Ask the Author: Rita Robinson
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Rita Robinson
The Outermost House: a Year of Life on the Great beach of Cape Cod, Henry Beston, originally published in 1928. I would like to be there to experience the ocean at its best and worst, to see its gentle and harsh side, but something always full of life. I could also catch sight of some of the great bird migrations.
Rita Robinson
Growing up White in Central Los Angeles.
Rita Robinson
Claire Daussois, Belgium resistance fighter during WW2, and Ted, a downed American pilot share a dangerous love affair against a backdrop of war, betrayal, bravery, harshness and tenderness, knowing everything is temporary. The book: Resistance, by Anita Shreve.
Rita Robinson
Hi Jason. I just completed a book that's now in my agent's hands. After writing it, since it's about writing, I decided that I need some time to read, study, analyze and pay more attention to the world before starting another one. I don't feel as bold and brazen as I once did when it comes to putting words on paper. Writers thrive on risk and challenge. I want to continue taking risks and challenges, but to also do it intelligently and informed.
Rita Robinson
I'm working on a fiction story, and also a book to encourage older writers to tell their stories and get them "out there."
Rita Robinson
From the urge to have some fun.
Rita Robinson
Have something to say, and a story to tell. Work hard before playing hard. Learn to roll with change, and know that what is here today will more than likely be gone tomorrow. Finally, know that anxiety is part of the writing life, and so what?
Rita Robinson
I'm never bored, and it keeps me on my toes, since writers need to keep abreast of what's going on in the world, and not just their own world.
Rita Robinson
Never experienced it in nearly 30 years of writing and selling. I was divorced, and supporting myself for 24 of those years. Writing paid the bills, helped me travel, and made me feel good. It led to many places, people, and ideas that I would never have found had I not been a writer.
Rita Robinson
I took a creative writing class at a local community college. To receive a grade in the class we had to submit a story or article to a magazine. I wrote a short fiction story, with tremendous anxiety submitted it, and cried when it sold. It was like the Red Sea parting. .
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