Ask the Author: Julia Franks
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Julia Franks
I actually added the poem in one of the book's final revisions. I'd forgotten about it up until then. More of a subconscious inspiration may have been the Cowboy Junkies song "Witches," as well as the old Gullah stories about boo hags.
Julia Franks
Ha! I wish I knew how that mental process worked!
Julia Franks
Lots of folks have asked about the backstory for "Over the Plain Houses"--so many people that I wrote the story down and was lucky enough to see the New York Times publish it. I'm including it here, even though the Times' title is kind of erroneous. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/op...
Julia Franks
Cultivate a community among fellow writers, especially your peers. Almost all the good advice I've gotten about revising and about publishing has come from my peers.
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