I should have been deliriously happy. I had my dream come true. I'm a best-selling author. So why is everything in my life, including my writing, going bad? Tawni O'Dell authorbaddeliriously Change image and share on social
When you live in a community where people know you, it makes you want to be good and decent. It's a strong influence. Tawni O'Dell communitydecentgood Change image and share on social
I'm a novelist, and I'm a woman, and I'm considered to be a serious author whether I like it or not. Tawni O'Dell authorconsidernovelist Change image and share on social
When I begin writing, I have no idea what my novels are ultimately going to be about. I don't have a plot. I never consider a theme. I don't make notes or outlines. Tawni O'Dell beginideamake Change image and share on social
Here I am, this smart, bookish girl, and I have this biker-chick name. Tawni O'Dell bikerbookishchick Change image and share on social
I saw myself as a writer, a novelist, even though I was living the life of a mother and housewife. Writing was - and is - what I do. Tawni O'Dell housewifelifelive Change image and share on social
I'm a novelist - not an expert on coal mining. I'm not a politician with an agenda to push. I'm not a reporter presenting facts, and I'm not a sociologist documenting the last struggling remnants of blue-collar America. I'm simply an author who sets her books in coal country because it's where I come from, and it's what I know. Tawni O'Dell agendumamericaauthor share on social
I really, really missed the Pennsylvania countryside and hills. Tawni O'Dell countrysidehillmiss Change image and share on social
People, including me, can get so detached from everything, but when you can focus on a defined place, a home, it gets you back in touch. Tawni O'Dell backdefinedetach Change image and share on social
I write literary, not commercial, fiction - or so I've been told by my publishers who are proud I write literary fiction but secretly wish I wrote commercial. Tawni O'Dell commercialfictionhave Change image and share on social