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May 15, 2007
EWN interview with Andrea Portes
Dan Wickett of Emerging Writers Network recently interviewed Andrea Portes about her novel, HICK:
Dan:
While I must admit that I was tipped off by an insider that I might really like Hick, it was really the first sentence that grabbed me:
“You know why you keep losing, cause, guess what, you’re a fucking loser.”
It just seemed a perfect jumping point into the story, and certainly laid Luli McMullen’s voice out perfectly. Was this always the starting point of your story, or did it find its way through many revisions?
Andrea:
Actually, that was the first line of the book from the very beginning. I was at SLOTS OF FUN in Las Vegas, playing the nickel slots, with my friend. I think he kept losing and so I just said, “You know why you keep losing, cause, guess what, you’re a fucking loser.” And he and I basically spent the next ten minutes laughing and he then said, “That would be a great first line of a novel.” And I said, “You’re right!” And so it began…
You can read the full interview over at EWN.
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