Ask the Author: Helen Epstein
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Helen Epstein
Usually it's not an idea but an impulse to investigate.
Helen Epstein
When I look back on how I started writing what I remember most clearly is being sent away to a summer camp for inner-city kids in the 1950s (I was then considered a refugee child and we lived in the middle of Manhattan). Every afternoon we had a rest period during which we were required to write letters to family and friends. I remember howmuch I loved the stationary and the fountain pen I used, as well as the thrill of putting my thoughts and feelings into words and then getting responses back. That was the beginning.
Helen Epstein
Pay attention to everyone and everything around you. Take notes.
Helen Epstein
Not having to get dressed in the morning and (most of the time) not having to dress up!
Helen Epstein
First Love and Recovery: A Memoir
Helen Epstein
I have various things I do. If it's good weather, I take the dog for a walk and almost always come back refreshed. I almost always begin the rereading what I'm working on. There's always something to polish and then I get drawn into the narrative and want to keep going.
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