First Draft Episode #172: Tracey Neithercott
Tracey Neithercott, author of Gray Wolf Island, talks about being inspired by unsolved mysteries and real life treasure hunters, how writing shapes our identities, and how she wrote her debut book while dealing with a life-altering chronic pain diagnosis.
LINKS AND TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
When she was very young she wrote a play based on the soundtrack from The Bodyguard (movie) starring actress and award-winning singer Whitney Houston
Read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens in high school and felt like she really connected to the characters, and wrote a story in which she felt like she was trying to recreate it
Dawson’s Creek (TV show)
She followed the New York Times bestselling author of the Paranomalcy and And I Darken series, Kiersten White, journey to becoming published via her blog (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Was on the Absolute Write forums where she received her first manuscript critique from Brigid Kemmerer, the New York Times bestselling author of A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Sarah LaPolla, literary agent at Bradford Literary Agency
Stand By Me (movie)
Gray Wolf Island is based of Oak Island
Forrest Fenn (antiquities dealer who buried a treasure)
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Tahereh Mafi, New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series, Furthermore, and Whichwood (listen to her First Draft interview here)
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