There are probably three stories to every novel: the one behind it, in it, and of it.
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Ellen Heath lives and writes in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her career in communications has included experience as a congressional aide, corporate speechwriter, government relations and public affairs specialist, and freelance writer. She is the author of Lizard Diary, a memoir of an experience with shamanism, and The Inheritance, a novel that was published in 2012. She has a B.A. degree in English from Stanford University
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On Writing: The Fun in The Inheritance
How many of us have never walked even a few yards in Edwinna’s wanton high heels? With regard to writing my novel, The Inheritance, I have been asked two other important questions: – What was the most challenging part of writing the book? – What was the most fun and rewarding?
On Writing: The Inheritance.
Though the characters are fictional, they feel like family. “Where did the idea for your novel come from and why did you make Alabama the setting?” These are two questions I’m often asked about The Inheritance, my first novel, and the answer is simple: childhood memories.