Today's fabulous bonus episode is an interview with debut author Amy Tector where we get to nerd out about research and archives! Amy's novel, THE HONEYBEE EMERALDS, released this week, and I got to chat with her a couple months ago. We talk about her work as an archivist and how it has helped her writing career, how archival research is like a tangible connection to history, her journey to publication, signing a 3-book deal after her debut, the importance of having a critique group, sensitivity readers, giving yourself permission to be the writer you are, and yes, we even talk about finding the bones of a whale ear in her archive work!
THE HONEYBEE EMERALDS is available now. Inquire at your local indie bookstore! You can also order a Kindle version here.
Amy can be found at her website at www.amytector.com, Twitter at @amy_tector and Instagram at @amytectorwrites.
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