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Inger Brown, author of The Bobbling and Bat Island
Can you share with readers a little bit about your latest book? My new book is The Bobbling and Bat Island. It is a fun story about Bobbling going on an adventure to meet some bats that make jam. It is a great autumnal, cosey read, that should have you giggling. What made you decide…
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Mary Frances Fisher, author of Growing Up O’Malley
Do you work with an outline or plot sketch, or do you prefer to let a general idea guide your writing? For my current novel, Growing Up O’Malley (based on my mother’s family), I did not have a diary or sequence of events but relied on numerous stories I heard in my youth. Clearly, this…
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S. Berget, author of Let Slip the Beasts
What inspires you to write? Movies, music, video games, comics and other books, specifically Underworld, Aeon Flux, X-Men, Resident Evil, Ginger Snaps, Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace. Are you a full-time or part-time writer and how does that affect your writing? Definitely a part-time writer, more like a once in a…
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Aishwarya Khale, author of The Elpis Pages
When did you first consider yourself a writer? I have this very vivid memory from my childhood that marks the moment when I knew I wanted to be a writer. It was one of those pivotal moments that you never forget. I must have been around seven or eight years old at the time. My…
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P. Robertson, author of Crossroads
Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? As a childfree woman, I feel that literature has neglected our group. Many books featuring childfree characters portray them as isolated loners, evil villains, or individuals who frequently end up changing their minds halfway through. I wanted to depict a modern, childfree woman…
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Robert J. Walker, author of The First and Last Man on Earth
Are you a full-time or part-time writer and how does that affect your writing? I am lucky enough to be retired in my forties. I worked as a police officer, joining in the 1990s, and began writing when I retired, having made Inspector and the secretary of the local police federation. Technically, that means I’m…
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Challenges of Writing Fantasy (and How to Avoid Pulling Out All Your Hair)
Last year, I began my work-in-progress: a fantasy about a struggling actor who stumbles into a parallel world. Not only is the novel my first portal fantasy, but it has some typical fantasy tropes, such as taverns, lots of travel and quests, sorcerers and magics, were-people, etc. Unlike my previous novels, which fall more into…
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Madhushree Das, author of When the Mystic Meets a Starfish
What inspires you to write? The beauty of words and then the blending of that beauty of words into a life-giving line inspires me to write. It often has that call of the soul effect on me that at times the holistic approach of the writing process itself inspires me to write. My writing process…
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Steven Bates, author of Castle of Sand
What inspires you to write? Every story I write has a message, something that I think readers need to hear. Events in my daily life, news from around the world, and interaction with family and friends provide some of the impetus. For example, technological change is proceeding at a rapid rate, and scientific experts can’t…
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Marieke Lexmond, author of The Madigan Chronicles
Do you have a special time to write, or how is your day structured to accommodate your writing? I don’t have a specific time to write. However, once I sit down behind my computer, I work until the words stop flowing. Especially when I write my first draft the story lives in my head 24/7.…
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