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Today’s guest is Sara Zarr, a novelist in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sara has published three books for young adults (Story of a Girl, Sweethearts, and Once Was Lost) and the fourth is scheduled to come out this fall (How to Save a Life). She’s very insightful about the ins-and-outs of negotiating the writing life.
[audio:http://gresik.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SaraZarr.mp3]Right-click to download my interview with Sara Zarr
Sara and I talk about:
1:00 ~ How she made time for writing in her pre-publication days
4:30 ~ The first thing writers need to do (hint: it’s not “write 100 first chapters”)
5:30 ~ What convinced her to give herself permission to go for it as a writer
8:30 ~ The hard work that went along with that decision
10:20 ~ How she protected her identity as a writer in the early days
15:15 ~ The other moving parts of her career now and how they affect her writing practice
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