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By: Caroline Starr Rose,
on 8/13/2012
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Anna Ingwersen is my childhood best friend, aspiring novelist, and author of a new blog called
Mother Freakin' Writers. She's running some great interviews about writing and mothering.
From
Kathryn Burak, author of EMILY'S DRESS AND OTHER MISSING THINGS:
You gave all this up for us? [My children] were sad for me, and at that moment I was sad for me too, but it was also important to tell them this--because of all the things I could say to children about the time they spend on earth, this is the most important--If you are lucky, you get to make choices.
I was lucky. I chose to make Halloween costumes, and birthday cakes that looked like pirate ships. I chose to direct school plays and teach poetry workshops. I started a film club and we made great films. I was part of a wonderful group of people who sold pizza for a year and earned enough money to build a labyrinth at my kids' school. I had the pleasure of knowing all their classmates, and sharing with those kids my love of words, and most of all, watching all of them grow up together. It was a great pleasure. It was an enormous pleasure.
I think I chose well. And most significantly, I had the opportunity to choose. And nothing about that is sad. But it was also important to tell them every choice is a trade. Something for something else.
And that morning earlier that summer when I woke up in bed with all my regrets I was thinking about that, too--of the conscious decisions you make and how they tally up, how they are the sum of your days. Go here for more.
Katie and I met via the blogosphere several years ago. We've followed a similar agent to sale to publication time frame. I'm happy to share Katie and her book, Wildflowers in Winter, with you today.
What inspired you to write this story?
In the wee hours of the morning, while nursing my son, the voice of a twelve-year old girl came into my head and wouldn’t leave. So I sat down and wrote the prologue, only I didn’t have any story to go with it.
At the same time, I was thinking a lot about my best friend growing up. We’d lost touch in college. Her life went in one direction. Mine went in another. And I remember thinking that even though we’d grown apart, even though we didn’t know each other that well anymore, our memories and our past bonded us. I also remember wondering what, if anything, might draw us together again. All these thoughts made me want to write a story that explored the bonds of friendship.
So I decided to squish those two stories together and Wildflowers from Winter was born.
What was your publication process like, from initial idea to sale?
14 Comments on Katie Ganshert Interview+Giveaway, last added: 5/21/2012
Thanks for pointing us over! What a great blog!
Isn't it? This post continues to inspire me.
Ooh. I really love that. It's true - we are so lucky to be able to make choices. It is a true blessing.
Yes. Having the option is hugely freeing.