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First-Time Novelist Linda Fifer on Losing Her First Draft and Her Persistence to Complete the Project
The Writing Podcast
English - December 20, 2022 23:59 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBHow To Education Arts Books Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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At one point in writing her debut novel, The Road between Two Skies, Linda Fifer lost the entire manuscript. Her husband had misplaced it, and there was no digital copy. In our interview with Linda, she discusses how she reconstructed her story and how she persisted for years before she was able to complete and then self-publish the novel. The story is about how an abduction upends a woman’s life. The main character loses her memory after the kidnapping and finds herself on a journey to remember who she was while discovering who she is. New writers will come away inspired from Linda's story of persistence and creativity.