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![]() 1. What was the inspiration for your novel? The imprisonment of Oscar Wilde. Soon after Britian changed its laws to make homosexuality (a male having sex with another male) a criminal offense with a punishment of two years in a prison of hard labor, Oscar Wilde was tried and convicted and sentenced to the two years. It was devastating for him and from his writings, De Profundis in particular (which is a letter to his lover while in prison) that moved me to try to understand and imagine what he must have gone through. I couldn’t. The story, a ficitionalized account of the impact his imprisonment had on a lesbian couple living in a small Nevada cattle ranching town. The writing of this story was my attempt to try to understand the persecution Wilde must have experienced. 2. When did you take up writing?
4. Do you have a favourite character (s) in your current novel? 5. What’s the best piece of writing advice you were ever given? 6. Do you have a schedule for writing? 7. Are you a plotter or someone who tends to wing it? 8. Can you name three of four of your current favourite books? 9. Can you tell me a little bit about what you are working on now? 10. What advice would you give to a fledgling writer to assist them on their journey? You can find The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/The-Persecution-Mildred-Dunlap-ebook/dp/B008K9DV4U/ Comments07/16/2012 10:42pm
I enjoyed reading Paulette Mahurin’s interview. She reminded me of a workshop I took a couple of years ago when the facilitator suggested that you take what you know and then build the story. She took one story and tried to learn from it and created another story. I also liked Paulette’s use of landscape. It is a character when it helps create the tension and moves the story along. Cancel Reply
Monique
07/16/2012 10:59pm
I’m glad you enjoyed it. It is always interesting to me to read how people decide on a story line and what inspires them as well. There are so many different ways to approach a story. Reply
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