When I was six I wanted to be a ballerina. By the time I was eight I was fairly sure this plan wasn't panning out. I began aspiring to be an "Aquamaid" at a resort called "Aquarena Springs" in my hometown of San Marcos: Aquamaids got to wear mermaid tails and feed milk bottles underwater to Ralph the Swimming Pig for an audience submerged in a "submarine".
I'd be a dope to compare my writing with Wallace Stegner's, but that book probably influenced me in ways I didn't even realize while I was writing Th… - Elizabeth Crook
I'd be a dope to compare my writing with Wallace Stegner's, but that book probably influenced me in ways I didn't even realize while I was writing Th…
- Elizabeth Crook
I love Austin. It's great here. I don't mind the heat. - Elizabeth Crook
I love Austin. It's great here. I don't mind the heat.
I knew from previous books not to count on anything in terms of sales. My first novel - -The Raven's Bride, about Sam Houston's disastrous first marr… - Elizabeth Crook
I knew from previous books not to count on anything in terms of sales. My first novel - -The Raven's Bride, about Sam Houston's disastrous first marr…
[My brother] was older, and since the law of the west was fairly entrenched in our household, whoever was bigger got control of the television. I sat… - Elizabeth Crook
[My brother] was older, and since the law of the west was fairly entrenched in our household, whoever was bigger got control of the television. I sat…
It took me ten years to write The Night Journal, so that was a big ordeal. - Elizabeth Crook
It took me ten years to write The Night Journal, so that was a big ordeal.
When Larry Wright won the Pulitzer for The Looming Tower we all strutted around for weeks, until some sourpuss among us noted that it was actually La… - Elizabeth Crook
When Larry Wright won the Pulitzer for The Looming Tower we all strutted around for weeks, until some sourpuss among us noted that it was actually La…
I grew up thirty miles down the highway in San Marcos, and I've still got family there, so I guess I'm pretty well rooted. - Elizabeth Crook
I grew up thirty miles down the highway in San Marcos, and I've still got family there, so I guess I'm pretty well rooted.
Promised Lands was a better book in my opinion, and it's still my mother's favorite of the three I've done, but I doubt anyone who isn't a blood rela… - Elizabeth Crook
Promised Lands was a better book in my opinion, and it's still my mother's favorite of the three I've done, but I doubt anyone who isn't a blood rela…
When I started escaping to a neighbor's house to watch what I darn well pleased, it turned out to be The Big Valley. Every afternoon my friend and I … - Elizabeth Crook
When I started escaping to a neighbor's house to watch what I darn well pleased, it turned out to be The Big Valley. Every afternoon my friend and I …
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion