Kristin Contino talk about the craft of writing and her second novel – A House Full of Windsor.
“The book is about Debbie and her daughter Sara. We follow Debbie from the 1980’s through the present day; her history of loving the royal family and being a royal family collector to the point where she has become a compulsive hoarder.
We see how her royal collection destroys her marriage, for which there are also other factors, but for the most part it’s a huge reason. So – the destruction of her marriage relationships within her family and how her family comes together to go on this reality show to confront, not only the mess that’s physically there, but their collective mess and emotional drama from the past. I think I’m making it sound serious now. But it is a light-hearted book, but it touches on some serious issues too.”
“The book is about Debbie and her daughter Sara. We follow Debbie from the 1980’s through the present day; her history of loving the royal family and being a royal family collector to the point where she has become a compulsive hoarder.
We see how her royal collection destroys her marriage, for which there are also other factors, but for the most part it’s a huge reason. So – the destruction of her marriage relationships within her family and how her family comes together to go on this reality show to confront, not only the mess that’s physically there, but their collective mess and emotional drama from the past. I think I’m making it sound serious now. But it is a light-hearted book, but it touches on some serious issues too.”
It was a lesson in perseverance… it was turned down, if you add in agents and publishers, probably a hundred times at least….It’s really just timing, I think that’s what it comes down to with a lot of books.
So why do we call her crazy for piling her trailer full of more cats than she could take care of, but applaud when someone accumulates more money than they can spend? They’re both hoarders.
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