Today we’d like to introduce you to Tasha Hutchison.
Hi Tasha, so excited to have you on the platform. So, before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
My mother would always take me to the library, and she’d get a book and I would get a book. Then we would read together at night. By the time I made it to my teens, I kind of became a little drama queen. So, my mother figured out a way to redirect that drama queen energy into something more productive. She bought me a computer and a printer and told me every time I acted like a drama queen I would have to sit down and write. After a while, I began to enjoy writing. Broken Petals has evolved over the years from how I initially wrote it at seventeen–even the title. Once I had more life experience, collegiate education, and advanced literature under my belt, I rewrote the story and published it.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
You should consider yourself extremely lucky or blessed (whichever you prefer) if you write a book and your first point of contact publishes your work. Once you begin the journey to publication, you will get a ton of passes. But you will need THICK skin to continue the journey to acceptance. That is the struggle, believing in your work without giving up. For some, it could take years. Otherwise, it could take months. But the point is to keep going until you find the right home for your book.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I am a writer. My book Broken Petals is my first novel. It is currently available on all book retailer sites with a release date of July 25, 2022. I hold women’s fiction dear to my heart. I enjoy going on a journey that will challenge my characters against everything they know, and they will either grow or give up. As writers, we may touch on some of the same topics, but we have different voices. I tell my stories in a different way from other writers with a focus on giving my readers something to take away from the story. In Broken Petals, that takeaway is hope.
Any advice for finding a mentor or networking in general?
Most genres have communities for you to join, such as women’s fiction has women’s fiction writers’ association. That is where you will find your tribe and resources. So, I would say, look into those things if you are not already associated with a writing group. I was lucky enough to already be a part of a writing group and now I will be joining the women’s fiction writer’s association.
Contact Info:
- Email: tashanhutchison@gmail.com
- Website: https://authortashahutchison.wixsite.com/writer
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authortashahutchison/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorTHutch
- Other: https://linktr.ee/AuthorTashaHutchison
