Milinda Stephenson

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[Milinda Stephenson @milindajay]

Being forced to give up a child: Musings on the story behind Annie Laura’s Triumph and Annie Laura’s Gift
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Sweet throwback picture!
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My favorite writing technique for new writers!
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My grandmother wrote her stories on closet walls. The compulsion to write, to understand, to be remembered is the very heart of a writer. My grandmother’s silence, fueled by the shame of being an illegitimate child, closed a door on the truth that I will never be able to open.

[Milinda Stephenson @milindajay]

Usually, my favorite author is the writer I’m reading at the moment, which right now is Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. What are you currently reading? #authorsoftwitter #WritersOfX #ReadersOfTwitter #booktok

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“Annie Laura’s Gift is an elegantly written, immersively moving novel.” –Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize winning author of A GOOD SCENT FROM A STRANGE MOUNTAIN #annielauratrilogy #historicalfiction #authorsoftwitter #writersoftwitter #booktok #historicalfictionauthor

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I realized quickly how much easier it is to write about literature than it is to write literature. #AuthorsOfTwitter #writersoftwitter #historicalfiction #booktok

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@louvinger36 Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall!

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There is nothing I love more than losing myself in a good book-it began with Beverly Cleary and all of her Beezus and Ramona books when I was seven. Now I read everything and anything, but I only finish the books that I really love.
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Coming up with an idea for a novel is easy. Novel writing is like running. It hurts for a long time, and then, suddenly, it doesn’t. And then it starts hurting again, but you go back to it day after day because you must.
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Annie Laura’s Triumph ends with the fictionalized wedding day of my grandparents. In real life, they, too, courted with a chaperone. Their marriage lasted seventy-one years. You can read the fictionalized version of my grandparents’ wedding day in my novel, Annie Laura’s Triumph

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Swimming clears my mind, I feel new and refreshed after I swim, and I like to swim when I have a particular plot problem that I can’t solve with my hands on the keyboard. #authorsofx #writersoftwitter #booktok #swimming #historicalfictionauthor

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Illegitimate–the stigma my sweet grandmother carried with her for her entire life. Her shame fueled my quest. You can read her fictionalized story in Annie Laura’s Gift and Annie Laura’s Triumph. #annielauratrilogy #historicalfiction #booktok #authorsofx #WritersOfX

[Milinda Stephenson @milindajay]

I didn’t set out to be a writer. But, since I was in the fourth grade and wrote the class play, I have always written. Plays, poems, the beginnings of diaries. I think writing is like the house you live in and the wand you make magic with in Harry Potter’s world.
It chooses you.

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Being Forced to Give Up a Child: Musings on the Story Behind Annie Laura’s Triump
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“Truth,” he said, “is often more absurd than fiction. No one will believe it. Your job as a writer is not to tell the truth. Your job is to create believable fiction.” #AuthorsOfTwitter #writersofx #historicalfictionbooks #historicalfiction

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Walking on the beach is good for the soul-I’m always happier after my walks, the majesty of the pounding waves puts the world and my small problems into perspective.
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We could all use a little hope!
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In writing there are so many variables, so many choices to make. Sewing has choices as well, but those choices are confined to fabric, thread and project choices. Very relaxing!
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