One thing that was inspiring to me in my research about [Georgia] O'Keeffe was to learn that in addition to her success she had very hard times, and times when she was frustrated and uninspired.
The book [The Dissemblers] officially came out two weeks after my thirtieth birthday...am I still young?
From beginning to end, the novel [Dissemblers] took about three and a half years to write. I didn't write it chronologically.
I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring place for me.
The motivation to paint seems more pure, or at least more personal, when the artist is doing it for herself.
I've spent many a day worrying that I will never be able to write again!
I am a tragically bad artist.
I did take one drawing class in school, but for this book I spent a lot of time talking to painters and asking them silly questions.
I read letters and journal entries by [Georgia] O'Keeffe (which were infinitely more useful than any critical analysis of her work).
Now I am as big of an [ Georgia] O'Keeffe admirer as Ivy [Wilkes] is, but that came through writing the book.
I was only loosely aware of [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work. Primarily, I had seen her famous paintings of skulls with flowers, which are not my favorite. I didn't really become familiar with her work until after I started writing the book, but the more I learned about her the more I admired her.
![One thing that was inspiring to me in my research about [Georgia] O'Keeffe was to learn that in addition to her success she had very hard times, and times when she was frustrated and uninspired.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/liza-campbell/one-thing-that-was-inspiring-to-me-in-my-research-about-georgia-okeeffe-was-to-learn-that-in-addition-to.jpg)
