Barbara Robinette Moss

Saw a great interview of a fellow Southern writer by the name of Barbara Robinette Moss.

She has actually completed her second book, and is working on adapting the first into a play or a screenplay; whereas I only have one book in print at present . . . but, I'm working on the sequel, I swear!

Paraphrasing Moss herself, the best thing to ask any author is, "What are you doing to keep yourself for writing?" It seems we look for the little distractions, the socks in the dryer, to serve as convenient excuses for not putting pen to paper . . . or fingers to keyboard as the case may be.

But, I digress.

Moss's family is shaking in their boots about the possibility of being portrayed on stage or screen, as if being immortalized in mere words was not enough.

You see, both of Moss's books are autobiographical. The first is Change Me into Zeus's Daughter, and tells all about surviving extreme poverty and malnutrition in rural Alabama. The second is Fierce: A Memoir, which tells how she went from being a single mother on welfare to realizing her dreams of being a writer and artist.

Check out her website for more info: www.barbaramoss.com

Her writing is both gritty and witty. But, I think what I like most about it is that it was written with a Southern accent, if you can imagine that.