Ten Questions for Omotara James
“Your instinct to wait to publish is right. You only get one debut.” —Omotara James, author of Song of My Softening
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“Your instinct to wait to publish is right. You only get one debut.” —Omotara James, author of Song of My Softening
“The computer I write on is never allowed to go online.” —Margot Livesey, author of The Road From Belhaven
“Don’t stop writing, no matter what.” —Diana Khoi Nguyen, author of Root Fractures
“In the intimacy of the book, I feel very vulnerable.” —Zachary Pace, author of I Sing to Use the Waiting: A Collection of Essays About the Women Singers Who’ve Made Me Who I Am
“I tend to expect the path to be straightforward. It seldom is.” —Kimberly Blaeser, author of Ancient Light
“Start with what interests you, and keep going.” —Cynthia Zarin, author of Inverno
“By the time I finished I actually felt that the topic had chosen me.” —Erika Howsare, author of The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship With Our Wild Neighbors
Ten authors answer the question: What’s the best piece of writing advice you’ve ever received?
“Writing kept me grounded, but it also reopened some wounds.” —Melissa Rivero, author of Flores and Miss Paula
“I struggled with the urge to tame my voice.” —James W. Jennings, author of Wings of Red