![]() I have a lot of tattoos, but Birdie’s tattoo that she gets in the novel is based on a stick-and-poke tattoo that I gave my friend Ivy in college. My generation and the young adults of today are still dealing with a lot of financial uncertainty, so I think these lessons of the past are particularly interesting.Ĥ. I started this novel during the Recession after 2008, when the stock market crash of 1929 and how it affected people seemed particularly relevant. ![]() Birdie’s departure from her family and integration into the barnstorming circus is based on that experience.ģ. When I got to school, I was kind of adopted by a group of queer upperclassmen who looked out for me and invited me to things, and made sure I was doing okay. I went to college pretty young-when I was sixteen-around the time a lot of upheaval in my family of origin was happening. I’ve never flown a biplane or wing walked, but like Birdie, I’ve always loved to dance! The dance scenes were some of the most fun for me to write as I played with how movement and emotion interact in the body creatively. After our conversation, stay tuned to hear about a giveaway of An Impossible Distance to Fall.Įl Space: Four quick facts about yourself? ![]() (Click here for her last visit.) She’s here to talk about her young adult historical novel, An Impossible Distance to Fall, published by Sky Pony Press on July 2. ![]() ![]() On the blog today is the second of my awesome Secret Gardener classmates, the marvelous Miriam McNamara. ![]()
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