Ask the Author: Breena Clarke
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Breena Clarke
I usually answer this question by saying that I don't experience this state. I have not yet gotten to a place where all words fail me. Since I really, really enjoy reading, I usually read the work of some of the many writers whose work I admire and I keep rooting around to discover new writing. I also go out and about on public transport or out to the food court at the mall and watch people and I record what I see and think. Next thing I know some new idea comes alive. Writing happens all the time.
Breena Clarke
I enjoy uncovering information about the lives of the folks who are largely ignored in mainstream historical and sociological narratives. So then I get excited to make up the not known bits and weave them into a fabric -- a story.
Breena Clarke
I love basketball - watching - and I have a lot of basketball wisdom in the form of aphorisms. I have stolen this from NIKE (yikes!): JUST DO IT! It works for writing and sports. Also a favorite in my house: THEY DON'T PUT ALMOST ON THE SCOREBOARD! And this jewel: TAKE IT HARD TO THE HOLE! In other words: BE PASSIONATE AND WORK HARD
Breena Clarke
I suppose the best thing about being a writer is writing. Often I feel like pinching myself to consider my good fortune in being able to practice a vocation that is so deeply, personally satisfying. I have always genuinely admired and enjoyed people who write books. I love being in that club.
Breena Clarke
In 2005 I visited the New York Historical Soceity's exhibit Slavery In New York and was intrigued by the many aspects of slavery as commerce in humans beings and that New York City, as the financial capitol of the nation, was also a crucial part of the slave trade and of the trade in slave-produced goods.
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