Ask the Author: Sarah C. Patten
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Sarah C. Patten
The best thing about writing is delving into my imagination every day. I get to time travel and jump into the imagined minds and hearts of characters from another place and time each day.
Sarah C. Patten
I read so much. I love stories and language and words. When I read something beautiful, it inspires me to write more.
Sarah C. Patten
I am rounding the bend on my second novel. The effects of the pandemic threw many hurdles in the way of steady progress, but I am making my way. It is, oddly enough, about a time when the human spirit prevailed over sickness, as the story goes… At the turn of the 19th century, Sweet P is nearly twenty and lives in a broken down farmhouse in a small town in Tennessee with her grandfather and her catatonically depressed mother. Her life changes forever when Ordelia, an enchanting, blind traveling sales-woman comes to live with them. Ordelia works as a medicine show-woman and sells her Water of Life tonic, door to door, town to town. When Ordelia and Sweet P’s grandfather fall deeply in love, Sweet P joins them on the road and transforms from farm girl to bejeweled hustler, traveling throughout the country with Ordelia’s band of outcast performers. Ordelia takes Sweet P under her wing and teaches her about life’s grand show—the journey of suffering, sickness, secrets, promises, and love, life’s greatest balm.
Sarah C. Patten
Write every day and surround yourself with supportive and loving people.
Sarah C. Patten
About ten years ago, I became interested in female spy stories from WWII. After all, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and these stories were incredible, filled with bravery, love, betrayal, revenge. But what I loved most about these women were how unexpected and heroic their lives were. They were couriers, farm girls from Iowa, Polish orphans, etc.. They all found their way into the Resistance through the most unexpected and unlikely paths. So about five years ago, I decided to write my own female spy story called THE MEASURE OF GOLD.
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