Tugging Heartstrings

By Courtney Pierce




I can tell when an author has personal experience with the
pain and conflict they write about. I dive into a book—my own or someone
else’s—with a load of cargo that sticks and prickles in my skin like emotional
Velcro. Experiences with love, loss, betrayal, divorce, and death give us fuel
to connect with like-minded characters. That’s why I pump my protagonists full of