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Paula R. Hilton

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Originally from New Castle, Pennsylvania, Paula R. Hilton earned her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA from the University of New Orleans. Her fiction, essays, and poetry have appeared on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion website and NPR’s This I Believe, as well as in a number of literary journals, including The Tulane Review, Kalliope, and Ellipsis.

Hilton’s debut novel, Little Miss Chaos, was a short-listed finalist in the 2014 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition.

She lives with her husband, son, and daughter in Fleming Island, Florida, and is working on Daphne and the Delirious Girls, her second book for young adults.

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Paula R. Hilton I'm not going to say that I don't believe in writer's block, but I'll admit that I hate the term. What I do believe is that if you say you're blocked,…moreI'm not going to say that I don't believe in writer's block, but I'll admit that I hate the term. What I do believe is that if you say you're blocked, you will be. It's a terrible, self-fulfilling prophecy. If progress on a book stalls for a bit, I prefer to see the lull as the story simply needing a little more time on the stove to simmer. If I trust that the ingredients in the pot are good ones, I can be patient and deal with the frustration of those days when the words refuse to come quickly. So if one project isn't cooperating, my trick for staying productive is to choose a different one for a bit, say an essay, short story or poem. The key, for me, is to never stop writing and to never give up on your novel. As long as you're committed to it, the lulls aren't as scary as you might think and they start happening with less frequency too, especially when you continue to write right through them. (less)
Paula R. Hilton I'm inspired by the complexity of human nature. My favorite character to create is one who is flawed, very broken in some way, who still manages to be…moreI'm inspired by the complexity of human nature. My favorite character to create is one who is flawed, very broken in some way, who still manages to be a force of good in the world. It may take this character 287 pages to get to that endpoint, but that's a journey I love to take. (less)
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