Looking Out The Window: Izzy James Talks About Her New Book, The Shopkeeper's Widow. Gives Away An E-Book
A Warm Welcome to Izzy James To enter to win the e-Book of The Shopkeeper's Widow leave an email address and a comment below. Hi Izzy, lots of writers were avid readers as children. What about you? If so, what did you read? Yes, and I still am. I pretty much read whatever I could get my hands on. I fell in love with reading when my Dad took my sisters and I to the library the first time. I got a book and the character in the book saw letters with colors. And I thought “Me too!” I requested a lamp to read by at night and I never looked back. Let's talk about your writing. What themes do you write about? Lately my themes have been about freedom and second chances. Are you a plotter or pantzer? A mix. I start with a general outline that changes as I go as the characters come to life and tell me just what they think should happen next. Do you have any advice for aspiring writers? Write. Read. Write some more. Read books on craft—anything by James Scott Bell—and practice what t