Recent Articles and Interviews
Interview with best selling author, Kellie Coates Gilbert
A discussion with Kellie Coats Gilbert on writing, Scotland, and DIGNITY & GRACE.
Interview with A Novel Bee Book Club
A discussion with Annie Horsky McDonnell on THE ART OF REMEMBERING.
THE WRITE REVIEW – Interview II
An interview with Annie Horsky McDonnell of The Write Review on THE ART OF REMEMBERING.
What if I can’t write anymore?
While shepherding a new book through a launch, I experience what can only be described as separation anxiety from writing, but then, when it’s time to get back to it, the all too familiar crash of confidence and nagging question re-emerges. What if I can’t write anymore? Read the full article.
BLUE SKY BOOK CHAT ON FACEBOOK
A live chat on THE ART OF REMEMBERING.
CHRIS RICE COOPER BLOG
Inside the Emotion of Fiction: “THE ART OF REMEMBERING”
My latest novel is titled THE ART OF REMEMBERING. When I started writing it, many moons ago, I called it A Dent in the Universe. It was pretty attached to the name, so when my agent told me she didn’t like it and that it didn’t encapsulate the spirit of the book, I had to take a deep breath and let it go. Read the full interview.
THE WRITE REVIEW – Interview I
An interview with Annie Horsky McDonnell of The Write Review on THE ART OF REMEMBERING.
Writing Rituals – Do I Have Any?
I recently read Daily Rituals, by Mason Currey. It’s a fascinating account of the creative processes of a collection of famous artists, authors, composers and choreographers. Who knew that Anthony Trollope, rose before dawn every day and wrote three thousand words before going to his job at the post office, or that Thomas Wolfe wrote standing up in his kitchen, using the top of the refrigerator as his desk?Read the full article.
A #MondayMeet Q&A on A LIFE UNEXPECTED
Have you learned anything about yourself or your writing during this process?
With every book I’ve written I learned something new. I’ve always considered myself a horrible procrastinator. Why do today what can be put off until tomorrow, right? Read the full interview.
To-may-to To-mah-to … The importance of finding an editor who ‘gets’ your writing style
Knowing that I needed the professional wit and wisdom of (at least) one such editor – the challenge was on. Beginning my writing career as a Scottish transplant to the USA, I realised that I wrote in a hybrid style involving a mixture of both English and Scottish-isms, Read the full article.
WRITING FUN
An interview with Michelle (Dunton) Cronauer of Writing Fun on A LIFE UNEXPECTED.
Life In Words — My Writing Journey
As a young Scots lass whose family led a somewhat peripatetic existence, moving around the world, reading and writing were a constant that I treasured and often turned to. I was initially inspired by the work of Laura Ingalls Wilder. I’d draw lines on plain paper and write adventure stories, then bind the pages together with string Read the full article.
