Ask the Author: Gayle A. Pritchard
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Gayle A. Pritchard
The best advice I have for aspiring writers is be a reader. Read everything. Read all the time. Then, make quiet time for yourself, and practice your craft. You can't be a writer if you don't write.
Gayle A. Pritchard
While I don’t segregate my reading by season, I have a large stack I am always working my way through. Because I attend The HippoCamp Creative Nonfiction Conference in late summer, my stack recently doubled.
I read constantly. I read literary and otger magazines while I’m washing up for bed, brushing my teeth, or soaking in the tub. With boohs, I read several at once, but usually different genres. I can read several essays over lunch, or maybe one ot two of the short stories in the super thick collection of Ray Bradbury stories. I have been reading thar one on and off for years.
I read constantly. I read literary and otger magazines while I’m washing up for bed, brushing my teeth, or soaking in the tub. With boohs, I read several at once, but usually different genres. I can read several essays over lunch, or maybe one ot two of the short stories in the super thick collection of Ray Bradbury stories. I have been reading thar one on and off for years.
Gayle A. Pritchard
Well crafted fictional worlds are so inviting. Which one would I love to travel to? What would I do there? Since J.K. Rowling had her birthday yesterday, the same day as my sister's, I have her on my mind. I first read her Harry Potter series to my eldest grandchild, and I admit that I was completely enthralled with the world she created in that series. My childhood imagination was re-opened as I traveled through Hogwarts, Daigon Alley and all the other places Harry and his friends went. That is where I would go. I always wanted to be a wizard. How about you?
Gayle A. Pritchard
My inspiration for writing comes out of the habit and discipline of writing. By showing up and making room, the stories emerge.
Gayle A. Pritchard
I am currently working on a series of essays about my family. In my writing group, a group made up of artists, musicians, poets AND writers, we have been sharing our responses to prompts once a month. For me, the prompts have generated both essays and artwork related to them. It is very stimulating, and I can't stop!
Gayle A. Pritchard
I was giving a lecture about Ohio art quilts at the Ohio Historical Society, so I had done a lot of research in preparation. I was curating The Artist as Quiltmaker exhibition at the time, as well, a long-standing biennial art quilt exhibition, and had access to the entry forms and images going back to 1980. A representative from Ohio University Press was in attendance, and approached my mentor, the late Ricky Clark, about creating a series of books about Ohio quilts. I was selected to write about the art quilt movement in Ohio.
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