Thanks, Sierra, for featuring me as November Author of the Month! Sierra is also hosting a book giveaway, so enter today!
I would like to introduce to you my featured author of the month, Rachael Hanel. Author of “We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down” , which I have reviewed here: “We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down“! Check out my amazing interview with her!
Rachael is a lifelong Minnesotan—she lives 25 miles from where she grew up. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and history, and a master’s degree in history. She has worked several jobs over the years—newspaper reporter and copy editor, freelance writer, adjunct professor (of English, history, humanities, and journalism) and university curriculum manager. She now teach mass media at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Sierra: When did you first start writing and when did you finish your first book?
Rachael: I wrote the first piece that appears in the book in 2000. I had a first…
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Congratulations Rachael.
btw, I’ve been out taking pictures of cemeteries–so far nothing inspiring has happened with the pictures or the stories that have come from them, but, I am thinking about it.
meanwhile, I just came across this post that might interest you: http://anarmchairacademic.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/new-england-graves-the-busy-imps-of-death/
Awesome, Rachael! I especially like this quote: “It’s all real! But you have to remember that memoir is one person’s version of the truth. We all see life in different ways. My book represents the way that I viewed my childhood and adolescence. I never made up anything or chose to represent something as happening differently just for story’s sake.” 🙂
So true, right? If only everyone would remember that 🙂