Today's guest writer is Julie Christine Johnson. She is the author of In Another Life and The Crows of Beara . This essay about how she was inspired to write In Another Life , as well as her writing process. I hope this guest post will give you some insight into her novel. Thank you, Mrs. Johnson. Writing the Layers by Julie Christine Johnson The idea had been nattering away at me for months. More image than story, really: a woman standing on a cliff’s edge; below her stretches Corbières valley in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, laced with vineyards and studded with wind towers. Behind her, a man steps out from the ruins of a Cathar citadel. I was aching to find out who they were and to write their story, but I had no idea how to begin. I’d written and published a handful of short stories, but a novel? In June 2012, I went my first writers’ conference, searching for inspiration to launch me from intention t...
Today marks five years since I began this blog! In that time, I have read a LOT of books, and it has been a tremendous honor to have readers who like my reviews! I have also had the honor to interview some of my favorite authors and host guest posts from the leaders in historical fiction. I sincerely appreciate the readers, authors, publishers, and anyone else who has helped the success of this blog. Here's to plenty more years of celebrating women in history!
Congratulations on five years of book blogging! You're an intrepid spirit and your work is really appreciated by us authors.
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Lennie