And of course, I hit the lottery with Suzie. The agents I interacted with were intuitive and kind. I don’t work with strict deadlines, but I remain diligent, and try to write or meditate on my ideas every day.Īnd how was the #DVpit experience for you, overall? Expectations? Doubts? Disappointments?ĬHRISTINE: I was nervous, but hopeful! The community responded with such profound optimism, and generous well-wishes. I knew I had to be a part of Edie and Christine’s story!Ĭhristine, how did you prepare this manuscript for submission? Do you work with outlines, schedules, or deadlines? Do you have critique partners and beta readers?ĬHRISTINE: I draft tentative outlines, and I have a small circle of beta readers. I read the manuscript in one sitting and was so engrossed in her story-I choked up multiple times while reading and broke down into tears near the end. Her writing is so beautiful and I instantly connected to her main character: Edie.
Suzie, what was it about this manuscript that sealed the deal for you? And I think a big part of this came from my newfound, complete embrace of #ownvoices. I discovered a story I felt genuinely equipped to tell. I discovered a character I wanted to fight for. The act of writing became this magical, incendiary thing.
When this fourth idea hit me, it felt urgent. I wrote three manuscripts before this, queried them all, and promptly fell out of love with them.
I don’t even know where to begin, in terms of why I wrote this book. Once her curiosity is sparked by the past, her summer becomes a journey for truth, heritage, and reconciliation. In the early days of summer, she discovers a box in the attic, filled with letters and photographs from her Native grandmother. She loves art, and she needs braces, and her two best friends mean the world to her. It’s about a Native girl, growing up in the twenty-first century. Christine and Suzie, thanks so much for agreeing to this interview and congratulations on your partnership! To start, Christine, I’d love to know more about your book and why you wrote it.ĬHRISTINE: It’s a coming-of-age story.
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