Ask the Author: AnnaLee Conti
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AnnaLee Conti
In 1969, I was living in Anchorage, Alaska, while my husband was in Vietnam for a year. I met a lady at church, and we became friends. Her husband was an Army officer at Fort Richardson, and she had four young children. He was abusive to her and had caused her to miscarry a child previously. One night she disappeared. Another friend and I contacted the authorities, but to my knowledge, she was never found. I often wonder what happened to her.
AnnaLee Conti
Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy. I love how their characters develop as they overcome their pride and prejudice to find true love.
AnnaLee Conti
By taking a break from writing to read stories and how-to books.
AnnaLee Conti
I love to tell stories. Writing them makes them available to anyone who is interested in reading them.
AnnaLee Conti
I'm working on Beside Still Waters, Book three of the Alaskan Waters series.
AnnaLee Conti
Read, read, read. Write, write, write. Study the craft of writing and master the tools of grammar, word usage, spelling, punctuation. And persevere. As Raymond Obstfeld said, "The main difference between successful writers and wannabe writers is not talent--it's perseverance."
AnnaLee Conti
While my book is entirely fiction, my imagination was triggered by a true incident I discovered while researching my nonfiction book about my grandparents, who spent 65 years in Alaska as pioneer missionaries, 1917-1982..
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