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Anissa Gray
1 The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls (commercial fiction, February, Berkley) “When a husband and wife are sentenced to prison, their devastated family must find a new understanding of love and loss, honesty and forgiveness.”
Atlanta. I struggled with an eating disorder for much of my adult life before finally getting treatment, so I wanted to explore the sometimes-rocky recovery process. It took about three years to write. I attended the Sewanee Writers’ Conference a few years ago, and Michelle Brower was I got out of the way of the story. I started out writing about a woman working in an eating disorders center. When I found that the story was not coming together, I took a pause. But I did not turn my attention away from the main character in that story. In fact, I started listening to her more closely. In this, other characters started to emerge. I followed their lead—instead of my own. And a very different book emerged. Treat writing like a job, and show up without fail. A non-negotiable writing schedule is a crucial first step in becoming the writer you want to be. Another novel. This one also centers around family and those early experiences that shape us.
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