Episode 111: From These Experiences of Life! Go and Craft Thee A Story! with Laura K. Riley

Lui & Des interview Baton Rouge by way of Minnesota writer Laura K. Riley (also known as Emily Cogburn)  Ms. Riley gives the duo a refreshing take on how her life experiences shape the core story of her characters and gives a reading from her novel Sweet Camilia Island

Chapters

• 0:00 Opening Blurb
• 0:30 Fresh Ink Theme
• 1:00 Introduction of Lui & Des
• 1:45 Introduction of Laura K Riley AKA Emily Cogburn
• 2:15 Interview Begins
• 2:25 From Minnesota to Ohio
• 2:41 On The Ohio State University and That Dumb Buckeye
• 3:00 Moving to Louisiana
• 4:12 Same Nation; Different Cultural Shocks
• 5:00 No I Am Not An English Major
• 6:25 The Great Escape: Reading & Writing
• 7:19 Have No English Major; Still A Writer
• 7:43 Two Library Workers Are On A Podcast. Both Wanna Write Fiction
• 7:59 Finding the Muse of Creativity
• 8:55 Journalism, Council Meetings and Soap Operas
• 12:44 The Story of the Short Story Louisiana Saves the Library
• 15:36 From Emily Cogburn to Laura K. Riley
• 17:36 Personal Experience = Core Stories
• 20:12 The Power of Moving Feeding the Need for New Experiences
• 21:39 Avery Island, the Power of Journey and their Influence on Sweet Camelia Island & Satsuma Road
• 28:08 Prelude to A Read
• 28:30 Reading Excerpt from Sweet Camelia Island
• 31:47 Discussion on the Excerpt
• 33:17 Fresh Ink Closing Comments
• 36:39 Fresh Ink End Theme & Shoutouts