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Anna Quinn is the author of ANGELINE, (Blackstone Publishing, 2023), and THE NIGHT CHILD, (Blackstone, 2018). Her writing has appeared in Psychology Today, Brevity, Medium, Writers’ Digest, Washington 129 Anthology, Alone Together Anthology and more. Anna is the founder and former owner of The Writers’ Workshoppe and Imprint Bookstore in Port Townsend, WA.

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Anna Quinn Writing makes me feel alive. When I see or hear or experience something viscerally, I feel an intense urge to write about it, look more closely at it,…moreWriting makes me feel alive. When I see or hear or experience something viscerally, I feel an intense urge to write about it, look more closely at it, turn it over and peer underneath it, maybe shake it, sometimes deconstruct it and create something new. Also, it’s a way to not be silenced, to break silences. To give voice to issues I care deeply about.


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Anna Quinn Dear Cassandra, Thank you for reading The Night Child and for your kind words, also your interesting question. I set TNC in the nineties because I did…moreDear Cassandra, Thank you for reading The Night Child and for your kind words, also your interesting question. I set TNC in the nineties because I didn't want to have technology as character. It was so important for me to give Nora and Margaret a voice—they'd been silenced for so long, that I wanted to invite readers into the theater without any tech distractions. Setting TNC in the 90's allowed me to also place Maeve in a time (1963) when there was very little therapeutic support—abuse, any abuse just wasn’t talked about...and without support Maeve continued to believe that the child was at fault, the child must be doing something provocative to entice the father—which became another layer of betrayal for Nora to cope with. Hope this helps—Anna(less)
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Hey, I know things are hard right now, but it’s vital we choose hope over fear. Stand shoulder to shoulder with it. Because fear constricts. Makes us tight. Feeds more fear. Divides, disparages, denigrates. Erodes health. Erodes good decision making. Makes us stuck. Closes us down at time when our power is needed more than ever to come up with new solutions and stand up for what we believe. Hope i Read more of this blog post »
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“She’s never understood the arbitrary nature of God, the logic behind “some are blessed and some are damned,” hates when people exclaim, “I’m so blessed!” every time they get a parking spot or survive cancer, as if people who can’t find a parking spot or die from cancer aren’t blessed and should work harder to earn God’s favor and protection.”
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“She closes her eyes and breathes in rhythm with the ebb and flow of the ocean. Her grandfather told her once, as they sat on the shore of Galway Bay, that on the ebb, the waves gathered up secrets and carried them away, and on the flow, the secrets spilled into new places until they were heard. She'd asked him if he'd heard any secrets, but he'd only put his finger on her lips and said, "Listen.”
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“Everyone has their own way of being brave.”
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“Writing is about you, the writer—your heart, your body, your mind. It's about how you carry grief and joy and pain and fear and hesitations and love. In a world that so often feels unsteady and unkind, writing is a way of holding on—a lantern you carry, a small, stubborn act of hope that says: I was here and this is what I saw, this is what I heard, this is what I touched, this is what I felt.”
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Thank you, Susan! Jan 30th feels like a long time away!


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