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Today, Lori is interviewing Donnaldson Brown. They\\u2019ll be talking about Because I Loved You, and about how her background in screenwriting has influenced her prose.

Donnaldson \'s debut novel, Because I Loved You, is due out in April 2023 with She Writes Press. An attorney and former screenwriter, she worked with Robert Redford\\u2019s film development company for several years. Her spoken word pieces have been featured in The Deep Listening Institute\\u2019s Writers in Performance and Women & Identity Festivals, and in the Made in the Berkshires Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She\\u2019s been awarded several residencies.

A longtime resident of both Brooklyn, New York and western Massachusetts, Ms. Brown grew up riding horses on a family ranch in East Texas as well as in her native Connecticut. She is a facilitator and trainer with The Equus Effect, offering somatic based experiential learning with horses for veterans, first responders and others struggling with ptsd, and is also certified to teach meditation and several forms of yoga.\\xa0

She is a proud mother, and loves to sing, cycle, and hike with her dogs.\\xa0

You can find her on her website or follow her on Facebook and Instagram.

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In this episode Donnaldson and Lori discuss:

• The impact of secrets on multiple generations.

• Starting a project with an image and painting it into prose.

• Directing a reader\\u2019s imagination through clues and cues.

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Plus, her #1 tip for writers.

For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/458