A Thousand Tiny Steps Podcast

Episode 111: Writing Motherland with Virginia Macgregor

Show Notes

Virginia uses societal issues and turns them into beautiful stories. For the past few years she has helped me write my own story, Motherland which you can pre-order online. We spent hundreds of hours exchanging voice messages and crafting the story of Molly. 

 

Key Takeaways: 

 

[0:46] Virginia helped me write my book, Motherland 

[2:10] How Virginia got into writing books full time 

[5:05] How Virginia comes up with stories 

[8:49] How she got into the mindset of someone with child loss 

[12:42] Talking about deciding to write the book 

[18:28] Writing a biography vs writing a fictional story 

[22:15] Barb’s story seemed too strange to be real 

[26:15] Jack doesn’t replace Molly 

[28:35] How Virginia told the story truthfully while cutting things from it

[32:50] What happens at a book signing 

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