Two Chapters and a Dream — How I Finally Published My First Novel
When I was a young adult, I casually wrote short stories and essays and even took a creative writing class in which I completed two chapters of a… Read More
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Posted on • Novels
The Wild Imagination of a Novelist
People often ask where my ideas and characters for my novels come from. My wild imagination, of course. But there is nearly always a seed from my own… Read More
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Behind the story: Women’s Lives, Loss and Social Change in The Captain’s Wife
When I wrote The Captain’s Wife, I wanted Amelia’s world to feel alive with the social forces shaping women’s lives in 1849—forces that were often subtle, whispered, or… Read More