Hi Friends,
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing a quick interview with another Leap Books writer yesterday and thought I’d share! Lisa Cronkhite is the author of the novel Deep in the Meadows – a recent release with the same publishers as Waters …
Lisa Cronkhite lives in the United States and is not only a novelist, she is also a poet. It’s always a pleasure to find out what inspires other writers and glean as much as possible from their knowledge of the craft. Thank you Lisa for being answering a couple of my questions!
Tell me a little about your book… What do you hope people will enjoy about it?
Deep in the Meadows is about a young girl, Bianca “Bee” who is still trying to get over her brother, Jimmy’s death that was 10 months ago. As his year anniversary comes, she starts to feel his presence more and more and starts to think Jimmy’s death may have not been an accident like the police reports say.
I hope people will enjoy the fact that they’re not alone when they grieve and that you can move on, and believe that presence is still with you always. Also about Bee’s mother and mental illness, I want people to become aware how it affects lives.
When did you realize you were a writer?
When I started writing a poem a day, sometimes two a day, it kept pouring out to me. Seems I still have things in me to pour out.
What are some of the things you learned during the revisions?
Show don’t tell. Try to work on my character development as much as possible.
Who are your favorite writers?
Carol Goodman, Brenna Yovanoff
Advice for aspiring writers?
Keep writing. Keep trying new things out. If your POV isn’t working, try a different POV. If present tense isn’t working, try past. Keep having your work critiqued and keep critiquing others, you will gain a lot of insight to your work and build up a support group.
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Thank you for your time, Lisa … I particularly appreciate the advice about how we need to keep writing. And the idea that it’s okay to try a different POV and learn from being critiqued.
Feel free to hop on over to Amazon or Leap Books and buy a copy.
Please come back on Monday for some Fragments … and Wednesday for some Random Bits and Pieces … I have some fun things to share! What I’ve been reading and something else that I’m excited about.
Much Love,
Tina
