- Nov 07, 2020
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1982, when I was almost 26 years old, I decided I wanted to write fiction. I'd majored in journalism in college, and I'd always assumed I would write nonfiction.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.
- Feelings
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to find my deepest, often hidden feelings about what's working and what's not. This is difficult because I do lie to myself without being aware that that's what I'm doing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Weedflower' was already in the copyediting phase when I heard about the Newbery award, so it didn't really influence my writing of that book, but since then, I have become more aware of having an audience.
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the time I was writing 'Weedflower,' my friend Naomi Hirahara was writing a book about Japanese-American flower farmers. She knew quite a few elderly farmers and put me in touch with four or five of them who had been in camps during WWII. Some, like my father, were reluctant to talk about their experiences.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have so much respect for people who do blue-collar work because I come from that background myself.
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- Nov 07, 2020