Author Archives: BettyJoyce Nash and Deirdra McAfee

L&L: How and when did “The Weight” begin to take shape, and how did it evolve as you wrote? In my experience, stories begin to write themselves years before they appear on paper. That was certainly the case with “The … Continue reading →

L&L: How did “An Act of Mercy” evolve? SKR: Anger triggered the story. I knew of a woman whose husband had left her; she was in the back of my mind, a friend of a friend; there had been no violence but … Continue reading →