![]() Over the years, as I made a living working with words and seeing the world, I kept playing with them, creating worlds as well. So I took a creative writing course and was hooked. ![]() That’s when it hit me that every book I was reading for the college literature courses I kept taking-in fact, every book I'd read my entire life-was written by a real person, not a literary god of some sort. The one thing I had done through it all was read. I found, though, that I was better at being a failed artist. In high school, I wanted to play tennis at Wimbledon. In grade school, I wanted to be the first girl shortstop for the New York Yankees. I was too busy trying to break my little tomboy neck. Thanks, Superman, Nancy, and you Hardy boys, you. What books first influenced you as a child?Įvery Superman comic book from my Dad's drugstore, and every Hardy Boy and Nancy Drew mystery in my small town’s Carnegie Public Library––all of which led me to Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird and beyond. ![]() What are three things in your writing space that would surprise someone who popped in?Ī portrait of me and a giraffe. I was a Class A racquetball player in my 20s. What is a little known fact about yourself? “impacted.” Am I the only one who thinks of the dentist when hearing that? ![]() We asked author Lynda Rutledge a few questions about herself and her writing process: ![]()
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