Annalisa Crawford is here to discuss her latest release.
Don't you just love that cover?
you. i. us.
you. i. us. is a collection of vignettes, small
scenes which hint at the story beneath.
Annalisa has taken that idea to another level,
because she asked 15 bloggers to ask her one question each, creating small
insights into her life and writing.
To that end: I asked Annalisa,
What scene in your writing has made you laugh the
hardest or cry the most?
Thanks for inviting me over, Yolanda.
There will be no names in this answer, because it’s
a huge spoiler, but a great example. If you’ve read my books, you’ll know the story
I’m referencing…
I killed a character. I loved him. He was a
combination of two huge crushes I had when I was growing up, plus a little bit
of extra awesome. I could see he was going to die from a mile off, and tried so
hard to veer the story a different way.
I kept writing, hoping the story would come to a
happy conclusion, but each time I was thwarted. I thought I’d finally done it,
but another character snuck up and did the deed. And, so, yes I shed a tear or
two as I wrote it, and as I read it a couple of years later too.
Incidentally, Omelette—a story from That
Sadie Thing—is the story that has made the most readers cry.
Thanks, Annalisa, I look forward to reading You. I. Us.
you. i. us.
In you. i. us., Annalisa Crawford captures
everyday people during poignant defining moments in their lives: An
artist puts his heart into his latest sketch, an elderly couple endures
scrutiny by a fellow diner, an ex-student attempts to make amends with a girl she
bullied at school, a teenager holds vigil at his friend’s hospital bedside,
long distance lovers promise complete devotion, a broken-hearted widow stares
into the sea from the edge of a cliff where her husband died, a grieving son
contacts the only person he can rely on in a moment of crisis, a group of
middle-aged friends inspire each other to live remarkable lives.
Day after day, we make the same choices. But after
reading you. i. us., you’ll ask yourself, “What if we didn’t?”
Publication date: June 10, 2016
Genre: Short Stories (Single Author)
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Annalisa Crawford lives in
Cornwall UK, with a good supply of moorland and beaches to keep her inspired.
She lives with her husband, two sons, a dog and a cat. Annalisa writes dark
contemporary, character-driven stories. She has been winning competitions and
publishing short stories in small press journals for many years, and is the
author of Cat & The Dreamer and Our Beautiful Child.
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