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Edgar Rider, author of Transcending In the Fictional Burnout
When did you first consider yourself a writer? 1997 took a writing class at community college. Before that they didn’t have a Creative writing department. The teachers inspired me to continue writing. That’s when I first thought of myself as a writer. Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? Liked…
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Camille Cabrera, author of Catalina’s Tide
When and why did you begin writing? I first began writing about a decade ago. It came from a deep love of reading that eventually grew into writing down my own creations. Are you a full-time or part-time writer and how does that affect your writing? I am currently writing full-time. It’s a passion of…
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The Grand Librarian: The Future Wizards by Dee Rose
After the events of the Hangman Returns, Alexander and Emma Merryweather have returned home to Chicago in hopes of living a normal life and raising their twin babies, Octavia and Octus. But the wizard Merlin arrives in Alexander’s dream and informs him of a threat to his twins in the future. The powerful wizard group,…
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Meet Kevin Albin, author of Stonechild
I think for most of us, we see only the smallest tip of the iceberg. As with Stonechild, I am trying to use my writing as a way to question what we do and how we might do things better. Kevin Albin When and why did you begin writing? If I think back, I’ve written from…
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Pandemic Novels, JK Rowling’s Sales Plunge, and more…
Naomi Alderman Was Writing a Pandemic Novel Before the Pandemic Hit (New York Times) For two years, Naomi Alderman, the author of the 2017 dystopian novel “The Power,” had been working on her next book. Then in February, with 40,000 words already written, she decided she had to stop. The story she had devised, about…
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Randhir Kaur, author of The Chord
Writing was the only way to lift myself from the negativity I was facing. It happened suddenly, but a voice forced me to pen down the real emotions… When did you consider yourself a writer? When I had my debut book Joe Blow on my bookshelf and when people were genuinely reviewing my work. What…
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Gone by A.C. Efverman
Three teenage boys disappear from an exclusive suburb in Sydney. Kidnappers contact the boys’ families – but before any ransom sums have been paid, two of the boys’ bodies are found floating in the harbor. DS Morgan Callaghan has taken time off work for personal reasons, but now he’s called in to lead the kidnapping…
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Black Authors, Queer Nigerian Fiction, and more…
Publishers want more black authors. Why have they silenced us for so long? (The Guardian) It is taken for granted that would-be writers will know what a literary agent is. But most have no idea how to structure a book proposal, or where to send it. This information is possessed by those in the know,…
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#PublishingPaidMe, Black Lives Matter, and more!
Black British authors top UK book charts in wake of BLM protests (The Guardian) As Black Lives Matter protests continue around the world, several bestselling authors have spoken out against the predominantly white publishing world. On Wednesday morning, bestselling novelist Dorothy Koomson, who was supported by writers including Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Courttia Newland, slammed UK publishing as…
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Meet Victoria Blanco, author of The Late, Late Hour
What is the most important thing that people DON’T know about your subject/genre that they need to know? When I speak to people and we talk about poetry, many of them think poetry must be structured or that it must be “deep” but in reality poetry and writing in general is free to be utilized…
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