Stronger Than: Story Behind the Story
What does Talkin’ About Bessie have to do with Stronger Than? During the research, I learned that Bessie’s father was Choctaw. Almost immediately, I began developing a story about a Black Choctaw character, named Dante.
Talkin’ about Bessie, Part II
Talkin’ About Bessie, my biography of aviator, Elizabeth Coleman, was an exercise in extreme patience and perseverance. If you’ve read Part I of this blog post, you already know how taxing this project was from the start! The entire saga was a bit too long for one blog post, though, so I decided to break […]
Talkin’ about Bessie, Part I
The Book that Almost Wasn’t: That could be the title of this book. The journey from concept to bookshelves is a bit of a saga. Some books are harder to birth than others, and Bessie was a book-baby in breach! I’ll explain. It seems like forever ago that then Orchard editor Melanie Kroupa asked me […]