Saving Annabelle Reading (Audio)
Reading from Saving Annabelle at Hamline University, April 27, 2012.
Looking at the Forest
Saving Annabelle has now been put through four drafts. Most of the chapters have been through way more than four drafts, but the book as a whole has been through four drafts. Yesterday I turned in that fourth draft manuscript to my thesis advisor, and let me tell you,...Split
Why write a particular story? What compels an author to pursue a certain tale over every other possibility? I am not certain I could satisfactorily answer that question for most of my stories. I would probably say things like this is what interested me at the time. Or...An Incredible Reasonableness
Richard Bausch was the visiting author at Hamline last week. During his interview*, he talked about trouble. We writers have to bring trouble upon our characters and right away. I’ll paraphrase: Bausch said that so called “entertainment” fiction is...I'm Alida
I help people express their gifts to the world.
I do not believe in formulas. I believe that the stories we are compelled to tell the world make demands on us, and it is our privilege to meet those demands in order to reach the most people in the most authentic and compelling way possible.
