Ask the Author: Jennifer Haupt
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Jennifer Haupt
Peter, thanks so much for your interest!
I was in Rwanda in 2006, interviewing genocide survivors and aid workers. I also found that the Rwandans did not want to talk about the genocide and the government discouraged them from doing so. The people who were the most open were the women who served as guides at the genocide memorials in the small towns -- churches and schools -- where thousands of people were murdered. Yes, I did base some of the characters on people I met in Rwanda, although they grew into their own people over the course of 11 years!
I was in Rwanda in 2006, interviewing genocide survivors and aid workers. I also found that the Rwandans did not want to talk about the genocide and the government discouraged them from doing so. The people who were the most open were the women who served as guides at the genocide memorials in the small towns -- churches and schools -- where thousands of people were murdered. Yes, I did base some of the characters on people I met in Rwanda, although they grew into their own people over the course of 11 years!
Jennifer Haupt
I fiddle with the pieces of my writing alter on my desk: a pink quartz square that holds a candle, a pink quartz Buddha, a chunk of amethyst, and a vase of sunflowers.
Jennifer Haupt
I'm working on my second novel, and either a memoir or very long essay about altruism.
Jennifer Haupt
I interviewed genocide survivors and humanitarian aid workers in Rwanda for a month in 2006. I went to Rwanda as a journalist and came home with something unexpected: stories about grief, love, and forgiveness that would shape the characters of the novel I would spend 11 years writing.
Jennifer Haupt
Devote one hour, or even 30 minutes, to your writing project every single day.
Jennifer Haupt
I learn about the world, other people and myself.
Jennifer Haupt
I garden, go for a walk or bike ride or clean a neglected counter or corner of the house. (You know it's bad when I tackle the basement!)
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