Ep 77: Leila Howland

Leila Howland, author of NANTUCKET BLUE, THE FORGET-ME-NOT SUMMER, and its sequel THE BRIGHTEST STARS OF SUMMER (and the forthcoming HELLO, SUNSHINE, due out next summer!), talks writing hiatus, learning structure from screenwriting, and finding inspiration in well-intentioned missteps. Leila Howland Show Notes STUART LITTLE by E.B. White A LITTLE PRINCESS and THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett  HEIDI by Johanna Spyri THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien  THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame Young Frankenstein (movie) Sara Crowe (agent) SAVE THE CAT by Blake Snyder 10 Cloverfield Lane (movie) The Godfather (movie) THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LAUNDAU BANKS by E. Lockhart Lost It by Kristin Tracy Bridesmaids (movie) Elin Hilderbrand (author) Josephine Angelini (author)   Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper on Mad Men, TV show) HELLO SUNSHINE, forthcoming book from Leila Barnsdall Art Park Kayla Cagan (author)   SUMMER IN THE INVISIBLE CITY by Juliana Romano (Leila's review for her debut book, FIRST THERE WAS FOREVER) Robert Hass: "Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day."