tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997937108031302673.post3636531006783010546..comments2023-08-17T07:59:38.737-07:00Comments on West Coast Writers: Interview with Kay MurphyLoreleihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07912727189990782170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997937108031302673.post-42238964718663887932009-06-11T17:36:40.017-07:002009-06-11T17:36:40.017-07:00So many writers I know battle with self-doubt. Wri...So many writers I know battle with self-doubt. Writing is a solitary activity, so it's no wonder many of them are introverts. I can just see fourth-grade Kay, shrinking on the outside, but grinning on the inside, as her teacher read that first story. This was my favorite section of the interview:<br /><br />S. Kay Murphy said: <i>"All these years later, I can still hear her voice—she had a Southern accent—reading it aloud. I can still feel the burn in my cheeks of embarrassment—and the thrill in my heart later when kids in my class said they liked it. I did something right for a change. I did something good for a change. I did something special and not something stupid. I had value as a person. I could create. Mrs. Walton told me that day, “You could be a writer.” I clung to her words like a life preserver in a vast turbulent sea."</i>Carolyn Burns Basshttp://www.ovations.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997937108031302673.post-28912529749749654172009-06-11T17:24:55.182-07:002009-06-11T17:24:55.182-07:00Great interview!Great interview!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com