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Brenda Sorrels is an author of historical fiction and an avid reader. Join her on GoodReads, follow her blog and pick up her intriguing book The Bachelor Farmers....
Where are
you in the world?
I live in
Dallas , Texas , USA , but spend the summer months up north in Wilton , Connecticut Fargo , North
Dakota , however, and my stories thus far, are set in the Midwest . After I graduated from Manhattanville College
in Purchase, New York , I worked in New York City Wilton , Connecticut Columbia University
in NY) and I moved to Texas Wilton
to write when it’s too hot in Dallas
What type
of research did your book require?
I’d been
writing a lot of short stories and I had it in my mind that I wanted to make
one of them a love story that would be set in very beautiful place. A
sense of place to me is important and is a huge part of this book. I
have a large extended family and on my mother’s side (15 kids in her family) I
had two uncles that were ranch hands, farmers, who never married. The
concept stuck with me because it was so odd. When we think of farms
we always think of families. When we think of bachelor farmers we think of
old guys in overalls, but I wanted to make these bachelor farmers young and
hunky – which I did. Ironically, these boys love horses and horses
ended up playing a significant role in the story, especially at the end. Many
Norwegians settled in North Dakota (ND) and Minnesota (MN) and so I thought of Northern Minnesota , and I began to research that
area. I did a lot of research online, but I also found the Voices of America books on ND, MN,
Pioneer Women, Cass
County Spirit Mountain
Where do
you write?
In Dallas Connecticut
How do
you maintain thoughts and ideas?
I write
things down all the time. I keep small notepads everywhere … and I
mean everywhere! I have them in my purse, my bedside table, in the
console of my car, on the coffee table near the TV – any spot that could serve
as landing zone for me, I keep a pencil and paper there. I also fill
notebooks with ideas and short writing exercises. The notebooks are
bulging with scraps of paper ... I’ve written down a scene, and idea, a word, a
thought, a character – anything I find interesting or that I might want to use
in a future story. I also have folders where I do outlines for
stories before I begin the formal writing. Right now I have several
story ideas and at least one major outline which will be my third book and a
sequel to The Bachelor Farmers.
When did
you know you wanted to become a writer?
I always
knew I wanted to write something. I’d say right after college is
when it began to become a more serious interest. I remember taking
writing classes and workshops even back then. There were many years
when I didn’t write, but I was always working around stories on some level …
books, movies, analyzing stories … I love all of this!
Do you
have a favorite author and why?
It would
be impossible for me to pick only one author because there are so many that I
truly love and admire. For the classics though, I might choose Edith
Wharton … I think I’ve read Ethan Frome
about six times and every time I read it, I enjoy it even more. That
book was inspirational in, The Bachelor
Farmers – the cold, the winter landscape, the secluded farm, the dim light
in the rooms, a man in love with something he couldn’t have – these were big
influences. As far as more modern day writers, I have a long list
and tend to like them for different things. I read John Irving for
his characterization, I admire Elizabeth Berg for the way she handles
dialogue. I loved, The Wife
by Meg Wolitzer, Brick Lane by Monica
Ali, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett – but
I enjoy a wide range of books including memoir, biography and history. One
thing for sure, if you’re going to be a writer, you must read!
What are
you currently writing?
I am in
the final stages of my second novel entitled The Way Back ‘Round and hope to have it out in the beginning of the
new year. It is the story of a young boy, Jake, who breaks a promise
to his parents that results in a family tragedy. Jake suffers the
consequences of this misfortune, but if he is going to live a full life he
must somehow come to terms with tremendous guilt and find his way to
reconciliation and peace. The story is about what happens to him and
how he does that.
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