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A Letter from the Editor
Dear Readers, I hope you are enjoying the content here at Waking Writer. Each day I am appreciative of how much the readership has grown and how many writers reach out for interviews and other opportunities. As an author, this space allows me to do one of the things I enjoy almost as much as…
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Bruce Calhoun, author of Ardennia: The Unlikely Story of Cinderella’s Prince
Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from and how long have you been writing? I was born in 1953 in Madison, WI, and ever since I can remember I enjoyed spinning yarns. In high school I switched from telling yarns to writing short stories and poetry as a way to express my…
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Meet A.V.S. Pranavi, author of The Kaleidoscope Called Life
What inspires you to write? I mostly write when I feel sad, disappointed, hurt, angry or when I generally feel down. Negative emotions spark creativity in me. When did you first consider yourself a writer? I considered myself a writer when I started publishing my writings in my blog. But even then, I did not…
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Self-publishing success stories and more!
LJ Ross: The self-published crime writer making a killing (BBC) Since 2015, Louise has written 18 books in the DCI Ryan series, four novels chronicling the exploits of forensic psychologist Dr Alexander Gregory, a short story anthology and the Cornish cove crime thriller. For the previous 10 years, she had been a financial services lawyer…
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The Kaleidoscope Called Life by A.V.S Pranavi
What is life, if not the journey between birth and death! Yet, life does not cease to cause disarray, it does not stop at bad days, does not think enough is enough. This poetry collection explores every emotion that life puts forth and what it really means to experience them. It is a documentation of…
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Serialized Fiction, Authors turning to Substack, Self-Publishing, and more…
Stephen Vizinczey, ‘In Praise of Older Women’ Author, Dies at 88 (NY Times) Stephen Vizinczey, whose novel “In Praise of Older Women,” about a man’s sexual education by paramours not in his age bracket, caused a stir in the mid-1960s and became a cultural reference point, died on Aug. 18 at his home in London.…
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J.S. James, author of River Run
What inspires you to write? At a macro level I write for the sheer fun of stringing words together, and then restringing, and restringing, and . . . At a micro level, taking up the thread each day can be exhausting. I’m one of those writers who sweat bullets for a while, then spray my…
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Question Culture: Things We Don’t Fully Understand About The Universe
During the most recent episode of Question Culture (a bi-weekly socio-political podcast), Lornett and Brian were joined by special guest Dr. Christian Braneon. Dr. Braneon is a scientist, engineer, and educator with a doctorate in civil engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. With Dr. Braneon’s insight, they explored the many things we don’t fully understand…
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Meet Sohini Dutt, author of The Ghastly Secret
What inspires you to write? The answer would be almost everything! I believe one of the most interesting skills of a writer is that he/she takes note of every detail of human life. At times, it can simply be the curiosity about something that leads one to sit down with a pen and paper. At…
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Hidden Valor by Patricia M. Muhammad
Duchess Arabella leaves the House of Wellington for the king’s court without notice or permission of her mother and father. Two murders occur in the royal palace. Duke Everett is accused amongst the courtiers. He pursues the duchess to take her hand in marriage. The Crown sequesters all of the king’s court to the royal…
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