Ask the Author: Priscilla Cogan

“My books, especially Winona's Web, continue to sell. If you have any questions to ask, let me try to answer them. I am currently writing plays.” Priscilla Cogan

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Priscilla Cogan Perhaps Jane Austen's England and I would urge women to stand up for themselves in a patriarchal society,
Priscilla Cogan Over half a million dead in this country, and people still think the virus was a hoax or a political plot. People took their fear of mortality and distracted themselves by stuffing garbage into their brains.
Priscilla Cogan Write based on both your experience and your passion. What concerns you the most? Also set a routine for writing. Maybe pair an instrumental CD to your particular story. Always start the day's writing with editing what you wrote the day before, as it will put you back into the story.
Priscilla Cogan The cathartic joy of writing and letting words give shape to experience.
Priscilla Cogan From the Middle English story of The Marriage of Sir Gawain to Dame Ragnell.
Priscilla Cogan Stories I hear from other people about their experiences or unusual characters they met. I figure what intrigues me will intrigue the audience or the reader.
Priscilla Cogan Rewriting a pandemic play and going back to rewrite my play, LOVE, LUST, AND OTHER LIABILITIES.
Priscilla Cogan Excepr during the worst part of the pandemic, I haven't experienced writer's block, but now instead of novels, I am writing plays. My last book, Clinging To The Moon, was more theatrical in nature and so it was a natural evolution for me to move to plays.
Priscilla Cogan Atakora's Conjure Women, Erdrich's The Future Home of the Living God

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