Christine Woodside On The 5 Things You Need To Be A Successful Author or Writer

…You need wild optimism. Writing is a hard enterprise, and I’ve found there aren’t always many people who think it’s a good idea to make it into a career…

Some writers and authors have a knack for using language that can really move people. Some writers and authors have been able to influence millions with their words alone. What does it take to become an effective and successful author or writer? In this interview series, called “5 Things You Need To Be A Successful Author or Writer” we are talking to successful authors and writers who can share lessons from their experiences.

As part of this series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Christine Woodside. Christine Woodside is a New England-based writer whose new book Going Over the Mountain: One Woman’s Journey from Follower to Solo Hiker and Back shows how exploring the wilderness nurtured courage and resilience. She edits the country’s oldest mountain journal, Appalachia. Her previous book, Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books, explored politics in the American frontier myth. Her writing on the environment and American life has appeared in major outlets for…