>>> WELCOME TO THE BOOK CASE.

I AM YOUR HOST.

A WRITER AND LONG-TIME READER.

I ENJOY YOU TO JOIN ME, AS WE EXPLORE THE VIRG ISLANDS´ AUTHORS.

WE WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO A LOCAL AUTHOR AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM AND THEIR WORK.

A STORY TELLER LIVES IN EACH OF US.

TONIGHT´S SELECTION FROM THE BOOKCASE IS TRADEWINDS OF THE TRADEWINDS.

>> I JUST INTRODUCED YOU AS WRITING AT KRISTINA TILES.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME THAT.

IT REVEALS A PART OF ME THAT MOST PEOPLE DON´T REALLY KNOW ABOUT.

IT IS A PLAY ON MY GRANDMOTHER´S NAME.

MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, KRISTINA, I HAVE HER MIDDLE NAME.

WITH A "K." POWELL, COMES FROM MY FAMILY IN ST. CROIX, IF YOU KNOW THE POWELL FAMILY.

MY GRATE GRANDMOTHER WAS THE MATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY, A STRONG WOMAN.

THAT IS WHERE THE LAST NAME COMES FROM KRISTINA POL FOR ME, IT IS AN HONOR TO WRITE UNDER THAT NAME.

IT IS ALMOST LIKE I AM HONORING THEIR LEGACY.

>> SO, WAS YOUR GRANDMOTHER A STORY TELLER?

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU GOT FROM HER?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, SHE LOVED WRITING, SHE LOVED EDUCATION.

UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE TIME SHE LIVED IN.

SHE COULDN´T PURSUE A LOT OF HER GOALS.

I THINK SOMETHING THAT I REALLY LOVED ABOUT HER, SHE ALWAYS SUPPORTED US WITH OUR GOALS.

OUR GRADUATION, ANYTHING SPECIAL, SHE WAS THERE.

ONE WAY I COULD HONOR HER.

>> THAT IS AMAZING, A WONDERFUL WAY TO HONOR YOUR GRANDMOTHER.

TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF.

>> WHEN I WAS BORN AND RACED IN ST. CROIX.

I GRADUATED FROM THE ST. CROIX HIGH SCHOOL.

UVI, WITH A DEGREE WITH OFFICE ADMINISTRATION, I WORKED FOR A FEW YEARS AS A LEGAL ASSISTANT, AND PARLEGAL AT A FEW LAW FIRMS IN ST. CROIX.

I DECIDED TO RELOCATE TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, AND VOLUNTEERED WITH THE DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED THERE, AND RETURNED TO ST. CROIX, I GOT MARRIED, AND MADE A QUICK CAREER CHANGE, AND PERSUEDE MY PASSION, I HAVE AN INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO W 3450I MY HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER.

>> ANOTHER LEVEL OF CREATIVITY THAT WE SEE IN YOUR WRITING?

>> I WOULD THINK SO, YES.

>> SO, WHEN DID YOU FIRST START WRITING?

WHEN DID YOU FIRST START SAYING, I AM AN AUTHOR?

>> I THINK IT STARTED IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I HAD A VERY GOOD ENGLISH TEACHER, ESPECIALLY IN THE 12th GRADE.

SHE PUSHED ME ESSAY, SHORT STORIES, SHE ENCOURAGED ME.

>> SO, WHEN DID YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANTED TO BECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHOR?

>> I THINK ONE DAY, I WAS LOOKING AT A ROM COM, I LOVE SWEET ROMANCE.

I WAS GOING ON THE NET LOOKING FOR THE NEXT CUTE MOVIE TO LOOK AT.

I FELT THERE WAS A VOID FOR YOU KNOW, MOVIES THAT HAD A CARIBBEAN FLAVOR, IN THAT GENRE.

I LOVE READING SWEET ROMANCE, SLOW BURN ROMANCE.

I NOTICED A VOID THERE, TOO.

A LOT OF THE AUTHORS WRITING WITH THE CARIBBEAN BACKDROP WEREN´T FROM THERE.

I THINK I HAVE A STORY TO TELL.

I WOULD LIKE TO FILL THAT VOID.

>> YOU KNOW, CARIBBEAN ROMANCE, THAT GENRE GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION WHEN TERRY McMILLAN WROTE "HOW STELA GOT HER GROVE BACK."

THAT SET THE SFM MARK FOR WHAT CARIBBEAN STORIES ARE SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.

>> EXACTLY.

PEOPLE SEE THE CARIBBEAN AS SAND, SEA AND SUN.

LIKE THAT IS HOW OUR LIVES ARE.

WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO TELL.

THAT GOES BEYOND THE BEACHES.

>> I THINK SOMETIMES, WITH OUR STORY, AND YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE´S INTERPRETATIONS OF OUR STORIES, WE GET THE REALLY SIMPLISTIC OR THE TRAUMA.

THERE IS REALLY NO IN BETWEEN THAT CARIBBEAN PEOPLE ARE JUST REGULAR PEOPLE LIVING REGULAR LIVES.

>> YES, EXACTLY.

>> THAT IS THE STORY YOU SET OUT TO TELL IN "TRADEWINDS OF THE HEART."

>> YES.

IN "TRADEWINDS OF THE HEART."

>> WHY ROMANCE?

>> I AM A HOPELESS ROMANCE.

I LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE GET TOGETHER, AND YOU KNOW, I TALK ABOUT SLOW BURN ROMANCE, I LIKE TO SEE THE RELATIONSHIP DEVELOP.

I THINK THAT IS, TO ME, THE BEST PART OF A ROMANCE.

HOW DOES THE RELATIONSHIP DEVELOP?

WHAT CHANGES DO PEOPLE GO THROUGH TO DECIDE TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION, THIS IS THE PERSON I WANT TO BE WITH.

>> WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP IN ST. CROIX AND GOING TO LOCAL SCHOOLS, WHAT KIND OF CARIBBEAN LITERATURE WERE YOU EXPOSED TO?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, I BECAME MORE EXPOSED TO STORY TELLING IT THROUGH THEATER.

MY MOM USED TO TAKE US TO PLAYS, ANY PLAY THAT WE WERE OLD ENOUGH TO WATCH, AND TO ENJOY, SHE WOULD TAKE US THERE.

WE WOULD GO TO LIFE STORY TELLING EVENT, WHEN IT COMES TO LITERATURE.

MOST OF THE LITERATURE I READ HAD TO DO WITH HISTORY.

HISTORY, OR ANY OTHER AUTHOR THAT SPOKE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE ISLANDS, THAT IS WHAT I WAS READING.

>> OF THE PLAYS THAT YOU ENJOYED WITH YOUR MOM, WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHICH ONES STAND OUT NOW?

WHICH ONES DO YOU REMEMBER THE MOST?

>> I REMEMBER SEEING HANZLE AND GRETLE.

THERE WAS A THEATER.

WAY BACK.

WE WOULD GO TO THOSE PLAYS.

EVERY SO OFTEN, THERE WAS A PLAY, AND MY MOM MADE SURE THAT WE WENT THERE.

>> WHEN DID YOU FIRST START THINKING THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO DO?

CAN YOU PINPOINT A GRADE, I WAS IN THIRD GRADE WHEN I WROTE MY FIRST POEM?

I WAS IN SIXTH GRADE, YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, EARLIER FAMILY READ YOUR EARLY WORKS, A MOMENT WHEN IT STUCK WITH YOU?

>> MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE JUNIOR HIGH.

THAT IS WHEN I KIND OF.

WRITER STARTED TO DEVELOP IN ME.

MY FATHER WAS INTO WRITING POETRY.

HE WAS ALWAYS WRITING A POEM.

WHEN I STARTED JUNIOR HIGH, I WAS INTRODUCED TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF POETRY.

I DIDN´T KNOW THERE WERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF POETRY.

AT THAT POINT, I REALIZED WRITING WAS ANOTHER WAY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF.

I USED TO SEE MY FATHER DOING.

I WANTED TO DO SO, THROUGH SHORT STORIES.

>> SO, YOU HAVE NOW WRITTEN YOUR FIRST BOOK, "TRADEWINDS OF THE HEART."

DID YOU WORK WITH A PUBLISHER OR IS IT SELF-PUBLISHED?

>> IT IS SELF-PUBLISHED, WHICH MEANS IT IS A LOT OF WORK.

>> WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO SELF PUBLISH, AS OPPOSED TO THE TRADITIONAL ROUTE?

>> I DOES A LOT OF RESEARCH.

AND I TRIED TO WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS OF TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING AND SELF PUBLISHING.

FOR MY FIRST BOOK, I WOULD CHOSE TO SELF-PUBLISH.

WITH THE SECOND NOVEL.

I DID THE SAME.

I HAVE A SECOND NOVEL.

SELF-PUBLISHED THAT NOVEL.

>> " THAT IS BASED IN ST. KITTS.

IT IS ABOUT A YOUNG LADY FROM NEW YORK, WHO GETS A REQUEST FROM HER ELDERLY AUNT IN GEORGIA, AND THE AUNT HAS CONNECTIONINGS WITH ST. KITTS.

BECAUSE OF AN EXPERIENCE THAT SHE HAD MANY YEARS AGO.

HER AUNT IS ELDERLY, SHE CAN´T COME TO ST. KITTS TO INVESTIGATE A COMPANY SHE HAS A VESTED INTEREST N SHE SKS HER GREAT NIECE TO COME INVESTIGATE THIS COMPANY.

IN THE PROCESS, THIS YOUNG LADY FROM THE UNITED STATES, HAS TO COME AND FIND INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THIS COMPANY.

MAKE FRIENDS IN THE PROCESS.

SHE GETS A LOT OF HELP FROM LOCAL PEOPLE TO FIND OUT WHAT HER AUNT -- >> IS IT ANOTHER ROMANCE?

>> IT IS A ROMANTIC SUSPENSE.

>> "TRADEWINDS OF THE HEART" YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT A YOUNG MOTHER.

>> YES.

>> HER CHALLENGES.

ULTIMATELY, ABOUT, IT IS A ROMANCE.

>> YES.

>> SHE FINDS LOVE.

>> WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO WRITE ABOUT A YOUNG MOTHER COMING OUT OF THE HOUSING COMMUNITIES.

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO TELL THAT STORY?

>> I ACTUALLY HAVE A FRIEND WHOSE LIFE IS SIMILAR TO KAYLA, SIMILAR TO HER LIFE.

I WANTED TO SHOW THE YOUNG WOMEN, SOMETIMES, WE MAKE BAD DECISIONS IN LIFE, EARLY ON.

IT DOESN´T MEAN THAT WE CANNOT FULFILL GOALS.

A LOT OF INTELLIGENT, CREATIVE, YOUNG WOMEN WHO THEY HAVE HAD I CAN´T DO ANYMORE, LOOK AT THE SITUATION I AM IN.

>> THE SITUATION IS, YOU KNOW YOU CAN OVERCOME THE DIFFICULTYINGS AND THE CHALLENGES, AND FULFILL YOUR DREAMS.

>> WOULD YOU SAY THAT "TRADEWINDS OF THE HEART" IS AN INSPIRATIONAL BOOK, FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU WROTE HER AS A STRONG, DETERMINED YOUNG WOMAN.

IS IT AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY, ROMATION?

>> I WOULD SAY A MIX OF BOTH.

YES, YOU DO SEE RESILIENCE WITH KAYLA.

EVEN WITH THE SUPPORT FROM HER MOM.

YOU SEE IT A LOT.

INDICATIVE ALWAYS SUPPORTING, TRYING TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

>> WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO WRITE AN INTER-RACIAL ROMANCE?

>> I ACTUALLY LIKE MULTICULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS.

I THINK IT SHOWS HOW PEOPLE CAN GO BEYOND THESE FEELINGS OF PREJUDICES AND FORM A BOND.

ONE OF THE WHICH IS LOVE.

I WANTED TO HAVE A CHANCE TO TELL A STORY LIKE THAT ONE, WHERE YOU SEE IN KULTURE, TOO.

>> YOU WROTE A STORY ROOTED IN ST. CROIX THAT HAS A DIVERSE CULTURE.

I THOUGHT IT SPOKE TO WHERE WE ARE, AS A COMMUNITY.

HOW WE EMBRACED SO MANY CULTURES AND LOVED AND EMBRACED THEM OVER THE YEARS.

IN A FEW MINUTES, WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT TRADEWINDS.

I WANTED TO FIND OUT FOR YOUR WRITING, WHEN YOU SIT DOWN TO WRITE, WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS?

HOW DO YOU GET THE WORDS OUT OF YOUR HEAD ON TO THE PAGE?

>> YES, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

FOR "TRADEWINDS OF THE HEART."

I WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE STORY, I DIDN´T STOP UNTIL IT WAS OVER.

EVERY DAY, I KEPT AT IT.

FOR MY SECOND NOVEL, I DID IT AN OUTLINE, MADE SURE THAT THERE WERE PARTS I WANTED TO SHOW CAME OUT IN THE RIGHT PLACES.

YOU KNEW WHERE YOU WANTED TO END UP?

>> YES.

>> THAT EXPERIENCE WAS REALLY, I WOULD SAY, IT WAS A PASSIONATE EXPERIENCE, I DIDN´T FEEL LIKE I NEEDED TO HAVE AN OUTLET.

I WANTED TO WRITE A STORY, AND I KNEW EXACTLY HOW I WANTED IT TO UNFOLD.

I THINK THAT I WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT THE WAY, THE WAY I ENVISIONED.

>> I DON´T WANT TO GIVE AWAY TOO MUCH OF YOUR STORY, IN YOUR MAIN CHARACTER, A SYMPATHETIC CHARACTER, MICKED UP WITH AN ABSOLUTE BUM.

FROM THE BEGINNING, I AM LIKE, COME ON, GIRL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH HIM?

>> SO MANY PEOPLE AND SO MANY WOMEN AND MEN, WHO READ "TRADEWINDS OF THE HEART" CAN RELATE.

THEY HAVE BEEN IN THAT EXPERIENCE OR KNOW SOMEONE IN THAT EXPERIENCE, YOU WRITE CHARACTERS THAT WE UNDERSTAND, AND ROOTING FOR.

>> YOU HOPE HE CHANGES.

>> REDEMPTION FOR HIM.

WITH PUBLISHING, DID YOU, GETTING YOUR BOOK TO MARKET, DID YOU GIVE YOURSELF A TIMELINE, WHERE YOU SAID, BY X-DATE, DID YOU GIVE YOURSELF A STRICT TIMELINE.

>> FOR TRADEWINDS OF THE HEART, SOMEONE HAD TO ACTUALLY PUSH ME.

IT WAS A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS A BOOK MARKETER.

SHE SAID, IT IS TIME.

YOU HAVE TO PUT THAT BOOK OUT.

I HAD EDITED IT OUT.

THE BOOK, AND SEND IT TO DIFFERENT EDITER, AND A COPY EDITER, I WAS STILL NERVOUS ABOUT REALLY JUST GETTING THE BOOK OUT THERE.

SHE SAID, IT IS TIME.

I HAD TO, I SAID, OKAY, LET ME SET A DATE.

BY JUNE, I WANT TO HAVE THIS OUT.

AND IT STARTED TO ROLL FROM THERE.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE WITH OUR AUDIENCE, A PASSAGE FROM "TRADEWINDS OF THE HEART" GIVE US A BACK STORY BEFORE YOU READ IT.

>> OKAY, SURE.

I WOULD LOVE TO.

OKAY.

I WILL READ AN EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 12.

KAYLA AND RICHARD KEEP BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER.

THESE MEETINGS, THAT ARE UNPLANNED.

I AM GOING TO READ A PART WHERE THEY MEET EACH OTHER AT A LOCAL EVENT.

WE KNOW IT AS JUMBOW.

AND IT SAYS, RICHARD GLANCED OVER AT THE COLORFUL CART WHERE KAYLA WAS DANCING ALONE.

SHE HAD A NATURAL RHYTHM THAT FASCINATED HIM.

HE FELT AS IF THE WINDS WERE STIRRING HIM IN HER DIRECTION.

HE SAID TO HIS POSSE, I WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

HE LEFT JENNIFER STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK, IN FRONT OF A CLOTHING STORE AND STROLLED ACROSS THE STREET.

AS HE GOT CLOSER, HE RECOGNIZED THE SWEAT SKEENT, IT REMINDED HIM OF THE SUMMER SANGRIA THAT KEPT HIM GOING BACK TO THE BAKERY IN DAVENPORT.

>> KAYLA PICKED UP A FLORAL SCENT AND LOOKED AROUND.

IT WAS THE GUY FROM PARADISE MART AGAIN.

SHE REMEMBERED HE CALLED HER A KIDNAPPER IN THE HOSPITAL.

YOU DON´T LOOK LIKE YOU MIND BEING HELD HOSTAGE.

SHE LOOKED RICHARD IN THE EYES, SHE DID SPOT HIM STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE JEWELRY STORE.

>> HANGING OUT WITH A FEW FRIENDS, SHOWING HIS PALM.

TWO FRIENDS AND ONE KIDNAPPER.

ARE YOU TOO MUCH.

RICHARD SHOOK HIS HEAD AND SMILED AT HER.

JUST THEN, THE BAND STRUCK UP A SONG AND THE PEOPLE WENT CRAZY.

PUSHING THEM OVER ON BLOCKING THE WAY, WHERE THE REST OF RICHARD´S GROUP WAS WAITING.

YOU WILL HAVE TO READ THE REST TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

>> I CAN´T WAIT TO READ THE REST.

YOU SAID THAT "TRADEWINDS OF THE HEART" IS YOUR FIRST BOOK.

WAS THERE ANY LESSONS LEARNED FROM WRITING THIS THAT YOU KEPT IN MIND WHEN YOU TACKLED YOUR SECOND BOOK?

>> SO MANY LESSONS N WRITING POINT OF VIEW.

THAT WAS ONE, I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIGGEST CHALLENGES.

SOMETIMES, YOU READ BOOKS, THAT THIS, IT IS LIKE A NATURAL CONDITION, OR NATURAL PROCESS.

AUTHORS HAVE TO THINK SERIOUSLY, ABOUT WHICH CHARACTER IS THINKING.

>> STUCK ON THAT YOU KNOW, I WILL READ WHERE THE PERSON WAS STANDING AND FLIP BACK.

WELL, WHEN DID THEY STAND UP?

>> YES, SO, THE N MY SECOND BOOK, I REALLY TRIED TO LEARN FROM FROM THE FIRST BOOK.

AND I THINK THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET TMORE TO CUSED WITH THAT, TOO.

>> SO, NOW THAT YOU HAVE A ROMANCE, A STRAIGHT-UP ROMANCE.

AND ROMANTIC SUSPENSE UNDER YOUR BELT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WILL TACKLE NEXT?

IN THE ROMANCE GENRE, OF COURSE.

>> WELL, I HAVE A MANUSCRIPT IN THE HAND OF ONE OF MY EDITORS RIGHT NOW.

INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY.

THERE IS ROMANCE IN IT.

BUT IT IS REALLY ABOUT THE LIFE OF A LADY I MET WHEN I CAME HERE TO ST. KITTS.

SHE WAS AN AMAZING WOMAN.

AND I LISTENED TO HER STORY.

AND LISTEN TO HER TELL HER STORY.

AND I SAID, I HAVE TO WRITE YOUR STORY.

I DECIDED TO DO IT.

THERE IS ROMANCE IN IT.

IT IS NOT STRAIGHT UP ROMANCE.

I THINK MY READERS WILL STILL BE PLEASED WITH THE STORY.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN INSPIRED TO WRITE BY PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE MET IN YOUR LIFE, OR THROUGH OTHER CONNECTIONS, WHAT ELSE INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT?

SOMETIMES, I LOOK AT THE ATTITUDES OF PEOPLE, OR THE CHANGES THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO MAKE IN LIFE.

PEOPLE ARE VERY RESILIENT.

IT IS AMAZING, WHAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH, AND COME OUT OF IT.

EVEN STRONGER.

I LIKE, I ALWAYS LIKE HAPPY ENDINGS.

ALL OF MY STORIES END IN A POSITIVE WAY.

THAT IS, I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH GRIEF IN THE WORLD.

WE HAVE ENOUGH SUFFERING, AND I DON´T WANT TO ADD TO IT.

I LIKE TO END MY STORIES WITH A HAPPY ENDING.

I AM WORKING ON A BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE.

I HAVE ABOUT NINE DIFFERENT STORIES I HAVE STARTED.

I WILL BE, YOU KNOW, I JUST GO THROUGH THEM AND WRITE A LITTLE BIT AS I FEEL INSPIRED.

>> HOW DO YOU BALANCE YOUR DAY JOB WITH BEING CREATIVE AND WRITING?

HOW DO YOU MAKE TIME FOR EVERYTHING?

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

BECAUSE OF COVID, I HAD TO HOMESCHOOL MY DAUGHTER.

SHE IS TAKING VIRTUAL CLASSES, I HAVE TO BE THERE.

MY INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO, I AM A WIFE, I HAVE TO COOK AND CLEAN, THAT IS THE REASON WHY I WAKE UP VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING.

I HAVE TO WAKE UP EARLY.

I WAKE UP AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING, TO HAVE ALONE TIME.

AT LEAST A FEW HOURS OF PEACE AND QUIET TO GET THINGS DONE.

>> WHEN YOU WAKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, IS THAT WHEN YOU DID YOUR BEST WRITING?

>> THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE TIME FOR MY BEST WRITING.

I DON´T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING AROUND ME.

MY THOUGHTS ARE THE ONLY THING I WANT TO HEAR.

RIGHT TO MUSIC, TOO.

WITH "TRADEWINDS OF THE HEART."

>> DO YOU HAVE A PLAY LIST?

>> YES.

I DO.

ON MY WEBSITE, I HAVE A PLAY LIST OF SONGS.

CERTAIN SONGS I LOVED WRITING, TOO.

I CREATED A PLAY LIST FOR THE BOOK.

>> FOR ALL OF THE AUDIENCE OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW, WHO MAY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A STORY TO TELL, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TIPS FOR THESE ASPIRING WRITERS?

>> LIKE I HAVE A FRIEND, ACTUALLY TWO FRIENDS WHO SAID TO ME, I WANTED TO WRITE A STORY ABOUT MY LIFE.

OR A STORY ABOUT A PARTICULAR EVENT IN HISTORY.

I TELL THEM, JUST START WRITING.

TO ME, THAT IS THE BIGGEST.

THAT IS THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE.

WE HAVE THE STORIES IN OUR HEAD.

WE HAVE OUR THOUGHTS, GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD SAY, HOW THE BOOK SHOULD BE.

JUST START WRITING, EVERYTHING WILL START COMING, FROM THERE, ONCE YOU GET THINGS ON PAPER.

IT BECOMES EASIER.

>> IS THERE IN YOUR WRITING JOURNEY, ANY ONE BOOK, PLAY, THAT INFLUENCED YOU THE MOST?

>> IN WRITING, IN A BOOK, I DON´T KNOW IF I COULD SAY, NECESSARILY A BOOK.

I AM THINKING, THAT IS A HARD QUESTION.

I LOVE TO READ.

THERE ARE SO MANY BOOKS GOING THROUGH MY HEAD RIGHT NOW.

I COULD THINK OF FILMS.

JANE AUSTIN, I LOVE HER WRITING.

I LOVE, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

I LOVE THE WAY SHE TOLD STORIES, SHE IS ONE AUTHOR THEY APPRECIATE.

NOT JUST IN WRITING, BUT ALSO IN FILM.

>> THAT IS A GOOD NOTE TO END THIS CONVERSATION ON.

THE THINGS THAT HAVE INSPIRED LORRAINE WOODS, WRITING AT KRISTINA POWELL, TO TELL THESE STORIES.

IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR LOCAL CALENT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON "TRADEWINDS OF THE HEART" OR ANY BOOKS FEATURED ON THIS PROGRAM, VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU THIS WEEK.

WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK, WHEN WE TAKE ANOTHER BOOK FROM "THE BOOK CASE."