When multiple talents combine, a truly incredible work can be the result. Just ask Marina Brown, the Published Book of the Year winner for the 2020 Royal Palm Literary Awards. She’s been a professional ballerina, a journalist, a deep water sailor, a nurse, a cellist, a watercolorist, and much more. She used her unique world knowledge and experiences to help build the story behind The Orphan of Pitigliano, her winning entry. For the 2020 RPLA Showcase, Bill Opperman will be interviewing the winners and you can watch the interview at the end of each post.
Key Quotes from the Interview
Each art form can nourish another one.The author, I think, should try for a moment to become the character, just for a moment, to feel the words in his own mouth.I played the cello on an instrument whose caramel voice sings as it rests against the heart.Each art form can nourish another one.
Watch her interview on RPLA Showcase to discover her secrets for writing compelling dialogue and her advice to writers facing the daunting possibility of starting their first novel.
Watch the Interview
Connect and Learn More about Marina
Visit her Amazon author page or her author webpage. You can also follow her on Facebook.
Chris Coward
What a great interview, and what a great concept to augment the post with a video. Great job, Marina! Great job, Bill. Thank you.