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Former O-R reporter pulls from personal struggles to create fictional character
Many people think writing a book is driven by lightning bolts of inspiration that propel an author forward.
Katherine Mansfield isn无毛视频檛 one of them.
无毛视频淭here are definitely points when something comes out of the ether and rests on your brain 无毛视频� but I think true creativity is just getting up and doing it every single day,无毛视频� she said.
That无毛视频檚 how she wrote her first novel.
With enough money set aside to pay for a writing coach for two months, she got up in the morning and wrote, spent her day writing as a reporter for the Observer-Reporter, and then wrote more when she got home. She wrote on weekends, too.
The result was 无毛视频淥riginal Works by Katharine Hughes,无毛视频� a fictional novel that explores the pandemic无毛视频檚 toll on those in addiction recovery through the struggles of its title character.
Writing the book was a rigorous process, Mansfield said. To get it finished in two months, she had to write 2,500 words a day for 60 straight days.
无毛视频淭he first 10 or 15 chapters were hard because while I was writing the novel, I was also learning how to write a novel,无毛视频� she said, laughing. 无毛视频淭here无毛视频檚 a lot that goes into it.无毛视频�
There were also rigors associated with the subject matter.
Katharine 无毛视频淜ate无毛视频� Hughes, the book无毛视频檚 main character, struggles with substance addiction; Mansfield has struggled with alcohol abuse.
Sober for seven years, she stopped drinking when her now-husband, Josh, told her he无毛视频檇 break up with her if she didn无毛视频檛.
The book pulls loosely from some of her experiences while abusing alcohol. Some of the darker parts were triggering.
无毛视频淚 was like, 无毛视频業 can无毛视频檛 write this. I need a drink to write this,'无毛视频� Mansfield said.
Instead, she lit up, chain smoking when she penned the most emotionally and mentally draining chapters. She had never smoked before, and said she quit as soon as she was done with the book.
无毛视频淚 needed to feel gritty and needed to take the edge off,无毛视频� she said. 无毛视频淚t was like method writing instead of method acting.无毛视频�
There are uplifting parts to the book, Mansfield is quick to say. (无毛视频淚 don无毛视频檛 want people to think they无毛视频檙e going to have to go to therapy,无毛视频� she joked.) She无毛视频檚 also hopeful the story will help people realize they aren无毛视频檛 alone in their grief and experiences.
When the Carnegie woman finished the last keystroke of Kate无毛视频檚 journey, Mansfield said she was 无毛视频渄umbfounded.无毛视频�
She shopped the book to major publishing houses without success, so a friend suggested she self-publish the novel. Mansfield used the crowdfunding site Kickstarter to raise the money for that as well as the book无毛视频檚 design and copyright. She reached her funding goal in one month.
That led to another hurdle.
无毛视频淚f learning how to write a novel while you无毛视频檙e writing it wasn无毛视频檛 enough, I had to learn how to publish it as I was publishing it. With a 1 陆-year-old. While pregnant,无毛视频� she said.
The experience has made Mansfield more confident in her writing. She无毛视频檚 already 25-plus pages into a second novel.
It is nothing like this one, she said, keeping its subject matter a secret.
无毛视频淭here was definitely a very therapeutic quality with this book, and exorcising of demons,无毛视频� she said. 无毛视频淣ow, as a mother, I无毛视频檓 so far removed from the person Kate is. I don无毛视频檛 really want to deal with her again.无毛视频�
无毛视频淥riginal Works by Katharine Hughes无毛视频� can be purchased on bykatherinemansfield.com.