Ask the Author: Angie Cavallari
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Angie Cavallari
In a dark corner of a basement, two strange beasts feasted on the torn flesh of a human. The victim's dead eyes were open and familiar to the witness of this vile scene— the victim was indeed also the witness.
Angie Cavallari
I tend to read memoirs and historical fiction so the worlds and setting are not fantasy but very real.
Angie Cavallari
The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson and Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South.
Angie Cavallari
I would have to say the sheer enjoyment of storytelling. However, most of my best writing was created during the most stressful times in my life. I'll go ahead and quote one of my favorite authors, Chuck Palahniuk who said, "art never comes from happiness.”
Angie Cavallari
I pick up a book and start reading. Seriously, it helps immensely by getting your mind off what you are writing and gets your brain back into reader mode.
Angie Cavallari
Don't be hard on yourself and agonize over every word. Cleverness or the best turn of a phrase tends to happen after you warm up a bit.
Angie Cavallari
Trailer Trash: an '80s Memoir is the first in a three-part series. My next book picks up where the first one leaves off and chronicles my teen years in the '90s.
Angie Cavallari
I have always felt a need to write. I started keeping a journal when I was in third grade. As you can tell from the book's description, my childhood was not ideal so writing allowed me to escape. To me, not writing is like losing a bit of my soul.
Angie Cavallari
I am a big fan of memoirs and in particular, David Sedaris. After my umpteenth attempt at writing a novel, it dawned on me that my odd childhood would make for a great story. This epiphany occurred while I was sitting in a church service. I wrote the entire chapter outline on a bulletin before the doxology was finished and started writing the minute I got home.
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