outlandish as many of them may sound. Reading these tales now as I write&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;them, I’m amazed myself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #89c527;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;Your book includes stories that run the gamut from sad to funny to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;thrilling. Do you enjoy writing one type of story?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0f4787;&quot;&gt;Rosanne:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;That’s a tough question to answer because I enjoy telling all of these stories. I&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;think my favorite ones in this book are about being the Whitewater Rafting&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Program Manager at the Auburn State Recreation Area, on the North and Middle&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Forks of the American River. This job was hugely challenging, since it was my&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;responsibility to regulate the 45 different whitewater rafting companies on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;river. The parts of the job I enjoyed the most involved being on the river to see&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;what was going on, and to ensure that people were being safe. Some of what I&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;saw was hair-raising, like overloaded rafts, people falling out of boats with no&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;lifejackets or helmets on, transport buses with no brakes, and more. It was my&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;job to correct these problems.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;There were always conflicts between miners, rafters, kayakers, day-hikers,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;campers, picnickers, equestrians, and the occasional mountain lion or bear. How&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;do you manage all those conflicting uses? Everyone goes outdoors with different&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;expectations. So it was very rewarding when I was able to work with the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;different user groups to come up with solutions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #89c527;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Although you portray most of the people in your book in a positive light, did you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;ever worry that people would not like being in your book or that they would&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;claim you remembered an event incorrectly?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0f4787;&quot;&gt;Rosanne:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Great question! I asked my former co-workers to review the book for just this&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;reason. When you work that closely with other park rangers and staff you get to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;know them like family. We patrolled together, trained together, shared&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;confidences, and sometimes endured tragedy together. It was a brotherhood. I&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;don’t think any of the former staff I worked with will be surprised to read these&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;stories. They all have equally adventurous tales of their own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #89c527;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;What is one thing you hope that readers will remember after reading &lt;i&gt;Tales From&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0f4787;&quot;&gt;Rosanne:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I hope the book will give readers a true appreciation of nature and the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;importance of protecting our parklands.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;I also hope readers will also realize the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;myriad challenges facing park rangers. As they read the stories people will laugh&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;at the antics of the characters, but they’ll also feel amazed at the challenges&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;rangers endure. We put our lives on the line every single day. The dangers we&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;face are very real. The job isn’t easy, but it is immensely rewarding. I can’t think&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;of any other career which offers that kind of freedom and autonomy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #89c527;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;Your book shares that challenges of being a ranger; what are the challenges of being a writer?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0f4787;&quot;&gt;Rosanne:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;The most difficult for me is promoting the book. Like most writers, I just want to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;write, and not have to think about how to compete with 80 million other books&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;out there. It’s not easy to market a new book. I recall something my editor told&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;me, and I didn’t really understand what she meant until I wrote my own book:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;“The book is finished; now the real job begins!” This is so true. Outreach and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;marketing are an ongoing process requiring perseverance and creativity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #89c527;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Did you learn anything while writing your first book that made you do things&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;differently for &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt;?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0f4787;&quot;&gt;Rosanne:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I realized that it’s critical to promote the book as soon as it is being released.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;This is why the blog tour is an important element of that outreach. Also, my first&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;book was only released on Amazon and Ingram in paperback and Kindle. This&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;time I went with a different publisher that does marketing outreach to all the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;major book platforms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Another key thing I learned is to minimize the front and back pages. I gave a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;brief introduction and prologue to help put the stories into context. But from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;beginning, the reader is dropped right into the midst of eye-popping activity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Readers get impatient if they have to slog through too many unnecessary pages,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;especially if they are looking at a sample online. It’s important to grab the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;readers’ attention immediately and get to the story. Open up the first chapter&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;with a bang and keep things moving throughout. No boring reminiscing or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;overly-descriptive scene-setting. Give the reader enough to set the stage, but&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;don’t drown them with excessive detail. If I’m reading a book and have to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;review the ‘history of the world’ before I can hope to get to the first scene,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;they’ve lost me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt; Let&#39;s forget about the tough parts of being a writer, what&#39;s the most fun?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0f4787;&quot;&gt;Rosanne:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;The most rewarding thing about being an author is when someone tells me they&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;felt like they’d been there, right inside the stories! When my readers tell me they&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;felt like they experienced, first hand, the adventures I describe, that for me is&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;the most rewarding thing in the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;I really love it when a child reads the stories and turns to their parents to tell them, in an excited voice, about how much they love the book. I’ve read some of these stories to my six-year old grandson and have him laughing out loud.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;I think you definitely succeeded in dropping readers right into the action! So much so, that now I&#39;m thinking about&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;summer vacation at a national park. Which national or state parks are on your wish list?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #bf9000;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0f4787;&quot;&gt;Rosanne:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;I hope to go to Denali, Badlands, Carlsbad Caverns, Rocky Mountain National&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Park, Dinosaur National Monument and so many more. I want to return to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Yellowstone again because that was so varied and spectacular. I love the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Colorado Plateau country of Arizona and Utah the most, and especially love&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Grand Staircase/Escalante.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #89c527;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;What are you working on now?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0f4787;&quot;&gt;Rosanne:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;At the moment I’m busy launching&lt;i&gt; Tales From a Rogue&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Ranger&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;, but afterward, I plan to begin writing &lt;i&gt;Travels With Gus&lt;/i&gt;, a story about&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;our cantankerous but lovable old motorhome we named ‘Gus’. Born in 1977, Gus&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;was over thirteen years old he we acquired him in 1992. By then he had already&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;traveled all over the West, including Alaska. Gus was a standard shift, four-speed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;mini pickup with no power steering, so navigating him up and down winding c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;ountry roads was hard work.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Gus was tiny, so the four of us (me, my husband&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;and our two kids) had to share two small bunk beds and sit close together&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;around the makeshift dining table, but we loved the freedom of the open road&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;and having our own little camping rig. He was so small he could fit into any&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;parking space anywhere. We drove him all over California, Oregon, Washington,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Colorado, visiting stunning national parks and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;exploring backroads no one had ever heard of!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;We had amazing times in Gus, ranging from mishaps to marvelous adventures.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Sometimes he’d just quit running and we’d be stranded in a little backwater&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;town, waiting for an obscure mechanical part to come in so we could get him&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;going again. Other times his engine would screech at us as we tried to nudge&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;him up a steep hill. Sometimes he couldn’t quite make it, and we’d have to roll&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;back downhill and make another run. He sounded like a grumpy old man, but&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;this was his charm. We especially loved taking him to the beach where we could&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;hear the waves crashing outside.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #89c527;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Growing up, my family spent summer camping and we had plenty of crazy mishaps. I look forward to hearing about your adventures with Gus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmv-Pc_zGH0Ecm0X8Ak3m93aEUXpIoJ-dyJf4T1W-LCc_YBkxovMQODX7Ju_RDbB3hZE0zmuLRnGMDEMKmW5-cs9O2W2sLj-APFLdqRyd9pj0B9zGZ8dvgT2-ZiGQHK5_Fl1aWI8osOmF8xNfuLL_r2VYRBQsZqSIzRA4oqvinIWl9fA3enGmqg/s800/Tales-from-a-Rogue-Ranger-blog-tour.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Tales from a Rogue Ranger by Rosanne S. 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Read an interview with the author and enter for a chance to win a copy of the book.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 9th @ What Is That Book About&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Get the 411 on &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt;, the story of life as a ranger by Rosanne S. McHenry in today&#39;s book spotlight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/whatisthatbookabout&quot;&gt;www.facebook.com/whatisthatbookabout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 10th @ Fancy That!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Summer&#39;s right around the corner! Get ready with Advice for a Road Trip to a National Park, a guest post by author Rosanne S. McHenry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fancythatblog.com&quot;&gt;https://fancythatblog.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 11th @ Words by Webb&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Looking for a different kids of vacation read? Read a review of&amp;nbsp; Rosanne McHenry&#39;s &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jodiwebbwriter.com/blog&quot;&gt;www.jodiwebbwriter.com/blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 12th @ Sara Trimble&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Read of review of Rosanne McHenry&#39;s &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt; today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://saratrimble.wordpress.com&quot;&gt;https://saratrimble.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 15 @ A Storybook World&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The spotlight is on&lt;i&gt; Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt;, a book about Rosanne McHenry&#39;s adventures as a park ranger.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.astorybookworld.com/&quot;&gt;https://www.astorybookworld.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 18th @ Word Magic: All About Books&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Rosanne S. McHenry, author of &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger &lt;/i&gt;learned a lot during her days as a ranger. Today she shares How NOT to Get Bitten by a Gigantic Rattlesnake.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fionaingramauthor.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;https://fionaingramauthor.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 19th @ Pages and Paws&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Stop by for a review of Rosanne S. McHenry&#39;s book &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt; by Kristine and her canine reviewing partner Kimber.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://pagesanpaws.com/&quot;&gt;https://pagesanpaws.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 20th @ The Shaggy Shepherd&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Join Isabelle at The Shaggy Shepherd for a guest post about the Best National Parks for Families by Rosanne S. McHenry,&amp;nbsp; author of T&lt;i&gt;ales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://theshaggyshepherd.wordpress.com/&quot;&gt;https://theshaggyshepherd.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 22nd @ Beverly Baird&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Learn Beverley&#39;s thoughts about of Rosanne S. McHenry&#39;s latest book &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com&quot;&gt;https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 23rd @ Chapter Break&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Stop by for an interview with Rosanne McHenry, author of &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ChapterBreak.net&quot;&gt;http://ChapterBreak.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 24th @ Choices&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Rosanne McHenry, author of &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger,&lt;/i&gt; tells us how she learned to Succeed at a Job You Never Wanted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://madelinesharples.com&quot;&gt;http://madelinesharples.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 26th @ Beverly Baird&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Stop by Beverley Baird&#39;s blog for a guest post by author Rosanne S. McHenry about how to choose which life stories &quot;make the cut&quot; in your memoir.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com&quot;&gt;https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 26th @ The Faerie Review&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The Faerie Review is spotlighting &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger &lt;/i&gt;by Rosanne S. McHenry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thefaeriereview.com&quot;&gt;https://www.thefaeriereview.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 27th @ Pages and Paws&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Rosanne S. McHenry, author of Tales From a Rogue Ranger, shares why being a ranger is Not Just a Walk in The Woods by sharing some animal rescues.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://pagesanpaws.com/&quot;&gt;https://pagesanpaws.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;April 30th @ World of My Imagination&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Read Nicole&#39;s review of&lt;i&gt; Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt; by Rosanne S. McHenry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://worldofmyimagination.com&quot;&gt;https://worldofmyimagination.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 2nd @ Sara Trimble&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Stop by Sara Trimble&#39;s blog for a guest post on how to choose a book cover from Rosanne McHenry, author of &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://saratrimble.wordpress.com/&quot;&gt;https://saratrimble.wordpress.com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 9th @ Knotty Needle&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Judy shares her thoughts on Rosanne McHenry&#39;s latest book:&lt;i&gt; Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://knottyneedle.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;http://knottyneedle.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 11th @ Boys&#39; Mom Reads!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Find out what a Boys&#39; Mom thinks of &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger &lt;/i&gt;by Rosanne McHenry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://karensiddall.wordpress.com&quot;&gt;https://karensiddall.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;May 12th @ Jill Sheet&#39;s Blog&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;Learn more about the author of &lt;i&gt;Tales From a Rogue Ranger&lt;/i&gt; with an interview of Rosanne McHenry.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jillsheets.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;https://jillsheets.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #89c527;&quot;&gt;*****&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #134680;&quot;&gt;BOOK GIVEAWAY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #89c527;&quot;&gt;*****&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Enter to win a copy of &lt;i&gt;Tales from a Rogue Ranger &lt;/i&gt;by Rosanne McHenry. 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  51. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/tales-from-rogue-ranger-by-rosanne-s.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jodi Webb)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsB01A7d2H1rDKYU9U8cO0DMyR8gnWgXFrFbcXE43E_lJeuwUDUgXcGxEELBDPGXGkl6Nvbv4PR3fj_HUb6lh4yrR5I_ysliyNRtbMMlW0hwkMyHIPWFULasMBAHELYkLVWZGT4J7XL7C7Va5jLClyEuBA0vYhARdDv7PmwCIkPi6E23rXcbL/s72-w266-h400-c/Rogue%20Ranger%20Book%20Cover.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-1928614630893934184</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2024 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-07T11:24:04.747-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">author interview</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">crystal casavant</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">crystal otto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">essay contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">phyllis unterschuetz</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Runner up</category><title>Interview With Phyllis Unterschuetz, Runner Up in the Quarter One 2024 Nonfiction Essay Contest</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Congratulations to Phyllis Unterschuetz of Lithia Springs, Georgia and&amp;nbsp;to all of the other contestants and winners of the WOW! Women on Writing Quarter 1 2024 Essay Contest!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Today I&#39;m excited to interview Phyllis Unterschuetz. Before we get to our interview, make sure you check out her essay, &quot;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/110-FE1-Q12024EssayContest-Phyllis-Unterschuetz.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;And the Trees Shall Hold You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;,&quot; first. Then come on back!
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  53. But first, here&#39;s a bit about Phyllis:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/assets/110-FE1-Q12024EssayContest-Phyllis-Unterschuetz.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;518&quot; data-original-width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/assets/110-FE1-Q12024EssayContest-Phyllis-Unterschuetz.jpg&quot; width=&quot;386&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Phyllis Unterschuetz is the co-author of &lt;i&gt;Longing: Stories of Racial Healing &lt;/i&gt;(Bahá’í Publishing). She is currently writing her second book, a memoir about finding the courage to tell the abortion story she kept secret for over 50 years. Phyllis was the winner of Tell Your Story’s Spring 2023 Writing Contest. Her work has been published in &lt;i&gt;Science of Mind Magazine,&lt;/i&gt; longlisted for the 2023 Amy MacRae Award for Memoir, and nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. She has three grown children and one in the spiritual world, six grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter. Phyllis and her husband live just outside Atlanta in Lithia Springs, Georgia. Visit her website at &lt;a href=&quot;https://phyllisunterschuetz.com&quot;&gt;https://phyllisunterschuetz.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://phyllisunterschuetz.com&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;…………..interview by Crystal J. Casavant-Otto&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt; Phyllis, I loved your essay submission but even more so I enjoyed an opportunity to get to know you better! You are so open and honest - qualities I admire in a friend! I’m sure readers will agree, you are a gem! Let’s get down to it; what were you wanting readers to gain from &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/110-FE1-Q12024EssayContest-Phyllis-Unterschuetz.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;And the Trees Shall Hold You&lt;/a&gt;&quot;?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;PHYLLIS: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;I hope my readers will think about how they might tap into the power of connectedness when they find themselves in challenging situations. I believe we humans are dual-natured beings—souls who are temporarily associated with physical bodies. We thrive when we are able to draw strength from our connections to each other, to the earth, and to Spirit, including the souls of those who have passed on to the spiritual realm. My experiences at the cemeteries felt magical and mysterious, but they were also very concrete. I grew physically stronger when I imagined myself connected to the trees’ root systems. I’d be thrilled if my readers can have similar experiences.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;You do an excellent job using your writing to help readers connect to your story - this is truly an impressive skill and quite a gift! Speaking of impressive, you have an impressive bio. What is your latest/current project?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;PHYLLIS: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;I am writing a memoir about finding the courage to tell my abortion story after trying to keep it secret for over 50 years. It took me a year and a half to finish the first draft, and now I’m six months into my first round of revisions. I’m struggling with the structure, particularly with
  54. figuring out my opening scene. I seem to change my mind once a week. But it’s not just the craft
  55. issues that are making this book so challenging.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first book, which I co-authored with my husband, was a collection of personal essays about
  56. healing from our unconscious racial conditioning. We were very transparent in describing how
  57. we’d been programmed as white people to see race. We laid bare our souls, hearts, and minds.
  58. We dug deep into our vulnerable psyches. I thought that was the hardest thing I’d ever write, but
  59. I was wrong. What I’m writing now is much harder.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ve had to search out memories I had repressed and experience them all over again. I ended up working with a therapist for nearly a year when I first started writing the story (which, by the
  60. way, is a very smart thing to do if you’re going to write a memoir about a traumatic event.) I’m
  61. finally healed enough, and have enough emotional distance, to move beyond getting the story out to crafting something I hope will be beautiful.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;As a writer who struggles with trauma and healing, I love your insight as far as therapy goes. Thank you. There&#39;s so much more I want to know - I can&#39;t ask these questions fast enough. What is your history with writing contests? Tell us what prompted you to submit to this particular contest? What would you like to tell other authors concerning contests and submitting their work?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;PHYLLIS: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Writing contests are so alluring! I think we all want to see our names next to the word “Winner.”
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  63. The first contest I entered was the Amy McRae Award for Memoir in 2022. I didn’t place, but I
  64. was hooked. Then last spring I wrote an essay about how I was teased in college for being fat,
  65. and I entered it into the Tell Your Story Spring Essay contest. I thought I must be out of my mind
  66. to put something so raw and revealing into the world for everyone to see, but then it won 1st
  67. Place and I didn’t care who read it!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I entered this WoW contest because I love how you support women writers and I admire the
  68. pieces I’ve read by the winners of your previous contests. I figured that placing in a Women on
  69. Writing contest would look great in my bio and would connect me with other women who share
  70. my goals and values.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My advice to other authors is submit, submit, submit! I’ve entered a lot of contests since that first
  71. one, and most of the time I don’t win. But each submission makes my writing a little better. So
  72. whether you’re submitting to contests or for publication in a journal, keep at it! Don’t get
  73. discouraged and give up, because you never know when a judge will see the value of your essay and vote it to the top. And it’s such a thrill when your work is recognized like that.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sounds like contests are a great support for you - or at least an encourager - but who is your support? What have you found to be most supportive in your writing life as well as in life in general? You are clearly a nurturer of others. What role has journaling and/or writers groups played in your life? What advice do you have for others during turbulent times? What works or doesn’t work for you when it comes to dealing with stress and the pressures of everyday life? Your answers are so revealing, I want to ask ALL the questions!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;PHYLLIS: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;My spiritual beliefs are my greatest support, both in my daily life and in times of stress. I belong to the Bahá’í Faith, which you probably guessed from my essay. I’ve been a Bahá’í for 56 years, and I turn to its teachings for guidance, comfort, insight, strength, and peace. Prayer and meditation are part of my daily practice.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I regularly call on loved ones who have died, especially my mom, when I need help or
  74. inspiration. Also I believe the child who died when I had the abortion has been helping me all
  75. along, even when I tried to pretend he didn’t exist. The story I’m writing is his story too, and he
  76. seems to be helping me write it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;My biggest human supporters are my husband, my siblings, my kids and their spouses, and the
  77. members of my writing groups. I would never have made it this far with my memoir, or in fact
  78. with any aspect of my life, without their constant encouragement and love. My children tell me
  79. that my abortion story is a part of their legacy. There are no words to describe how much
  80. strength it gives me to hear that.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I belong to a group of eight women working with memoir coach Kim Douglas of Write2Unite.
  81. We focus on craft, lifting each other up, identifying what’s working in our writing, and
  82. discovering the heart and soul of our books. I also meet weekly with two other memoirists who
  83. never hesitate to tell me what’s not working in my writing. Both types of feedback are extremely valuable. I can’t imagine trying to write a book without a combination of loving support and
  84. honest critique.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moving my body and being in nature also help me deal with stress. When my brain locks up or I
  85. start to feel panicky, I bounce on my mini trampoline while listening to loud music, or I go for a
  86. walk at the state park near my house. So, back to what I was saying in my essay—when times are turbulent and life is stressful, you can find strength in your connection with other humans, with nature, and with the spiritual world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Oh Phyllis - I could keep this up all day and our time is nearing an end - what’s next for you? What are your writing goals for 2024 and beyond?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;PHYLLIS: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;My 2024 goal is to submit my memoir manuscript to an agent or publisher by the end of this year. I’m not sure if I’ll try for one of the big five publishers or for a smaller traditional press. I’d also like to have several essays published in literary magazines by then. Once my book is out on submission, I’ll start working on an essay collection about my lifelong eating disorder, which was officially diagnosed last year. And there are more stories, so many stories I want to write. I’m turning 75 in two weeks, so I may have to speed up my process.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e69138;&quot;&gt;WOW:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thank you again for your submission, your honesty, and your time. Congratulations on being one of our runner ups and we certainly look forward to reading more from you in the future and I hope we can interview again so I can ask more questions and gain valuable insight! You are truly a gift!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Interviewed by Crystal J. Casavant-Otto who just keeps on keeping on and can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://bringonlemons.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;blogging&lt;/a&gt; and sharing on social media hashtag #raisingkidsandcattle #shelovesgodandsheridesgoodhorses #thankfulgratefulblessed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Check out the latest Contests:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  87. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/interview-with-phyllis-unterschuetz.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crystal Otto)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-8043378658106354554</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-06T07:50:18.715-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">freelance editing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">launching as a freelance editor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Melanie Faith</category><title>The Wonderful World of Freelance Editing: 5 Fabulous Perks of Freelance Editing</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39C6FgKSNOvBnQbVtKjbs966jhSWHUrTilZEb8Kc45xdxZw3Cm6WyhxJXHC5xlm5DDRrO8HG-XZnI7B1Gk8juSivK3g25DhLoJghqCu00mVeZDCT97xxU00Dw4M_7o9Zdfe9IuPjqL0VcVVLb_evc9iQqJdVg6y50_T2-13gAGrPDWAqsi9gZNw/s720/freelanceediting.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;475&quot; data-original-width=&quot;720&quot; height=&quot;264&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39C6FgKSNOvBnQbVtKjbs966jhSWHUrTilZEb8Kc45xdxZw3Cm6WyhxJXHC5xlm5DDRrO8HG-XZnI7B1Gk8juSivK3g25DhLoJghqCu00mVeZDCT97xxU00Dw4M_7o9Zdfe9IuPjqL0VcVVLb_evc9iQqJdVg6y50_T2-13gAGrPDWAqsi9gZNw/w400-h264/freelanceediting.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;By Melanie Faith&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Do you love to read? Have you participated in a writing workshop or beta read for a friend? Or taken a creative writing class to learn the building blocks of prose and poetry? Have you offered suggestions for a friend’s essay or creative piece? Are you a creative writer? Are you a fan of precise or beautiful language? Do you love talking about the writing and revision processes? Do you enjoy discovering an individual author’s voice and offering encouragement?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;If the answer to any of these questions is yes, freelance editing may very well be a wonderful fit for your natural skills, bring enjoyment, and offer some spending money or a helpful additional income to your household while doing something you already love—communicating and developing fun-to-read, page-turning literature for fellow readers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Let’s look at just a few of the many perks of becoming a freelance editor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1.&lt;b&gt; One of the best parts of freelancing is working directly with a motivated writer who is open to suggestions for making their manuscript clearer and more gripping to readers&lt;/b&gt;. We all know how hard it can be to spot errors or inconsistencies in one’s own writing, and as a freelance editor you get the privilege of offering feedback that the author may be too close to the manuscript to notice while self-editing. You work as a team to sculpt the work to optimal length, genre specifications, literary devices, pacing, character and/or plot development, and so much more.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;2. &lt;b&gt;You also will likely expand your network and build a bond or a friendship with authors whose manuscript you have the chance to review&lt;/b&gt;.  It’s a sacred, meaningful honor to be entrusted with a writer’s work, and while bringing out the best in the writing, editors and writers work towards the same goals. Once you have offered supportive, clear feedback to an author on one project, they often return when they have other manuscripts they’d like constructive, helpful suggestions on in the future.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;3.&lt;b&gt; Freelance editors have freedom of time and freedom of project-choice&lt;/b&gt;. Freelancers set up a schedule and a deadline that mutually work for both writer and editor. Freelance editors also enjoy the freedom to pick the kinds of projects and the genres of writing that most excite us. Do you love reading thrillers and fantasy but dislike mysteries and dystopian work? As a freelancer, you can pick and choose the projects that you feel most excited to offer feedback on and that most inspire you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;4. Most freelance editors begin their small businesses as part-timers, so whether you are working another job, serving as a caregiver, raising a family, running another small business, or juggling multiple life stages and vocations, &lt;b&gt;freelancing offers the flexibility to work from home or a café or shared office space at times that work best for you, your schedule, and your life circumstances&lt;/b&gt;.  I’ve worked with freelance editors and students of all ages—from their twenties through their retirees—who start editing, and these editors have found that freelance editing fits into their lives around other life events and responsibilities with a little organization and planning.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;5.&lt;b&gt; You can work with clients from your local neighborhood or from all around the world at a time that is best for you and your clients’ needs&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Clearly, freelance editing offers countless perks and the satisfaction of adding quality, entertaining, meaningful books to the literary landscape. If you have any interest at all in this exciting, flexible field, it’s well-worth looking into and giving it a whirl.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;***&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/MelanieFaith_FreelanceEditorWebinar.php&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;An Insider&#39;s Look at Launching as a Freelance Editor webinar with Melanie Faith&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;800&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16tgWaxxMpaHV7_8obGzxzM7lB822S9TRviz0hbL3MCGaDtzu4Tbr-hEPoJPTGumSr9L4Lkt9PuUbLAs8-8Z6vYiF-5uf1QLfHzFs2wpnVkHJCRSFJYh5SK2H22beX2Wk_dhZcyhTm6aW7vU-nb0ww6M0Md8Jfo67wChOWbnUAH7zRwkTE9SzVQ/w320-h320/LaunchingFreelanceEditor-Melanie-Faith.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Melanie Faith holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte, NC. She is an author and freelance editor with more than 10 years&#39; experience in the field. Her upcoming webinar on freelance editing, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/MelanieFaith_FreelanceEditorWebinar.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;An Insider&#39;s Look at Launching as a Freelance Editor&lt;/a&gt;, is on Friday, April 12th.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;To learn more about Melanie’s writing, teaching, and photography, please visit: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.melaniedfaith.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.melaniedfaith.com&lt;/a&gt;, Twitter: @writer_faith, and Instagram: @frompromisingtopublished99.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  88. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/the-wonderful-world-of-freelance.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WOW!)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39C6FgKSNOvBnQbVtKjbs966jhSWHUrTilZEb8Kc45xdxZw3Cm6WyhxJXHC5xlm5DDRrO8HG-XZnI7B1Gk8juSivK3g25DhLoJghqCu00mVeZDCT97xxU00Dw4M_7o9Zdfe9IuPjqL0VcVVLb_evc9iQqJdVg6y50_T2-13gAGrPDWAqsi9gZNw/s72-w400-h264-c/freelanceediting.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-763018755200809093</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-04T07:52:24.667-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">a love of reading</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Charlotte Mecklenburg Library</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Libby app</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Renee Roberson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">support for libraries</category><title>Why I Love the Libby App</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoG5Ym9kzrUcmixP7LEnTS5hMA-aJWy7DRhoCQUxCl1kFz41UnOc7LgEeWtASGCu59HpJEcDJf7506v-1i2vVi4mSec98IaQtvFWuEFEquNNEq-vz8ISL3BiE3bXuZe3g8DXa7g3W_0jHE5AiJFJfVkbB0AcZtcHJ_r6BHb9P3wjjvXC_uyKPTg/s1802/original-82EB0B63-BBB7-463C-9C43-DAB3BDB06997.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1802&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1150&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoG5Ym9kzrUcmixP7LEnTS5hMA-aJWy7DRhoCQUxCl1kFz41UnOc7LgEeWtASGCu59HpJEcDJf7506v-1i2vVi4mSec98IaQtvFWuEFEquNNEq-vz8ISL3BiE3bXuZe3g8DXa7g3W_0jHE5AiJFJfVkbB0AcZtcHJ_r6BHb9P3wjjvXC_uyKPTg/w255-h400/original-82EB0B63-BBB7-463C-9C43-DAB3BDB06997.jpg&quot; width=&quot;255&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When my kids were younger, I used to frequent the library almost weekly, even more during the months of June, July, and August when the summer reading programs were in full swing. During the height of the pandemic, my visits came to a screeching halt. I was focused on keeping my job as a magazine editor and trying to launch a podcast. I knew there was an app called OverDrive that was supposed to allow you to check out books from the library digitally on your Kindle, but I found it clunky and difficult to use. Around 2022 I discovered the &lt;a href=&quot; https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Libby app&lt;/a&gt;, which is owned by OverDrive but much more user-friendly. All I had to do was download the app to my phone, find my local library, enter in my current library card number, and voila, I was connected to so many resources I didn’t know what to do with them at first.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Through the Libby app I’ve been able to request and read books, magazines, and audiobooks, all for free! What’s even better is that I can “send” books directly to my Kindle for easier reading. I manage all my loans in the app, and if I request a book, and it comes in while I’m still reading another one or know I won’t get to it quickly enough, I can request the book be sent to the next person in line without losing my own place. The book will usually come back to me within 10 days, if not sooner.
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  90. Last year I participated in the Goodreads Reading Challenge, and the majority of my books came from my access to the Libby app. I read books like &lt;i&gt;The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo &lt;/i&gt;by Taylor Jenkins Reid, &lt;i&gt;In Five Years&lt;/i&gt; by Rebecca Serle, Matthew Perry’s autobiography &lt;i&gt;Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;The Rewind&lt;/i&gt; by Allison Winn Scotch, &lt;i&gt;Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café&lt;/i&gt; by Fannie Flagg, &lt;i&gt;The Great Alone&lt;/i&gt; by Kristin Hannah, &lt;i&gt;Yellowface&lt;/i&gt; by R.F. Kuang, and much more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Through the audiobook feature, I listened to &lt;i&gt;Hello Sunshine&lt;/i&gt; by Laura Dave, &lt;i&gt;I’m Glad My Mom Died&lt;/i&gt; by Jeanette McCurdy, and &lt;i&gt;Wrong Place Wrong Time&lt;/i&gt; by Gillian McAllister. I learned that I don’t love listening to books on audio—I feel like I can read faster than I can listen and with the Gillian McAllister novel, which was told in reverse, I found myself very confused and wishing I could flip back and forth in a physical book.
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  92. I’ve shared my love of the app with so many friends who didn’t knew it existed and they are having a blast exploring the titles available. The only downside I’ve found is that occasionally I will request three or four books at the same time, all with drastically different wait times, and they will all become available within three or four days of one another. #booknerd problems, right? That’s why I love the “pause my hold” feature as it gives me time to finish a current book before starting another.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I’ve just finished &lt;i&gt;The Women&lt;/i&gt; by Kristin Hannah and am about to start &lt;i&gt;The Christie Affair&lt;/i&gt;, a historical work of fiction featuring the life of Agatha Christie by Nine de Gramont. I recently joined my neighborhood book club and was able to request our May book through the app. Now if I could only find the time to write reviews for all these fantastic books . . .&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Have you been able to try the Libby app? What do you like or not like about it?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Renee Roberson is an award-winning writer who also produces the weekly true crime podcast, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.missinginthecarolinas.com&quot;&gt;Missing in the Carolinas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  93. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/why-i-love-libby-app.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Renee Roberson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoG5Ym9kzrUcmixP7LEnTS5hMA-aJWy7DRhoCQUxCl1kFz41UnOc7LgEeWtASGCu59HpJEcDJf7506v-1i2vVi4mSec98IaQtvFWuEFEquNNEq-vz8ISL3BiE3bXuZe3g8DXa7g3W_0jHE5AiJFJfVkbB0AcZtcHJ_r6BHb9P3wjjvXC_uyKPTg/s72-w255-h400-c/original-82EB0B63-BBB7-463C-9C43-DAB3BDB06997.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-3655997366880237592</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-02T01:30:00.130-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Elizabeth Danek</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fall 2023 WOW! Flash Fiction Contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Nicole Pyles</category><title>Interview With Fall 2023 Flash Fiction Runner Up Winner, Elizabeth Danek</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/assets/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Elizabeth-Danek.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;628&quot; data-original-width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/assets/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Elizabeth-Danek.jpg&quot; width=&quot;255&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Today, I&#39;m honored to interview Elizabeth Danek, a runner-up in our Fall 2023 Flash Fiction contest. Before you read our chat together, make sure you check out her story, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Elizabeth-Danek.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;December 1994&lt;/a&gt;. Then, come on back!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Here&#39;s a bit about Elizabeth Danek:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Elizabeth Danek’s short fiction and essays have appeared in the &lt;i&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Mid-American Review&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Flash Nonfiction Food&lt;/i&gt;, as well performed for the Liar’s League PDX. Recently, she placed 3rd in the 2023 William Faulkner Literary Competition with her short story “The Pet Shop.” For more than thirty years, Elizabeth has been a high school and adult education teacher in Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon and Munich, Germany (where she lived during the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s). She will soon retire from teaching, ready to pay more attention to her grandchildren, writing, travels, and urban hikes. Currently, she is working on a novella and a story collection.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;--- &lt;i&gt;Interview by Nicole Pyles&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: Congratulations on winning runner up! Why were you inspired to write the story?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Elizabeth:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;From 1989 to 1998, I lived in Munich, Germany, and watched up close the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Balkan Crisis. One summer, on a visit to Dalmatia, one of my sons was “gifted” a large piece of shrapnel from an attack outside Zadar – a memento of the war.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My father was from Croatia and escaped from the former Yugoslavia after WWII. He believed that armed conflict changes hearts and minds forever, and that brutality devastates families, as it did for him in the 1940s and then again fifty years later.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The convergence of the shrapnel and my father’s history created “December 1994,” (part of a longer piece in progress), in addition to my own experiences with family caught in the turmoil and visits to Croatia over the decade I lived in Europe. I also know many Bosnian refugees who were resettled in Portland, where I now live; their stories are haunting. Turmoil in the world today reminds me of the near past.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: That&#39;s amazing you have that kind of connection to that incredible piece of history.&amp;nbsp;You have some impressive publications under your belt. What inspires you about short fiction?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Elizabeth:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I have always found short fiction artful, drawn into a new world with so few strokes. Admittedly, as a young mother and full-time teacher, I struggled with focus, frustrated when I lost the thread of a longer work. So I remain loyal to short fiction and let those whose work I love surround me: Katherine Mansfield, Alice Munro, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Alice Walker, Elizabeth Strout, Kelly Link and countless others. I don’t always know how they do what they do, really, but I admire their work and find their stories instructive and beautiful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: As a short fiction writer myself, I know what you mean.&amp;nbsp;I see you’re working on a short fiction collection. As a short story writer, that’s my goal one day too. How are you compiling your stories? Do you have a method?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Elizabeth:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I find that place is prominent in my work. I have to know my characters and where they’re from or what brought them to this point in conflict. My collection centers around San Pedro, California, the L.A. Harbor town where I grew up. The stories are an ode to the coast, the diversity of the people, and my characters’ challenges.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: I think it&#39;s interesting how place means so much in your work. How has teaching guided your writing?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Elizabeth:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;For me, writing is rewriting. Young students can’t always see that, but some do, and they appreciate going the extra mile. I know what it is to struggle with a piece, to write draft after draft to try to get something right.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: Absolutely!&amp;nbsp;What do you hope people gain by reading your work, and specifically this story “December 1994”?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Elizabeth:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I hope that my fiction can bring readers to feel something relatable and perhaps find some “truth” along the way.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: I believe you have! Thank you again for your time today. Best of luck on your work!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  94. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/interview-with-fall-2023-flash-fiction.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Pyles)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-6901066774028682407</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-01T01:30:00.142-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ask the book doctor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bobbie Christmas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">manuscript formatting</category><title>Ask the Book Doctor: About Formatting a Manuscript</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikdAnnW7oyI_HA9Qcv5J9UNBCQ5eOQqEh5D4YNg67Z3cHcteyXzlIIVVsjc242X0EbWhS2eeIwqmSgsliwN4qAd2QEX18u1iKvSwyAveaRl35UKNGgFrpWUdHJ_XDQBrDZlkeiFvPkJ3un4p3QYLjxRpXM6LQ7vviJSGCFzyoNkILmtmGuiDxKA/s1171/Group_625989.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1028&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1171&quot; height=&quot;351&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikdAnnW7oyI_HA9Qcv5J9UNBCQ5eOQqEh5D4YNg67Z3cHcteyXzlIIVVsjc242X0EbWhS2eeIwqmSgsliwN4qAd2QEX18u1iKvSwyAveaRl35UKNGgFrpWUdHJ_XDQBrDZlkeiFvPkJ3un4p3QYLjxRpXM6LQ7vviJSGCFzyoNkILmtmGuiDxKA/w400-h351/Group_625989.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;By Bobbie Christmas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Q:&lt;/span&gt; How important is the format of my manuscript? If I don’t follow standard manuscript format, can my book get rejected?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;A:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; I can’t speak for every agent and publisher in the world. I can, however, address some of the things that are standard in the industry. If you have any hope of landing an agent or selling your book to a traditional publisher, the format of your manuscript could possibly stand in the way if it doesn’t follow standard manuscript format—SMF. It’s hard enough to land an agent or find a publisher willing to buy your manuscript, so it’s important to show your professionalism by following the standards in the book publishing industry.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When you go for a job interview, the person who interviews you will make a few snap decisions based on how you present yourself. Are you dressed and groomed in a professional manner, or is your hair in disarray and your clothes raggedy? Agents and publishers are likely to make the same snap decisions about a manuscript. In SMF a manuscript looks professional and reflects well on the author, as it should.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you plan to self-publish, perhaps your manuscript format won’t matter, but I’ll address that issue in a minute. First let’s discuss the settings in SMF.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Microsoft Word is the standard word-processing program for manuscripts, although Pages in Mac is often accepted. Don’t bother with Google Docs or other programs that are set up to design the book layout while you write. While you write your draft you need only to write, not design.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Before you start typing, go to Home in Word and choose twelve-point Times New Roman for the font. Next ensure the document is aligned flush left, not justified. Next check 2.0 for the spacing and check Remove Space After Paragraph. There are several ways to set up an automatic indent for new paragraphs. I select all and then move the top triangle on the ruler at the top of the page so that new paragraphs always automatically indent five spaces. You will have to click on the top of the page to add a header with your name, your manuscript title, and automatic page numbering, and that’s it. You can then click back on the body of the page and type your story, and Microsoft Word will format your manuscript correctly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Don’t get confused. Manuscript format and book layout are separate operations. After a manuscript is written, revised, and professionally edited, and after a publisher buys a manuscript, the publisher will layout and design the book.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On the other hand, if you plan to self-publish you may not need to concern yourself with double-spacing or font type or size, because you or your layout person may be able to work with any format your original document uses. Nevertheless, the book layout is done after the manuscript is complete and not while the manuscript is being written.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Finding an agent or a publisher is tough. Following SMF tells those folks that you are knowledgeable about publishing industry standards. It makes you look professional, so it’s worth a little trouble to set up before you ever start writing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Q:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I keep having formatting issues when I&#39;m writing my book in Word. What software do you recommend? Google Docs?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;A:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;If the manuscript is set up correctly in Word, there should be no formatting issues. Perhaps you are trying to layout the manuscript like a book while you are still writing. Layout should be managed only after the writing and editing are complete. Use Word; the standard in the industry. Later you can learn a good layout program or let a professional person layout the book if you intend to self-publish, but don&#39;t let format get in the way of the first writing. Doing so will thwart your creativity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Q:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I have seen books where long quotes were indented on both sides instead of using quotation marks. How can I do this in Word?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;A:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;First, the quote must be at least five lines long once indented. Don’t use the Tab key or the space bar to perform this operation. If the quote is long, highlight it. Go up to the ruler and put your cursor on the triangle for the left margin. Move it five spaces to the right. Put your cursor on the triangle on the right and move it to the left five spaces. Your long quote will then be indented. You may have to return the triangles to their previous positions to return to the original formatting.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;***&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bobbie Christmas is a book editor, author of &lt;i&gt;Write In Style: Use Your Computer to Improve Your Writing&lt;/i&gt;, and owner of Zebra Communications. She will answer your questions too. Send them to Bobbie@zebraeditor.com or BZebra@aol.com. Read Bobbie’s Zebra Communications blog at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.zebraeditor.com/blog/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.zebraeditor.com/blog/&lt;/a&gt;.  
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  102. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/04/ask-book-doctor-about-formatting.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WOW!)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikdAnnW7oyI_HA9Qcv5J9UNBCQ5eOQqEh5D4YNg67Z3cHcteyXzlIIVVsjc242X0EbWhS2eeIwqmSgsliwN4qAd2QEX18u1iKvSwyAveaRl35UKNGgFrpWUdHJ_XDQBrDZlkeiFvPkJ3un4p3QYLjxRpXM6LQ7vviJSGCFzyoNkILmtmGuiDxKA/s72-w400-h351-c/Group_625989.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-4074545021491554536</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2024 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-03-31T00:30:00.133-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">anne walsh donnelly</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Contestant interview</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Renee Roberson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Runner up</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WOW! Q1 2024 Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest</category><title>Interview with Anne Walsh Donnelly, Runner Up in the WOW! Q1 2024 Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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  104. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-x0zBf61ISuD_R6p-7xDXJ76NUkgFMGLTQ6uDGW3zZtcvw_oLiHPcMWgX8PwesS0_TItfkZ8zpNer3alI8m9ejrkEf2cWqo5bvXKd0cimRrZj44SWLTOwxnRqaY4CMNWnOWwUqcx9EBmvwam1pZh_xObo-YmhbL2liM9EJrVMCf0Qw91wnBVxQ/s600/110-FE1-Q12024EssayContest-Anne-Walsh-Donnelly.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;508&quot; data-original-width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;271&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-x0zBf61ISuD_R6p-7xDXJ76NUkgFMGLTQ6uDGW3zZtcvw_oLiHPcMWgX8PwesS0_TItfkZ8zpNer3alI8m9ejrkEf2cWqo5bvXKd0cimRrZj44SWLTOwxnRqaY4CMNWnOWwUqcx9EBmvwam1pZh_xObo-YmhbL2liM9EJrVMCf0Qw91wnBVxQ/s320/110-FE1-Q12024EssayContest-Anne-Walsh-Donnelly.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anne Walsh Donnelly lives in the west of Ireland, writes prose, poetry and plays and loves to experiment with form in her writing. She dares to be different. Anne is the author of the poetic memoir The Woman with an Owl Tattoo, which tells the story of her coming out journey in mid-life and the poetry collection, Odd as F*ck. Her fragmentary novella, He Used To Be Me, was published by New Island Books in February and can be ordered from the New Island website by clicking &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newisland.ie/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or on Amazon. Anne is currently working towards her first personal essay collection.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;Facebook: AnneWalshDonnelly&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Instagram: annewalshdonnellypoetry&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;X: @AnneWDonnelly&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;----------&lt;i&gt;Interview by Renee Roberson&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: Congratulations on placing as a runner up, and welcome! What was the writing process like for “&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/110-FE1-Q12024EssayContest-Anne-Walsh-Donnelly.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A Marriage in Metaphors?&lt;/a&gt;” How did you decide which objects (a painting, a jackhammer, a cow) to use to help express the different stages of your relationship?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anne: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;A few months ago I was finding it hard to motivate myself to sit down and write so I thought I’d experiment a bit. I went back to some of my old poems to see if I could use one of them as a starting point for an essay. I had a poem about a Botticelli painting (Venus and Mars), a poem about a jackhammer and one about a cow. So I got the idea of using each of those metaphors for different stages of my marriage. It was an experiment, I didn’t know if it worked and when I had written it, I thought to myself, well this is either brilliant or rubbish. I was delighted to learn that your judges didn’t think it was rubbish!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: It turned out to be a brilliant concept! You have had great success placing in the top ten in this particular contest. What tips do you have for other writers hoping to break into the creative nonfiction market?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;Anne: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;The biggest thing is to take the risk, put words on the page and experiment and see what comes out of it. Write your own truth your way and not what you think you should write. Use the skills you have learned in your other writing, whether it’s poetry or fiction, or even plays in your nonfiction. Imagery, metaphors, sensual and lyrical writing are just as important when writing creative nonfiction as they are in poetry or fiction.
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  106. All of us have stories to tell, the trick is to write them in a way that will resonate with the reader. Write the first draft for yourself, get all the messiness and gore and rawness out on the page, let it settle for a day or too or longer and then go back and re write and edit with the reader in mind. Don’t’ censure yourself or tell yourself you shouldn’t be writing about your life. When I started writing personal essays I used to think that it was a bit narcissistic to be writing about my life but then I realised that I could use my personal experience to explore universal themes and somehow that felt less narcissistic.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: That&#39;s a great point--highlighting different aspects of the human experience through writing isn&#39;t narcissistic, in fact, you never know who it might help! Can you tell us more about your novella, “He Used to Be Me?” It sounds like a fascinating piece of work.
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  110. Anne: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Yes, it’s definitely fascinating! I explore the complex workings of the inner life of a character who lives on the fringe of his community, in lyrical and fragmentary prose . The character is a man called Daft Matt who wanders the streets of a town in the west of Ireland looking for the claws of jackdaws. They’ve been speaking to him since he was a boy.
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  112. I’ve written it in the first person point of view so Matt tells us his story in his man-child voice. The book takes us from his childhood losses to the carefree days of early manhood to the aftermath of a horse riding accident which sees him incarcerated in the care system for over 30 years. He’s a character that represents those marginalised figures that every town has, who roam the streets for so long that they are no longer noticed and their stories remain untold.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: As an accomplished poet, is it difficult for you to switch gears and write in the creative nonfiction genre?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;Anne: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Surprisingly not. They both complement each other. A lot of my poems are what some would call ‘confessional poems.’ I explore my personal experience in them using imagery, similes, metaphors, rhythm and sensory language. I do the same in my personal essays. Some of the topics I write about suit the personal essay genre better than the poetry. The personal essay gives you more space when writing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: Do you have any fun writing rituals you can share with our readers?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anne: &lt;/b&gt;Sometimes two of my writing buddies and I blow bubbles! I think it’s important not to take yourself too seriously in life or in your writing though sometimes I struggle with that, so a good bubble blowing session helps me reconnect with the child in me and the fun in life.
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  122. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/03/interview-with-anne-walsh-donnelly.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Renee Roberson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-x0zBf61ISuD_R6p-7xDXJ76NUkgFMGLTQ6uDGW3zZtcvw_oLiHPcMWgX8PwesS0_TItfkZ8zpNer3alI8m9ejrkEf2cWqo5bvXKd0cimRrZj44SWLTOwxnRqaY4CMNWnOWwUqcx9EBmvwam1pZh_xObo-YmhbL2liM9EJrVMCf0Qw91wnBVxQ/s72-c/110-FE1-Q12024EssayContest-Anne-Walsh-Donnelly.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-271389924571631395</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2024 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-07T10:38:44.194-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fiction ideas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Friday Speak Out!</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mary Fleming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">novel writing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writing ideas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writing tips</category><title>Friday Speak Out!: Seeds of Truth in Fiction</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Kq7iR08lV8JWKEoYDs9UG1Z8FhJsLMNIDzL18gUn86Iav7vf7HTMhai0odUmCmFKVfJg2ESd3-Q-l3onSP4VAWkn6vVCgr9I9YCf5ksAh-QCMcqW8Jx6fycnJk6u1uGbEEELALLzhUgNk81cIfl2HV9CZhh-vShKLpYFMwJ_rFQ-m-aKVvxx/s2700/Mary%20Fleming%202%20CivFrancCover_Fleming.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2700&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1800&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Kq7iR08lV8JWKEoYDs9UG1Z8FhJsLMNIDzL18gUn86Iav7vf7HTMhai0odUmCmFKVfJg2ESd3-Q-l3onSP4VAWkn6vVCgr9I9YCf5ksAh-QCMcqW8Jx6fycnJk6u1uGbEEELALLzhUgNk81cIfl2HV9CZhh-vShKLpYFMwJ_rFQ-m-aKVvxx/s320/Mary%20Fleming%202%20CivFrancCover_Fleming.jpg&quot; width=&quot;213&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;By Mary Fleming &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People often ask me: “Where do you get your ideas?” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They generally express this question with wonderment, as if I must have lived a wildly adventurous life. Or as if they see me sitting down at my desk, picking up a pen or opening the computer and Bang, the plot and the characters strike like a bolt from heaven and out flows a novel. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If only. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I collect the seeds for my fiction from real life. Either things my friends have experienced or a story I read in the news. When the story sticks with me, it starts to take root in my brain, and I know I have a possible short story or novel. Then plot and characters begin to grow and take shape. By the end the seed has developed into something quite different from the origin story. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first novel, &lt;i&gt;Someone Else&lt;/i&gt;, for example, is the story of an American woman with the perfect Paris life: a literary editor married to a French architect with four children. But as a university student, she’d run away from a crime of arson and left the perpetrator to take all the blame. When he comes to Paris, the perfect life unravels. The idea came from Katherine Ann Power, a 60’s radical who escaped arrest as an accomplice to a fatal bank robbery in 1970. She changed her name and built a perfect Oregon life as a wife, mother and cook. After 23 years of secrecy and lies, she turned herself in. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my story there were no deaths, no going underground, no new identities and the truth came out against the character’s will. It was the idea of being haunted by past deeds and secrets that appealed to me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The seed for my second novel, &lt;i&gt;The Art of Regret&lt;/i&gt;, came from a friend’s childhood trauma. Her father committed suicide when she was 15. Afterwards, it was never discussed with her mother or sister. That unspoken but defining experience had made her an edgy young person, like my main character (a man). Redemption is achieved by both the real and the fictional person through love, connecting intensely with another human being. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The idea for &lt;i&gt;Civilisation Française&lt;/i&gt; came from reading about an empty old mansion on the place des Vosges that was being squatted in 2009-10. I moved the story to the early 1980s, when I first arrived in Paris, and plopped my two main characters plus a housekeeper into a few of its rooms and took the story from there. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In all three cases, the real-life stories took root in my creative mind because they illustrated themes that are important to me: how the past overshadows the present, what is the definition of home, the difficulties of connecting with other people. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to know what to write about, you don’t need to look very far. Just listen to friends or open a newspaper. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;* * *&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLjl1HkEH4pmOwKmoUbRr2_qS4c3kBrGydAA9PPha4pf5PCIynK90zJQJ9GfHXX4yLmM4FUJbWdjDIQT7c2Q0HEI08LGTrZ96dLRU2_xJzk17Ee_DerhdyHFG_KKuHtnsM7Ob_yhPdIbNOgvBwhdtstwNlqdmcs-xma5ERl3g23cKEXJOgMcP/s624/Mary%20Fleming,%20photo%20by%20William%20Fleming.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;624&quot; data-original-width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLjl1HkEH4pmOwKmoUbRr2_qS4c3kBrGydAA9PPha4pf5PCIynK90zJQJ9GfHXX4yLmM4FUJbWdjDIQT7c2Q0HEI08LGTrZ96dLRU2_xJzk17Ee_DerhdyHFG_KKuHtnsM7Ob_yhPdIbNOgvBwhdtstwNlqdmcs-xma5ERl3g23cKEXJOgMcP/w154-h200/Mary%20Fleming,%20photo%20by%20William%20Fleming.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;154&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mary Fleming’s&lt;/b&gt; new novel, &lt;b&gt;CIVILISATION FRANÇAISE&lt;/b&gt; , comes out from Heliotrope Books in July. She was born in Chicago and has lived in France for many years. After working as a journalist and consultant, she turned to fiction and has written two other novels, &lt;b&gt;Someone Else &lt;/b&gt;and &lt;b&gt;The Art of Regret.&lt;/b&gt; Her bi-weekly photo-essay, A&amp;nbsp;Paris-Perche Diary, tracks city and country (Normandy) life. Find her online at website: &lt;a href=&quot;https://maryfleming.co&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mary Fleming Author&lt;/a&gt;, blog:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://mf.ghost.io&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A Paris Perche Diary&lt;/a&gt;, and Instagram: @flemingm6 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ffa400;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt; Would you like to participate in Friday &quot;Speak Out!&quot;? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Email your short posts (under 500 words) about women and writing to: marcia[at]wow-womenonwriting[dot]com for consideration. 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  123. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/03/friday-speak-out-science-in-fiction.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Marcia Peterson)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Kq7iR08lV8JWKEoYDs9UG1Z8FhJsLMNIDzL18gUn86Iav7vf7HTMhai0odUmCmFKVfJg2ESd3-Q-l3onSP4VAWkn6vVCgr9I9YCf5ksAh-QCMcqW8Jx6fycnJk6u1uGbEEELALLzhUgNk81cIfl2HV9CZhh-vShKLpYFMwJ_rFQ-m-aKVvxx/s72-c/Mary%20Fleming%202%20CivFrancCover_Fleming.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-3015551352131542987</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-23T11:05:03.652-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">confidence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jodi M. Webb</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">networking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writing tips</category><title>Fake It &#39;til Make It</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07PMgewQpOs7h3rRGjIzylsR1PHxzkNp1B_FReonWaXla8tM8sCqCE-Pw5dAIfxAk9XxYBYEx8o2rJhm4OA9XVJh5IXWZFqWB6-OIRcjR0dMTQlwmSfbqVogSq7zgOKMP08Jrm19mS3DpknzhGRw7GayFPGWaQoaYpZiMJKUDba_SlOHlZ2Kh/s350/armchair.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;350&quot; data-original-width=&quot;228&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07PMgewQpOs7h3rRGjIzylsR1PHxzkNp1B_FReonWaXla8tM8sCqCE-Pw5dAIfxAk9XxYBYEx8o2rJhm4OA9XVJh5IXWZFqWB6-OIRcjR0dMTQlwmSfbqVogSq7zgOKMP08Jrm19mS3DpknzhGRw7GayFPGWaQoaYpZiMJKUDba_SlOHlZ2Kh/s320/armchair.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;208&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&quot;Fake it &#39;til you make it!&quot;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That is the motto of a close friend of mine and, considering they started a successful business in their 20s, I&#39;m happy to take it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Too often I find myself worrying that I can&#39;t write well enough, don&#39;t know enough about a topic or am competing against scads of people who are just better at this writing game than I am. But then I have to give myself the &quot;Fake it &#39;til you make it&quot; pep talk.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I think the problem is that I am basically a shy person who tends to downplay myself and my experiences. I continually need to remind myself that if I don&#39;t believe in myself, why would anyone else?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The first editor to accept my writing to include in a book had no idea that I had never been in an book OR written about baseball before. My baseball experience began and ended with attending Little League games and rooting for the Phillies whenever they made it to the playoffs. But in the end the editor loved my piece so much that he invited me to pitch for other - non-baseball related - books.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My students in my first writing class had no idea that normally my classes involved multiplication tables and conjunctions (during my stint as a elementary school substitute teacher). But that first class led to additional workshops and talks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My first advertising client had no idea that just the week before I was dong something very different. They just placed their month long advertising campaign in my hands. A year later some of my advertising work was submitted for an award. I didn&#39;t win but hey, it&#39;s an honor just to be nominated.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As writers, we&#39;re the first line. We have to believe in ourselves if we want anyone else to believe in us. Confidence in my writing abilities had made amazing things happen for me. I&#39;ve contacted authors, organizations, destinations with requests for an interview, tour, vintage photo and they&#39;ve happily agreed. Every time I&#39;m amazed all over again that they would agree to do this for me! I tend to gloss over the fact that we&#39;re working together - that they&#39;re getting something too (publicity for their business, a chance to tell their story, a new connection).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Writers have to exude confidence in interviews, pitch meetings, networking events. Everything about us has to say &quot;I can do this!&quot; Even though there&#39;s a part of you that&#39;s whispering, &quot;Can I do this?&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, it&#39;s difficult. But do it. Believe in yourself! And store up all those amazing things that happened just because you took a chance. You can use them in your pep talk if you&#39;re ever feeling down.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;What was the last amazing thing to happen in your writing career just because you asked?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aHnZ8889V3qHDkc0lTzzBed0Id6x8pvDAVwXSe1DEQ8qJCUxMJRr6u8kOOu_e0Mal7rOFhF_g076pz_GJkt4lirDFaI6uZ5HWDAWXF36SUffoazUNjiQCvau_TFdMui3FtPhjZnXx-kGPm4AFg4i-jXlCfLEfZ6PqQmvj7oRBTfHmwnKD8KM/s151/JOdi%20Image%20(1).jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;151&quot; data-original-width=&quot;97&quot; height=&quot;151&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aHnZ8889V3qHDkc0lTzzBed0Id6x8pvDAVwXSe1DEQ8qJCUxMJRr6u8kOOu_e0Mal7rOFhF_g076pz_GJkt4lirDFaI6uZ5HWDAWXF36SUffoazUNjiQCvau_TFdMui3FtPhjZnXx-kGPm4AFg4i-jXlCfLEfZ6PqQmvj7oRBTfHmwnKD8KM/s1600/JOdi%20Image%20(1).jpg&quot; width=&quot;97&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jodi M. Webb writes from her home in the Pennsylvania mountains. After a decade hiatus from writing, she is back with bylines in Tea Journey, Mental Floss and a WIP about her plant obsession. She&#39;s also a blog tour manager for WOW-Women on Writing. Get to know her &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/jodiwebbwrites/.&quot;&gt;@jodiwebbwrites&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/jodimariewebb/&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jodiwebbwriter.com/blog&quot;&gt;Words by Webb&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  124. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/03/fake-it-til-make-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jodi Webb)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07PMgewQpOs7h3rRGjIzylsR1PHxzkNp1B_FReonWaXla8tM8sCqCE-Pw5dAIfxAk9XxYBYEx8o2rJhm4OA9XVJh5IXWZFqWB6-OIRcjR0dMTQlwmSfbqVogSq7zgOKMP08Jrm19mS3DpknzhGRw7GayFPGWaQoaYpZiMJKUDba_SlOHlZ2Kh/s72-c/armchair.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-104739177986184654</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-03-27T01:30:00.151-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ann Kathryn Kelly</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">anthology</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Awakenings: Stories of Body &amp; Consciousness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bookstore reading</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Print Bookstore</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writing</category><title>Finding My “Northern” Tribe </title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEpAEnTpbDekcDDMdZRX8ICL_1wHD9pbqkx2WqhLC_X647_fTWQyKnFeJoS1sVta4P574t4C_LG5R0FLvpj0w0pOg0-jE1AughSXlolPiVh7Jdav61taS5d0TOWdPRmqXL5zfZoUVnXqFYevWX2paQcxb2yItRYCSQBtrQJo_QCQFo7NNJVWscg/s4032/Portland%20Reading-1.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;4032&quot; data-original-width=&quot;3024&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEpAEnTpbDekcDDMdZRX8ICL_1wHD9pbqkx2WqhLC_X647_fTWQyKnFeJoS1sVta4P574t4C_LG5R0FLvpj0w0pOg0-jE1AughSXlolPiVh7Jdav61taS5d0TOWdPRmqXL5zfZoUVnXqFYevWX2paQcxb2yItRYCSQBtrQJo_QCQFo7NNJVWscg/w480-h640/Portland%20Reading-1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I wrote a few weeks ago about &lt;a href=&quot;https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/03/awp-24-its-wrap.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;my experience at the AWP conference&lt;/a&gt;, held in Kansas City this past February. While there, I had an opportunity to join an editor at a signing table for an anthology in which one of my essays—taken from my memoir draft—is included.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://elj-editions.com/awakenings/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Awakenings: Stories of Body &amp;amp; Consciousness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; was published in October 2023. Several months before publication, editor Diane Gottlieb encouraged all 49 writers in the anthology—spread across the U.S. and around the world—to team up whenever and wherever possible in promoting the book before and after publication.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;To help in this collaboration effort, Diane compiled and shared a list of accepted contributors’ emails (after securing permission), along with a list of states and countries in which we lived. Within days, I got an email from a fellow writer who lives only a 15-minute drive from me in southern New Hampshire. Sandell also copied in two anthology writers, Nina and Kim, who ironically live in the same town an hour-and-a-half north of us in Maine.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;We agreed to meet on Zoom and brainstorm promotion ideas. Publication, at that point, was four months away. While on our first of many Zoom calls, we dubbed ourselves the “Awakenings: Northern New England Team.” As we tossed ideas around, we noted them in a Google Doc and color-coded each promotional idea or outreach responsibility by author name. This made it easier to keep our small team updated on progress, by glancing at line items that we marked in Orange (not started), Yellow (in progress), Green (completed or confirmed), or Red (denied or not possible).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Among the “wins” we racked up:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;A team post, published on the &lt;i&gt;Brevity Blog&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A podcast interview that combined our discussion of the anthology with how it tied into the movie “Goodnight to You, Leo Grande” (starring the tremendously talented Emma Thompson, where she examines her own body self-esteem)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A second podcast, focused on true stories read by writers who lived them&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A literary salon reading&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A feature interview in the much loved &lt;i&gt;WOW!&lt;/i&gt; “Markets” newsletter&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;We also landed a bookstore reading that finally took place six months after securing the spot. Yep, this is why planning book promotions months in advance is essential!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTTiq5I-GNdDvFeGvR3Wvn6D50XBKEX1fpab0_mS7KqAthgCJHpZKiEszjgARWXk04KCLXaZj6zvFm4msxfxJ7a83OAKbdR1Hh5FUlHa0CYYOyTNfrC8DXGUgRX1kjFZwAuML3M727Ub3i7e-02G85Cn_3JfIhTdyqZ10AnNeVLoOlsr8qIyASw/s935/Portland%20Reading%20Collage.png&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;517&quot; data-original-width=&quot;935&quot; height=&quot;354&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTTiq5I-GNdDvFeGvR3Wvn6D50XBKEX1fpab0_mS7KqAthgCJHpZKiEszjgARWXk04KCLXaZj6zvFm4msxfxJ7a83OAKbdR1Hh5FUlHa0CYYOyTNfrC8DXGUgRX1kjFZwAuML3M727Ub3i7e-02G85Cn_3JfIhTdyqZ10AnNeVLoOlsr8qIyASw/w640-h354/Portland%20Reading%20Collage.png&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Image: Ann Kathryn Kelly&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;On a windy night in early March, Sandell and I carpooled from coastal Portsmouth, New Hampshire to meet Nina and Kim, who traveled from their small town to Portland, Maine. After enjoying an early dinner together, we walked a few blocks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.printbookstore.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Print: A Bookstore&lt;/a&gt; where we each read a five-minute excerpt of our pieces, before taking questions from the audience.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcZTd5ZfoWzLjYtjNw_AAsWvnYffBcliKP0TW6iDK5tM87VlN_fiMs3rI9tBDyJ_9H1hTP9nD0spNzJoc13RgiO_tETbDM4v5o_-VyFJn_rcUThE_DGxluXnZ6cg1_eeISG7Vz4BsplMAlzTYPsRdX3rWRwA02izQP7gqWSt7_Vn_L7J2J106Dg/s1171/Brunswick%20Reading.PNG&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1171&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1170&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcZTd5ZfoWzLjYtjNw_AAsWvnYffBcliKP0TW6iDK5tM87VlN_fiMs3rI9tBDyJ_9H1hTP9nD0spNzJoc13RgiO_tETbDM4v5o_-VyFJn_rcUThE_DGxluXnZ6cg1_eeISG7Vz4BsplMAlzTYPsRdX3rWRwA02izQP7gqWSt7_Vn_L7J2J106Dg/w400-h400/Brunswick%20Reading.PNG&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;While walking back to our cars and feeling energized after the event, we wondered if we could pull together another audience reading sometime in the coming months. A day later, Nina—being the rock star she is—had already secured our second in-person event! Our Northern New England quartet is scheduled to read at a library in Brunswick, Maine, six weeks from now.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Teamwork!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I’m enjoying the camaraderie with these enthusiastic and talented writers, and it’s energizing to see our group tick off actionable promotion ideas on our Google Doc. As enjoyable as the reading was at Print Bookstore, I value even more the time I spent getting to know them during our Zoom calls and especially at dinner in Portland a few weeks ago.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Onward, to our next event in May!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ann Kathryn Kelly writes from New Hampshire’s Seacoast region. &lt;a href=&quot;https://annkkelly.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://annkkelly.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  125. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/03/finding-my-northern-tribe.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ann Kathryn Kelly)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEpAEnTpbDekcDDMdZRX8ICL_1wHD9pbqkx2WqhLC_X647_fTWQyKnFeJoS1sVta4P574t4C_LG5R0FLvpj0w0pOg0-jE1AughSXlolPiVh7Jdav61taS5d0TOWdPRmqXL5zfZoUVnXqFYevWX2paQcxb2yItRYCSQBtrQJo_QCQFo7NNJVWscg/s72-w480-h640-c/Portland%20Reading-1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612293.post-5231252117081495550</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-03-26T00:00:00.247-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fall 2023 WOW! Flash Fiction Contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">interview</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Runner up</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sue Bradford Edwards</category><title>INTERVIEW WITH CARIE JUETTNER, RUNNER UP IN THE WOW! FALL 2023 FLASH FICTION CONTEST</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Y7QaUlBcqR84iR4SfyF8mTcqM7s5sfZV9jOQ5BTYilbbsTfx4Y-Dvd8jajl3Ooh_J8A37SCcIVs7IxSccBVrlm4gJlqLzC8dIVqeXvcHKkJ6cemFubwJEd8vw7nhukU1xv1g8VuMLoQmPTfYTXs5sDlIX8AZkcIQj_lW12zr6-jrtCj4sgMa/s420/WOW%20Juettner.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;420&quot; data-original-width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Y7QaUlBcqR84iR4SfyF8mTcqM7s5sfZV9jOQ5BTYilbbsTfx4Y-Dvd8jajl3Ooh_J8A37SCcIVs7IxSccBVrlm4gJlqLzC8dIVqeXvcHKkJ6cemFubwJEd8vw7nhukU1xv1g8VuMLoQmPTfYTXs5sDlIX8AZkcIQj_lW12zr6-jrtCj4sgMa/s320/WOW%20Juettner.jpg&quot; width=&quot;229&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carie Juettner taught seventh grade English for nineteen years before leaving the classroom to write full time. She is the author of The Ghostly Tales of Dallas, The Ghostly Tales of Delaware, and three more books in the Spooky America series for young readers. Her poems and short stories have appeared in over fifty print anthologies and online publications, including Daily Science Fiction, The Twin Bill, and Havok. Her story “&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/90-FE1-Fall18Contest-Carie-Juettner.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Phoenix&lt;/a&gt;” was a runner-up in WoW’s Fall 2018 Flash Fiction Contest. Carie lives in Richardson, Texas, with her husband and pets. She spends her free time reading, painting, doing yoga, and volunteering with a local wildlife organization. To learn more about Carie, visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://cariejuettner.com&quot;&gt;cariejuettner.com&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/dQgQ8Ai/CarieJuettner&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;sign up&lt;/a&gt; to receive her newsletter.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you haven&#39;t read her story, &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/printable/110-FE1-Fall23Contest-Carie-Juettner.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sam&lt;/a&gt;,&quot; take a moment to do so.&amp;nbsp; Then come back and learn more about her writing process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;-------&lt;i&gt;interview by Sue Bradford Edwards-------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: What was the inspiration for “Sam”?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;Carie:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I wrote “Sam” one week after my own hysterectomy, so much of it is drawn from my personal experience. Although it is not a true story, there is a lot of truth in it. For instance, unlike my narrator, I was rarely alone during my hospital stay, thanks to my husband and family making the time to be there with me, but I did tell my favorite nurse how pretty she was multiple times while I was still on heavy pain meds. (She was! I hope she enjoyed hearing it.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;While I was recovering at home in bed, I had a lot of time to read and write. With this big life event so fresh on my mind and the scars still fresh on my body, I found myself mostly journaling about the surgery and how I felt about it both physically and emotionally. This was my first time staying in the hospital as a patient, and I wanted to capture the experience while it was still new. I decided to write a fiction story about it and try to focus on the setting details. Since my own procedure went smoothly, thankfully without any complications or surprises, I gave the fiction story a twist at the end.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW:&amp;nbsp; And what a twist!&amp;nbsp; Revision is a vital part of the writing process.  How did “Sam” change between the initial draft and the draft you submitted?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;Carie:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; I couldn’t sit up to type for the first week after my procedure, so the original draft of “Sam” is scrawled in my journal in handwriting that most people would have trouble deciphering. The story poured out of me complete, so it didn’t change plot-wise during revision. But when I typed it up later, it was too long, so I had to shorten it by taking out unnecessary details and tightening up the language.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: Knowing what you can cut seems to be a vital part of writing flash. What advice do you have for our readers who have never written flash before?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;Carie:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt; Try it! Writing flash fiction is fun, and if you struggle with being too wordy (like me) it’s a great exercise in revision and refining word choice. I suggest thinking small and starting with a single moment, then making the reader feel like they are in that moment with the narrator. I think it’s important to ground the reader in real life details they can hold onto, even if the story has a supernatural element.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: The supernatural seems to be your realm. What projects are you currently working on and where can our readers find your work?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;Carie:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; I write for Arcadia’s Spooky America series, which allows young readers to explore the history of haunted places across the U.S. My “Ghostly Tales” books cover the creepy characters in Dallas, Austin, Burlington, Delaware, and New England. The books can be ordered online or from any bookstore, but you can also get a signed, personalized copy for the ghost-loving kid in your life by contacting me through my website: cariejuettner.com.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;In addition to ghost stories, I also write humorous middle grade novels with animal characters. I’m currently seeking an agent for my book about a raccoon trying to leave a life of crime.
  126. The best way to stay up-to-date on my events, book-related news, and ghostly encounters is to subscribe to my author &lt;a href=&quot;https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/dQgQ8Ai/CarieJuettner&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;newsletter&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW: How does “Sam” differ from what you normally write?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;Carie:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; Most of my writing is either funny, scary, or aimed at young readers. “Sam” is none of these things, but it still found its way to publication. This shows that writers sometimes need to venture out of their comfort zones and try something different: a new genre, a new style, a new audience. You never know what might happen!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;WOW:&amp;nbsp; We are so glad that you ventured outside your norm.&amp;nbsp; Thank you for stopping in to share your ideas with our readers!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;(C) Copyright wow-womenonwriting.com&lt;/p&gt;
  127. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com&quot;&gt;WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt; Women On Writing&lt;/a&gt; for lively interviews and how-tos. Check out WOW&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/WOWclasses.html&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; and learn something new. Enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php&quot;&gt;Quarterly Writing Contests&lt;/a&gt;. Open Now!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2024/03/interview-with-carie-juettner-runner-up.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sue Bradford Edwards)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Y7QaUlBcqR84iR4SfyF8mTcqM7s5sfZV9jOQ5BTYilbbsTfx4Y-Dvd8jajl3Ooh_J8A37SCcIVs7IxSccBVrlm4gJlqLzC8dIVqeXvcHKkJ6cemFubwJEd8vw7nhukU1xv1g8VuMLoQmPTfYTXs5sDlIX8AZkcIQj_lW12zr6-jrtCj4sgMa/s72-c/WOW%20Juettner.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

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