Ask the Author: Trish MacEnulty
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Trish MacEnulty
Donald Trump was elected president. It was the end of the world as we know it.
Trish MacEnulty
Don't fight it. Walk, bathe, sleep, read, write down your dreams (i.e. real night time dreams), be patient.
Trish MacEnulty
The writing. Everything is else is hard.
Trish MacEnulty
Well, I always remember what Joyce Carol Oates once said: "I don't go to as many parties as other people do." Actually, parties are great and they have certainly inspired more than one story that I've written, but what she means is that you do have to sacrifice a certain amount of socializing. You have to make writing your priority. If you have kids, then writing is your second priority, but otherwise, it should be your number one priority.
Trish MacEnulty
I am currently working on a screenplay, based loosely on a year in my life when I studied with the great Harry Crews.
Trish MacEnulty
The idea for The Pink House came after I spent a few years bringing arts programs to women in prison. After my friend, Kitty Gretsch, died of breast cancer in her early 30s, I wanted to write about her and how impassioned she was about helping other people. Kitty had worked with me in the prison and the women loved her. I was also intrigued by the political events that were going on in Florida in 2000. I had lived in Tallahassee for most of the 90s, and it was quite a storm there during those few weeks when we didn't know who would be president. In addition I had actually been incarcerated myself, so I knew the inner workings of a women's prison. All those threads came together in The Pink House.
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