Ask the Author: Janie Dempsey Watts
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Janie Dempsey Watts
What a great question. I'd like to know what became of a college friend I knew in California. Where is she now? Where is she now? Would I even recognize her?
Janie Dempsey Watts
As a Southerner, and having become acquainted with this couple when I was about 11, I'd say Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara, of course.
Janie Dempsey Watts
I walk in the field with my horses and let the clutter of living float away. I look to nature for inspiration.
Janie Dempsey Watts
Start writing down your story ideas in a little notebook you carry at all times. Keep building the story from these notes. Pretty soon, pieces of information on your topic seem to come into your field--either through observations or research. Keep thinking, "what if?"
Janie Dempsey Watts
Hearing that a story has inspired a reader to think about something in a new way.
Janie Dempsey Watts
Deadlines keep that block out of the way.
Janie Dempsey Watts
Deadlines keep that block out of the way.
Janie Dempsey Watts
When I was growing up in Georgia, a kind young man who worked on Grandma's farm helped us with our horses. One day my parents were very upset to learn he'd been beaten up, taken away from the area, and told to never return by a group of hooded men. My parents were outraged, but the identities of those who terrorized this kind black man was never found out.
For many years I wondered how this had shaped his life. I thought, what if...and a story begin to unfold in my mind.
For many years I wondered how this had shaped his life. I thought, what if...and a story begin to unfold in my mind.
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