Head over to ChickLitGurrl: high on LATTES & WRITING where I interview a writer I enjoy because her work touches at the heart of the young person, author Erin Cormier (E.K. Entrada). I’ve read many of Entrada’s stories, and it’s interesting. On the surface, the writing is so smooth, simple you might assume anyone could write that effortlessly, but by the time you finish the story, you realize there is a lot of skill, nuance, and dedication to the “word” that makes that writing appear that effortless.

When I asked Entrada to describe what “the heart of a writer” means to her, she stated:

“A writer is constantly surrounded by unwritten short stories and novels. A few examples: I once read a newspaper story about the mistreatment that road workers face at the hands of frustrated motorists. That eventually became “Morris Sees a Furrier” [link]. An uneventful episode of Wheel of Fortune became “Susanna Buys a Vowel” [link]. A ride on a ferry in the Philippines developed into “The Saint of Difficult Situations” (Audience Literary Journal, Fall 2008), a simple anthill became “Owen and the Colony” (Fiction at Work and Green Lantern Press, Winter 2010), and a college class that required an oral presentation became “The Naming of Cats” (The Philippines Free Press, February 2009). If you recognize big stories in small events, you have the heart of a writer. Whether or not you write them is up to you.”

Come by ChickLitGurrl: high on LATTES & WRITING to learn more about E.K. Entrada and to read the opening chapter of her current work-in-progress, the young-adult novel, The Apple Watson Songbook!

ChickLitGurrl: high on LATTES & WRITING
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