![]() If she had attended college right after high school instead of traveling in Europe, for example, how would her life have been different? Taking various alternative paths to their imaginary conclusions, she created Pretty Little Mistakes: A Do-Over Novel. In the process she became intrigued by fantasies of what might have happened if she had made different decisions. Angry and depressed, she took a large piece of linoleum and a marker pen, and began making an outline of the various choices she had made and that had brought her to this apparent dead end. ![]() ![]() SIDELIGHTS:Īfter spending six years writing a novel that no one wanted to publish, Heather McElhatton found herself in unpromising circumstances: at age thirty-five she was jobless, living with her mother, and-she felt-unlikely to enjoy the brilliant career she had hoped for as a writer. Pretty Little Mistakes: A Do-Over Novel, Harper ( New York, NY), 2007.Ĭontributor of short stories to literary magazines, including Ontario Review. Creator and host of radio program Stage Sessions. Writer and independent producer for Public Radio International. ![]() Office- Public Radio International, 100 N. ![]() Surname is pronounced to rhyme with "Tackle Latin" born 1970. ![]()
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