April Stevens is the author of two novels, Angel Angel and The Heart and Mind of Frances Pauley as well as two children’s books, Waking up Wendell and Edwin Speaks Up. She has been called “a wonderfully fluent storyteller with a shrewd eye for the offbeat…who can move us in unexpected ways” by the New York Times. She lives in northwestern Connecticut with her husband and two children.
Writing isn’t always easy to do because no one is there to make you do it but yourself. But I still recommend it to everyone. A little each day no matter what age you are. It’s a good way to remember that you’re alive and to remind yourself that this is your life and you’re now doing the job of living. Writing is a bit like hovering over your existence so you can see all the stuff that’s not so great but you can see the good stuff too. Things, for instance, that you have been trudging past every day that you suddenly realize you love.
