Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Interview with Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Several months ago my good friend, Whitney Johnson (of Dare to Dream fame), invited me to interview and guest blog about one of my heroes, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Harvard University history professor. Laurel was so gracious to share her wisdom on working "inch by inch" everyday to become the kind of writer she hoped to become. And now, for your viewing pleasure, excerpts of the interview have been posted on Whitney's blog. The complete interview transcript is posted below.

While visiting daretodream, be sure to check out the fascinating set of guest posts during the month of June, including thought-provoking stories from women in many walks of life.

You might also enjoy reading my previous guest post on taking a spring break "stay-cation".

An Interview with Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (click to open in new window)

3 comments:

rebecca said...

Janika, I loved this interview. I love the principle of enjoying the little things you do now leading to happiness with the end product (whatever you are working at creating). Laurel is obviously not only smart, but wise. Thank you for sharing this!

Miranda J said...

Impressive technology use Janika! So glad you asked for the interview and shared this with us!

DC said...

Well, that was inspiring to say the least. It's so nice to hear that even accomplished writers struggle with construction and finding time. I love her thoughts on time; how even minutes add up eventually. How lucky you are that you got to do this interview!