Writing Stories
Each episode of Writing Stories features an interview with a contemporary author about how her book went from an idea in her head to an object on a shelf. Join us on Writing Stories for honesty, struggle, and triumph, for writing community, publishing insight, and inspiration to persist in whatever difficult but meaningful journey you've chosen for yourself.
Writing Stories
Four Agents, Three Books, Two Publishers — Jacinda Townsend talks about Saint Monkey and Mother Country
In this episode, Jacinda Townsend talks about her award-winning books Saint Monkey and Mother Country.
Along the way we cover:
Fiction writing as coping mechanism
Being the only Black kid at a fundamentalist Christian school in rural Kentucky
Agent-seeking, scarcity model, and dating
When you and your publisher disagree on the book's major theme
Graywolf press
Answering a psychological question with your first draft, and how publishing brings that answer home to your heart
Buy Saint Monkey here
Buy Mother Country here
Find out more about Jacinda here