From Tazewell, Virginia USA,
welcome award-winning Author Linda Hudson
Hoagland.
Linda writes fiction and non-fiction novels, short stories, poetry and more.
She is currently the President of the Appalachian Authors Guild, as well as a
member of numerous writing groups. Linda has a distinct writing style that will
draw you into her scenarios, friend her characters, and keep you on the edge of
your seat!
I
realized I wanted to become a writer at a very early age. In school we were
taught to treat the books we were using with reverence and respect. We were
instructed to look at the name on the spine of that book we were holding to see
the name of the person who wrote it. That’s where I wanted to see my name. I
had just learned to read at that time.
Where do
you like to write?
I
write in my living room where I have my laptop set up on a table that remains
in front of me at all times. I usually don’t write directly onto to laptop.
That is my tool and I use it for entering purposes after I have handwritten my
initial words. I, also, write anytime and everywhere I go when I feel the urge
to do so. Many times you can find me at a slow moving festival writing away on
my notebook.
How do you
maintain thoughts and ideas?
If
I don’t write down an idea right away I might lose it and I have lost many
ideas. As far as my books are concerned, my mind has to perk those ideas around
in my head before they are written on the paper.
What has
been your best marketing venue?
Festivals,
book signings, book clubs, and the like are the places I choose to sell my books.
I like the one on one presentation to the buyer/reader. I get to meet all kinds
of people.
What is
the premise for The Backwards House?
One
of the mysteries The Backwards House is
about a house that is right across the street from my house. It is built with
its backside facing the street and that always bothered me. My dog, Nikki, and
I would scout it out on occasion to find out who lived there and why it was so
mysterious. That’s how the book gets its start.
Are your stories based upon your own life experiences?
Almost
all of my stories are based on a life experience of one sort or another. I
think that is true of most writers. I do write fiction but I have to have a
reason for writing that story. I write what I know.
I also write true stories, nonfiction, for people who want me to tell
their stories.
Please
share a favorite passage from one of your novels…
Quote
from: Quilted Memories
Now,
I will be known as an author, a writer of words that mean something, and not
just a purchase order clerk for the Tazewell County School System
Now,
I have a real legacy for my two sons. I write poetry and have had several of my
poems published. I write several different forms from free verse to rhyme which
is my favorite which makes me old school in my thinking.
And can
you share one of your poems?
Poem
from: I Am...Linda Ellen
DOLDRUMS
TRANSFORMED
Overnight the
brown hues of the blades
of grass
changed to a vibrant, lush green
that covered
the rolling hillsides as
food for the
cattle that were dressed in
shiny fur
coats of whites, browns, and blacks.
At the
roadsides, the flowering trees
bursting with
blooms, lifting their branches
to the sun
beckoning the warm rays
to caress the
blossoms and green leaves.
The doldrums
of winter had transformed
into the
welcomed rebirth of spring.
The world was
a much prettier place
For the eyes
of all of those who see.
Published in the Clinch
Valley Review 2012
What is
the key to writing great poetry?
I
don’t know what the key to writing great poetry might be. I write what I feel
and hope you will be able to see through my words.
What are
you currently reading?
I
have just finished reading 26 novels of fiction for a novel writing contest. I
was very impressed with the works I had received.
What are
you currently writing?
I
am currently working on four works of fiction (mysteries and literary) and
several nonfiction undertakings that will require a lot of time before they can
be offered for publications.
Do you
have advice for novice writers?
Don’t
dream about writing your novel, just sit down and do it. It won’t be perfect
but it will be a beginning. Along with writing your own work of art you must
read the offerings of others.
Connect with Linda…
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