{"id":5420,"date":"2016-05-03T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=5420"},"modified":"2016-05-01T20:49:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T03:49:44","slug":"writers-are-incorrigible-thieves-rachael-herron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/writers-are-incorrigible-thieves-rachael-herron\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers are incorrigible thieves. \u2014 Rachael Herron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The excerpt below is from the Conversation Guide at the back of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ones-Who-Matter-Most\/dp\/045147676X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1462160614&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=The+Ones+Who+Matter+Most\" target=\"_blank\">The Ones Who Matter Most<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Question: What might surprise a reader of <em>The Ones Who Matter Mos<\/em><em>t<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>Author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rachael-Herron\/e\/B002FS9G78\/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1\" target=\"_blank\">Rachael Herron <\/a>answers:<\/p>\n<p>Writing the scene in which Abby is scrabbling through the rolltop desk&#8217;s drawers was a special treat. Writers are incorrigible thieves, stealing bits and pieces of their lives to provide sparkle and heft. We can&#8217;t help populating our books with parts of ourselves. I share Abby&#8217;s optimistic naivet\u00e9 as much as I do Fern&#8217;s ruthless practicality.<\/p>\n<p>But beyond the stolen personality pieces, we steal actual objects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Herrons-desk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5421 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Herrons-desk.jpg\" alt=\"Herron's desk\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a>That&#8217;s my desk in Scott&#8217;s office. As Abby explores the many small drawers, Abby wonders why they aren&#8217;t being made <em>useful<\/em>. They could hold hair bands and gum and those wonderful yellow Paper Mate pencils. In my office, those drawers <em>do<\/em> hold those things. Found in an antiques store in a defunct chocolate factory in Oakland, my desk waited for me to stumble over it.\u00a0 As my eye fell on it, a solo spotlight hit its polished oak highlights and a heavenly choir sang one high, perfect note. I hadn&#8217;t been looking for a rolltop desk, especially not one as unwieldy as a drunk cow. It was in my office the next day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The excerpt below is from the Conversation Guide at the back of The Ones Who Matter Most. Question: What might surprise a reader of The Ones Who Matter Most? Author Rachael Herron answers: Writing the scene in which Abby is scrabbling through the rolltop desk&#8217;s drawers was a special treat. 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