![]() ![]() Just before she died, she told her granddaughter to erase her hard drive. It was NPR, and there was a woman talking about how her grandmother had died. “I didn’t think I could stick with the same story and characters for more than 25 pages, but one morning I heard something on the radio. “The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe” came about because Jami Callan, her friend and mentor back in Connecticut, told her that the short story market was getting smaller, while long-form fiction was expanding. You hear stuff and say, ‘Oh that’s so good,’ and it makes you want to do a better job of your own stuff.” Not only do you get feedback, you hear what other people are writing. ![]() The advantage for a new writer taking a class is huge. “I missed writing, wanting to get back into it. Although she considers Connecticut to be home with a capital H, “I’ve survived enough hurricanes that I’m a real Floridian.”Īfter the birth of her daughter, she started going to the Writer’s Academy at the Kravis Center. Throw enough spaghetti on the wall, eventually something sticks.”Īfter Simses arrived in Florida, she married her husband and future law partner Bob. It was a fiction class, doing short stories. So I found an evening class, and I was hooked. “I would overhear a conversation and it would create a story in my head and I wondered why I didn’t write anything down. ![]()
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