Vitality Stories
A Tiger Drive Thanks
It takes a village to write and publish a book. Here are the people and groups who are recognized in Tiger Drive.
Acknowledgments
Finishing a book requires soda, licorice, yogurt covered peanuts, magazines, glue-sticks, alligator skin, earplugs, candles, walks, a timer, a door, two saw horses, a fitness ball, The Civil Wars, and olive branches. But mostly, it takes a village of believers, coaches, supporters, and collaborators. Continue reading
Vitality Stories
Author Missy Wilkinson by Missy Wilkinson
Tattoos and Tiger Drive
Do you tattoo?
Tiger Drive is written from the point of view of four characters, and the most challenging (and foul-mouthed) character is WJ Sloan. In 2011 when I first started writing WJ’s scenes, I’d make myself blush and cringe, often chastising myself, “You can’t write that! He can’t do that! What’s wrong with you–he can’t say that!” And yet he did, and I did. Again and again.
In fact, when Deborah Halverson, DearEditor.com, read one of my earlier versions, she came back to me and said something like, Continue reading