Ask the Author: Dorothy Stephens
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Dorothy Stephens
I go for a walk, a bike ride, or a swim and let my brain work on the problem while I exercise, I f that doesn't work, I try writing five sentences every day about random subjects until something finally sparks an idea.
Dorothy Stephens
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Dorothy Stephens
I'm currently working on another novel, about Kate, her husband Marc, and their two small children, who live in married student housing at a large university after World War II. The units in flimsy, wartime barracks-like buildings lack hot water or refrigerators, are heated with coal stoves and have wood stoves for cooking. The story is told from Kate's point of view, as she struggles to make a life in such primitive conditions, with no car and little money, and a student husband who spends a great deal of time in a study group with the beautiful Amanda.
Dorothy Stephens
It came from a traumatic event in my own family over a hundred years ago, and involved a sexual assault on one of the daughters in the family. The result was a surprise, illegitimate birth at a time when this was considered a great disgrace..
The book, A Door Just Opened, will be released by Fire & Ice on September 25.
The book, A Door Just Opened, will be released by Fire & Ice on September 25.
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