Beginnings
It is interesting to me that despite the eight years it took to write my novel, The Orchardist, and the amount of drafts it went through, the spark that set off the novel writing — indeed, the heart of...
View ArticleInfluences
I always love to hear what people are reading, and from writers, what books they surrounded themselves with while working on a particular project. Each book, in my opinion, exists in a network of other...
View Article(Historical) Fiction
The Orchardist has been described as historical fiction, a term I recognize as somewhat useful, as it relates to the reader that the book is set in the past. But I'm not quite comfortable with the...
View ArticleLife and Fiction
A lot of people have asked if and how my own life experience relates to The Orchardist, and this is something I want to address because it leads to another, broader exploration about life experience...
View ArticleImages
Over the eight years it took to write The Orchardist, I accumulated various images which I tacked up on the walls of my writing space. Often before sitting down to work I would pace before the...
View ArticleAmanda Coplin: What I’m Giving
In this special series, we asked writers we admire to share a book they're giving to their friends and family this holiday season. Check back daily to see the books your favorite authors are gifting. ÷...
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