When I was growing up I read to escape my place and time. I think that's why I write historical fiction now. But being from Louisville, Kentucky is a powerful part of my identity and I hope to write about it someday. My aunt Ellen once suggested that the family pool their resources and buy me...
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When I was growing up I read to escape my place and time. I think that's why I write historical fiction now. But being from Louisville, Kentucky is a powerful part of my identity and I hope to write about it someday. My aunt Ellen once suggested that the family pool their resources and buy me off so I wouldn't write about them, and she was only half-kidding. No one has come up with the money yet, but luckily for them I'm not ready to write about it anyway. I'm waiting for the insight that comes with distance and the passage of time. My brother thinks I should write a novel called Decline and Fall of the Southern Aristocracy. Maybe I will in twenty years or so.
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