Ep 64: Author Rita Williams-Garcia

Episode 64 of the This Creative Life podcast, hosted by Sara Zarr, titled "Ep 64: Author Rita Williams-Garcia" was published on August 7, 2020 and runs 71 minutes.

August 7, 2020 ·71m · This Creative Life

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The wisdom that comes with over thirty years in this business and at this craft is priceless--Rita is generous with it here, from aspects of craft (like looking for "points of ignition within the reader") to those of identity (like quitting her day job after 25 years because "I really needed to be the author that I was on my bio").

We get a glimpse into twenty-two year-old Rita who wrote her debut Blue Tights (1987) and asked a disinterested publishing machine, "Why isn't my culture, my reality, good enough?"

We talk breakout success here at the ten-year anniversary of One Crazy Summer, stakes, process, and how she keeps herself enchanted while drafting a story.

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