Join me as I chat with Alyson Richman, author of 9 novels listed on Art In Fiction, including The Time Keepers listed in the Other category and The Thread Collectors listed in the Textile Arts category.
View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vrYzy7mORwc
- Why Alyson likes to write novels inspired by the arts and the role the arts have played in her life
- How her novels answer questions such as "Can the creative spirit be extinguished in very difficult and dark times?" and "Can creativity be a form of resistance?"
- Genesis of The Time Keepers
- The use of watchmaking in The Time Keepers as a metaphor for how we process time, particularly after suffering trauma
- Research into watchmaking
- Why she decided to set her novel during the Vietnam war
- Parallels between events in the novel and current events
- Researching The Time Keepers, particularly talking with people who experienced the Vietnam war
- Prediction that more novels will be written around the Vietnam war now that it's 50 years in the past
- The theme of friendship in The Time Keepers
- Reading from The Time Keepers
- Collaborating with Shaunna J. Edwards to write The Thread Collectors
- The role Alyson's and Shaunna's ancestors played in creating characters for The Thread Collectors
- Parallels between the Civil War setting for The Thread Collectors and civil unrest and racism in our time
- Repurposing cloth and thread in the Black community as inspiration for The Thread Collectors
- One thing Alyson learned from writing this novel that she didn't know before
- Alyson's next novel, coming in October 2025.
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Alyson Richman's website: https://www.alysonrichman.com
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