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by Andie Ryan
I had spent five or six years living in the Mission District in San Francisco amongst many artists, musicians and very creative inspiring people, and it was time for me to do something other than just hanging out having drinks and being witty. I started writing about my oldest memories because they were just so strange. I told my friend Ali, a stunningly gifted painter and singer, and a damned fine bartender, how easy it had been to write them and she pointed out that it's not easy for most people, and that maybe I should try on being a writer, so I said, okay, I'll pretend to be a writer. And I showed a story I really liked to another friend, and he read it very carefully, and he told me, “That needs to be a book.”
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Feature Author: Andie Ryan
Andie Ryan is the Minneapolis-based author of Thanks, That Was Fun. Her favorite fruit is kiwi and her favorite Beatle is Paul. Read her blog at www.andiepants.blogspot.com. |
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