Her debut novel, “All the Flowers of the Mountain,” is a 2023 IPPY Award Bronze Medal winner and 2023 Colorado Book Award winner. Holbrook: This excerpt is Chapter One of the novel, and takes place more or less in the present day. Holbrook: Writing a novel – or even a short story – is a long and layered process. Holbrook: When I am in the middle of working on a project, whether short story or novel, I wake up early. Holbrook: For some time after my brain surgery, I was too depressed to write at all.

Source: Forbes August 06, 2023 08:16 UTC