by Melissa Scholes Young
At a reading for my first novel, a reader waited patiently at the microphone and asked, “Why would someone like you write about people like this?”
My friend in the front row shook their head. The bookseller hosting me inched closer. I smiled and asked back, “Someone like me? People like this?” The audience laughed. It relieved the tension.
It was actually a good question, albeit loaded. My rural accent thickens when I speak into microphones or sit in rocking...
Published on June 09, 2021 04:00