Ask the Author: Zia Wesley
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Zia Wesley
One of the people in the crowd outside the glass house screamed, "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." The entire crowd let their stones fly.
Zia Wesley
South Africa as depicted in Out of Africa, in the nineteen-twenties. I'd live happily ever after.
Zia Wesley
Criminals: my family's life on both sides of the law by Robert Siegel, Pandora's Seed by Spencer Wells, The Baltimore Book of the Dead by Marion Winik, First Comes Love by Marion Winik
Zia Wesley
Alobar and Kudra from Tom Robbins' Jitterbug Perfume because of their quest to find immortality and their sense of humor and sensuality as it relates to food and perfume. Does that make any sense to you?
Zia Wesley
In 1971 I read a short chapter in an obscure out-of-print book from the UK that briefly told the "legend" of her story. At that time there had been little if any confirmation of Aimee's existence within the seraglio.
Zia Wesley
I first read about 25 pages on Aimée (my main character) in 1971 and felt like I was watching or remembering the story unfold as I read. Her story never left me and when I had the chance to finally see if I could tell it myself, I wrote for ten hours a day for two years. This was before the internet was invented and I lived in a remote valley in southern Colorado with the only library forty five miles away. Six years later when I moved back to the Bay Area, I practically moved into the local library where I discovered that many of the characters and situations I thought I'd "imagined" were actually real.I was hopelessly hooked from the very beginning.
Zia Wesley
The second and final book in my Veil and The Crown series; The French Sultana.
Zia Wesley
There is an old secret to writing...you need to sit down and write.
Zia Wesley
Being able to do it anywhere.
Zia Wesley
I do something else, usually physical like hiking or swimming, and always outside. Getting away from my desk/computer and writing always gives me a fresh perspective and often brings insights. I do a lot of Yoga and meditation to keep my mind and body awake and receptive. Even just deep slow breathing is helpful.
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