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Rice Cooper Blog (CRC) focuses on one specific excerpt from a fiction
genre and how that fiction writer wrote that specific excerpt. All INSIDE
THE EMOTION OF FICTION links are at the
end of this piece.
Name of fiction work?
And were there other names you considered that you would like to share with us? House on Fire
Fiction genre? Ex science fiction, short story, fantasy
novella, romance, drama, crime, plays, flash fiction, historical, comedy, movie
script, screenplay, etc. And how many
pages long? Domestic suspense, 416 pages. Also available as ebook and audio
Has this been published?
And it is totally fine if the answer is no.
If yes, what publisher and what publication date? Atria Books on sale March 12, 2019
What is the date you
began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished
the piece of fiction? Began Spring of 2015, finished Summer of 2017.
Where did you do most of
your writing for this fiction work? And
please describe in detail. And can you
please include a photo? In
my home office (Below) in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
What were your writing
habits while writing this work- did you drink something as you wrote, listen to
music, write in pen and paper, directly on laptop; specific time of day? I write best early in the morning when I’m almost
still in a dream. I do my editing in the
afternoon.
What is the summary of
this specific fiction work? A blended family comes apart after a drunk driving
accident leaves the daughter of one parent dead – and the son of the other
parents charged with manslaughter.
Can you give the reader
just enough information for them to understand what is going on in the excerpt?
Leigh and Peter have
split up, reluctantly, torn apart by Leigh’s grief and Peter’s fear for his
son.
Please include the
excerpt and include page numbers as reference.
The excerpt can be as short or as long as you prefer. “No one should be forced
to decide whether to be a parent first or a spouse. If this were a traditional nuclear family, if
she and Peter were the parents of the same shared children –these problems
would never have come up . . . . No couple could ever hope to forsake all
others, not when their hearts already belonged to the children who came before.”
Why is this excerpt so
emotional for you? And can you describe
your own emotional experience of writing this specific excerpt? I’m a mother, and the thought of losing a child is the
most harrowing experience I can imagine.
Then compound that with your marriage falling apart at the time when you
need your spouse the most.
Bonnie Kistler is a former Philadelphia trial lawyer. Born and raised in the horse country of
Pennsylvania, she attended Bryn Mawr College, where she graduated magna cum
laude, with Honors in English literature, and she received her law degree from
the University of the Pennsylvania Law School, where she was a moot court
champion and legal writing instructor. She
spent her law career in private practice with major law firms, first in
Anchorage, Alaska, where she met and married her husband and later in
Philadelphia. Peer-rated as
Distinguished for both legal ability and ethical standards, she successfully tried cases in federal and state courts across
the country. She also taught writing
skills to lawyers and lectured frequently to professional organizations and
industry groups. She and her husband now
live in Florida and the mountains of western North Carolina. They have two daughters.
BonnieKistlerAuthor@gmail.com
INSIDE THE EMOTION OF
FICTION links
001 11 15 2018 Nathaniel
Kaine’s
Thriller Novel
John
Hunter – The Veteran
002 11 18 2018 Ed
Protzzel’s
Futuristic/Mystery/Thriller
The
Antiquities Dealer
003 11 23 2018 Janice
Seagraves’s
Science
Fiction Romance
Exodus
Arcon
004 11 29 2018
Christian Fennell’s
Literary
Fiction Novel
The Fiddler
in the Night
005 12 02 2018 Jessica
Mathews’s
Adult
Paranormal Romance
Death
Adjacent
006 12 04 2018 Robin Jansen’s
Literary
Fiction Novel
Ruby the
Indomitable
007 12 12 2018 Adair Valerez’s
Literary
Fiction Novel
Scrim
008 12 17 218
Kit Frazier’s
Mystery Novel
Dead Copy
009 12 21 2019 Robert Craven’s
Noir/Spy Novel
The Road
of a Thousand Tigers
010 01 13 2019 Kristine Goodfellow’s
Contemporary
Romantic Fiction
The Other
Twin
011 01 17 2019 Nancy J Cohen’s
Cozy Mystery
Trimmed To
Death
012 01 20 2019 Charles Salzberg’s
Crime Novel
Second
Story Man
013 01 23 2019 Alexis Fancher’s
Flash Fiction
His Full
Attention
014 01 27 2019 Brian L Tucker’s
Young Adult/Historical
POKEWEED: AN ILLUSTRATED NOVELLA
015 01 31 2019 Robin Tidwell’s
Dystopian
Reduced
016 02 07 2019 J.D. Trafford’s
Legal
Fiction/Mystery
Little Boy
Lost
017 02 08 2019 Paula Shene’s
Young Adult
ScieFi/Fantasy/Romance/Adventure
My Quest
Begins
018 02 13 2019 Talia Carner’s
Mainstream
Fiction/ Suspense/ Historical
Hotel
Moscow
019 02 15 2019 Rick Robinson’s
Multidimensional
Fiction
Alligator
Alley
020 02 21 2019 LaVerne Thompson’s
Urban Fantasy
The Soul
Collectors
021 02 27 2019 Marlon L Fick’s
Post-Colonialist
Novel
The
Nowhere Man
022 03 02 2019 Carol Johnson’s
Mainstream
Novel
Silk And
Ashes
023 03 06 2019 Samuel Snoek-Brown’s
Short Story
Collection
There Is
No Other Way to Worship Them
024 03 08 2019 Marlin Barton’s
Short Story
Collection
Pasture
Art
025 03 18 2019 Laura Hunter’s
Historical
Fiction
Beloved
Mother
026 03 21 2019 Maggie Rivers’s
Romance
Magical
Mistletoe
027 03 25 2019 Faith
Gibson’s
Paranormal
Romance
Rafael
028 03 27 2019 Valerie Nieman’s
Tall Tale
To The
Bones
029 04 04 2019 Betty Bolte’s
Paranormal
Romance
Veiled
Visions of Love
030 04 05 2019 Marianne
Maili’s
Tragicomedy
Lucy, go
see
031 04 10 2019 Gregory Erich Phillips’s
Mainstream
Fiction
The Exile
032 04 15 2019 Jason Ament’s
Speculative
Fiction
Rabid Dogs
033 04 24 2019 Stephen P. Keirnan’s
Historical
Novel
The
Baker’s Secret
034 05 01 2019 George Kramer’s
Fantasy
Arcadis:
Prophecy Book
035 05 05 2019 Erika Sams’s
Adventure/Fantasy/Romance
Rose of Dance
036 05 07 2019 Mark Wisniewski’s
Literary
Fiction
Watch Me
Go
037 05 08 2019 Marci Baun’s
Science
Fiction/Horror
The
Whispering House
038 05 10 2019 Suzanne M. Wolfe’s
Historical
Fiction
Murder By
Any Name
039 05 12 2019 Edward DeVito’s
Historical/Fantasy
The
Woodstock Paradox
040 05 14 2019 Gytha Lodge’s
Literary/Crime
She Lies
In Wait
041 05 16 2019 Kari Bovee’s
Historical
Fiction/Mystery
Peccadillo
At The Palace: An Annie Oakley Mystery
042 05 20 2019 Annie Seaton’s
Time Travel
Romance
Follow Me
043 05 22 2019 Paula Rose Michelson’s
Inspirational
Christian Romance
Rosa &
Miguel – Love’s Legacy: Prequel to The Naomi
Chronicles
044 05 24 2019 Gracie C McKeever’s
BDMS/Interracial
Romance
On The
Edge
045 06 03 2019 Micheal Maxwell’s
Mystery
The Soul
of Cole
046 06 04 2019 Jeanne Mackin’s
Historical
The Last
Collection: A Novel of Elsa Schiaparelli
and
Coco
Chanel
047 06 07 2019 Philip Shirley’s
Suspense/Thriller
The
Graceland Conspiracy
048 06 08 2019 Bonnie Kistler’s
Domestic Suspense
House
on Fire
