It's Friday, Issue #90
the story behind my profile of Leigh Bardugo
Last week, Alta Journal, a beautiful print magazine that focuses on stories about and from the west coast, published its 31st issue, which includes a profile I wrote about fantasy author, Leigh Bardugo.
Here’s the first paragraph:
When Leigh Bardugo was in college in the 1990s, a tarot card reader told her that she was going to try to live an ordinary life—and that it would destroy her. Although Bardugo says she doesn’t place much stock in prognostication, she admits this reading turned out to be correct. Or nearly.
“I look back on that, and I think, I did try to live an ordinary life,” she says, “and it did almost destroy me. I was lucky to get out.”
Not bad, eh? Go ahead, read the whole thing!
**** Intermission while you read ****
Now I shall outline how this profile came to be, my experience as a novelist pretending to be a journalist, and the editing process, along with other juicy ($$$) details.
Get in, loser, we’re going behind the scenes.