When Did You Know You Were a Writer? New interview with the Bookish Dame

Many thanks to Deborah Previte, "A Bookish Libraria" blogger, for earlier this week running an interview and a review of Sleeping with Patty Hearst.
Here's the beginning:

"When did you decide you wanted to be an author and when did you know you were one?

I wrote for a number of years—virtually every day—before I was comfortable calling myself a writer. Because I love books so much, the claim seemed audacious, like calling myself a princess or a movie star. But the urge to write came to me very early. When I was in the third grade, I remember finding a slim red volume in the library titled “Someday You Will Be a Writer.” It was like I had found a genie who knew my wish before I did ..."
READ MORE (click on link and scroll down to see complete interview and review)
http://bit.ly/uVyucZ

I'm still pleasantly flabbergasted to be compared to Carson McCullers. Thanks again to Ms. Previte, and what a great week!
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Published on December 03, 2011 06:12 Tags: carson-mccullers, deborah-previte, interview, sleeping-with-patty-hearst
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