Appearing in JANE'S STORIES II, an anthology by Wild Dove Press, Palatine, IL. A short piece on how writers use their childhood and experiences as grist for fiction.
I grew up in St. Charles, MO, on the banks of the Missouri River and have powerful memories of the floods there. When I was writing NIGHT RIDE HOME in 1993, I went back to Missouri for a visit and a friend took me out to see the devastation left by that more recent great flood. What I saw hooked into my other memories and turned them into the major metaphor of the novel I was in the middle of. Interesting in how fiction writers must gather together and reassemble the material for their books.
Barbara: I came upon this piece, & the rest of your AD site, thru a search on MD authors (I'm one, too). Your "What the Rivers Teach Us" is poignant & calls to mind the way I write everything -- from personal experience, be it my own, someone I've interviewed, or taken from a document related to someone long dead. There are no fiction stories anywhere near as great as those that originate in the truth. Whether a writer is doing a fiction or non-fiction work, truth as a basis is far richer than anything that can be imagined!
Blessings -- Linda Alexander
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http://www.authorsden.com/lindajalexander
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Democratic Dilemmas and Divine Inspiration examines the significance or relevance of the idea that the U.S. Constitution was, as many believe, divinely inspired. How much did that belief matter to founders of the nation and how much does it matter no
Blessings -- Linda Alexander
http://www.i-am-america.net
http://www.authorsden.com/lindajalexander
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/17370