Ask the Author: Nancy Hersage
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Nancy Hersage
I love living inside my head. The chance to imagine someone else's life and then tell the story of that life and the people in that life is more than entertaining, it's downright sublime.
Nancy Hersage
A sequel to Follow the Dotted Line.
Nancy Hersage
When I first began writing, I would stay at my desk until I overcame the problem I was facing in a story. Now I get up and walk around, eat, watch TV and remain confidence an answer will come. It always does.
All of my blocks are specific story blocks. I've never not been able to sit down and write. I just love it.
All of my blocks are specific story blocks. I've never not been able to sit down and write. I just love it.
Nancy Hersage
The one trait that absolutely separates writers from non-writers is that writers actually sit down and do it. Writing is similar to other professions: people of varying talents and skill levels can succeed in the profession, but you have to practice the art. You can't just talk about it.
Nancy Hersage
I have been writing my entire career. Writing is how I've made my living: plays, musicals, movies, screenplays, treatments, and tons and tons of newspaper, magazine articles and ad copy.
Nancy Hersage
Many of the events in the story actually are part of my family history. I have changed names and fooled with generations and made up a great deal of material, but most of the things in the book happened to someone in my family.
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