This time, I really didn’t have that major rewrite. I’ve just grown to accept that I’m a panster and I’m being one, I have to write the story to discover the story-but then, I’ll have a major rewrite to do. I also brainstormed a lot with my friend and author of another book in the series Anita (A.M.) Heath.From there, I drafted the rough cut. I asked questions, answered them, told myself why that would or wouldn’t work. I put my phone on to record and just talked through the characters, the plot, the theme. So I had some brainstorming sessions while driving. Enter her mom, a single, unwed mother of the early 1900s who blamed Lena for being distanced from her family.
So then, I had to give her a harsh reality she’d want to escape from. I knew I wanted a girl who adored books to the point that she used them as an escape from reality. As soon as the three other authors and I decided to band together to write a series, I had to find my story. The idea initiated by my sister sharing a Facebook video of packhorse librarians.
What does your story-spinning process involve? (We want to hear about it all, either in general or for a specific story.) Well, it’s semi-different for each one, but I’ll talk through A Strand of Hope. Now give us a peek into your writer’s brain!What’s your favorite historical period to read and/or write? The 1800s! I prefer the country/western side than the city side. Something about glorifying God… trusting God… yeah, not sure. 😉 But seriously, I hadn’t thought of that. What would you wish to have written on your tombstone? (Feel free to be either funny or serious!) Oh, hmm… I’d like my birth and death date written on there. A close tie would probably be The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare, for very similar reasons. I loved not just Laura’s story, but learning about life in a different era. 😉 I embraced historical fiction because of those books.
Mom had assigned them for me to read a chapter a day as my first “chapter book,” but before long I was begging to just finish the book instead of waiting until the next scheduled read. What was your favorite childhood book(s)? The first set I remember reading was the Little House books. Maybe Joseph in the Bible? He went through extreme hardship yet was always one of my favorite Biblical accounts to read, because he just lived so uprightly!
I think I just had a solid respect for people who did the hard things and stayed steadfast. Who was your childhood hero? I actually wasn’t much into hero-worship as a kid. 😉įavorite ice cream? Only one? Uh… chocolate chip cookie dough. Amanda Tero is a music teacher by day and a literary guide by night, creating stories that whisk readers off to new eras and introduce them to heroic but flawed characters that live out their faith in astonishing ways.įirst, three vitally important questions.
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