ICYMI on KPBS Midday Edition: Amy Wallen's latest book, 'How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies' is an illustrated hybrid memoir, writing-craft guide and pie cookbook — intended to help you find the perseverance (and treats) to finish writing.
Wallen joined KPBS Arts producer and editor Julia Dixon Evans to discuss the book on Midday Edition.
The cookbook part came because a friend of mine asked me to do a cookbook with her. But I didn't consider myself a professional cook, but I just had the idea of combining the two when I started thinking about what if I did write a cookbook and one of my great loves is pie.
Wallen: My in-laws were visiting and they were very Americana family kind of people. And so I thought I would make chicken pot pie. And I had been trying to make pie crust. I could never get it. It always just ended up being a gloppy mess. So I gave up. And I used to always tell people, oh, easy as pie, that's a lie.
Wallen: Oh, definitely. Every teacher knows that feeling of seeing this classroom, everybody just thinks you're going to give them the answers to everything. And really we're just sharing what we do know, the corner of whatever knowledge we have. I really believe in learning from mistakes, and I made so many mistakes along the way in publishing my first book and also my memoir.
Wallen: Working with Emil was fabulous. We had been friends originally. We were both in the same writing group together with Janet Fitch. And he was also an art director in advertising. And he's also a pie baker. So after writing group, we often had pie together. When I had the idea for this book and I'd written about five chapters, I had a proposal ready, but I didn't have the illustrations. I sent it to him. Our senses of humor are both very sardonic. He got it.
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