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Lucinda Weatherby, Author of Five Hours
When and why did you begin writing? I started writing as soon as I could form words with a pencil. My dad has saved almost everything I’ve ever written, from preschool stories about my teddy bears to letters to my grandparents to college essays. A little embarrassing at times, but mainly it’s a fascinating record…
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Belinda G. Buchanan, Tragedy at Silver Creek
What have you written so far? I have written four novels to date. My first one, After All Is Said And Done, was born out of the incessant need to create a story about two couples who worked together that had an affair, resulting in a pregnancy. So many times, we see the immediate results…
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K.E. Mullins, Author of In the Company of Strangers
When and why did you begin writing? I began writing briefly in middle school, but I stopped. Then, I took it up seriously beginning with poetry halfway during my career in the Navy.
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Java Davis, Author of Commune
What are some day jobs you have held? I’m glad you asked! I have moved around quite a bit and have had a great many jobs over the years. I’ve been a children’s librarian, a gas station attendant, a clerk at a county jail, typesetter and designer, secretary, drug store clerk, copywriter, office manager, and…
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Sarah Doebereiner, Author of A Turbulent Affair
What have you written so far? Most frequently, I write short, horror stories. From the time I was young, I always liked reading anthologies and collections. The segments in an anthology are broken down into easily digestible chunks that still pack a significant punch for their page space. In that kind of atmosphere, tight writing…
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Meet Fantasy Author, Daccari Buchelli
When and why did you begin writing? As a young child, I developed an intense interest in literature. I enjoyed spending time alone and found myself wanting to form different endings for some of the books that I read. From here, my passion for writing began. I would write short stories, which quickly progressed into…
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Plane Walker, by C.P. Dunphey
The Manus Dei system proved that a deity exists. The universe was changed forever. Mankind desires equal footing with the God. The God seeks to abandon mankind. After his wife dies during childbirth, Lazarus’s life takes a turn for the worst. Addictions and neglect spread across the years as Lazarus focuses on the Deity as…
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Interview Tony Leslie Duxbury, Author of The Adventures of Jojo Smith
When and why did you begin writing? After I had graduated, back in 1990, I sat down to seriously write something that I didn’t need to. Over the past several years I’d had a couple of people who encouraged me to try it. They were both teachers and one was also a published author. I’d…
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Gissel Brito, Author of The Universe Between Us
Do you work to an outline or plot sketch, or do you prefer to let a general idea guide your writing? I do a little of both. But I have found that working to an outline or a plot sketch hinders my creativity. I really like getting surprised by the ideas I come up with…
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The Brede Chronicles, by P.I. Barrington
Half-human Alekzander Brede is a law unto himself…or so he thinks. Elektra Tate, the street orphan who loves him has other ideas. When she betrays him for no apparent reason, he vows to punish her one way or another. Taking the one thing she treasures most—their son—begins a cat and mouse relationship spanning two planets…
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