Category: Author Interview
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Wesley Butler, author of Passage to Portrainia
When and why did you begin writing? Drawing inspiration from childhood books, movies and video games, I would challenge myself to create rich new worlds, complete with their own societies, governments, etc. For the longest time, mainly in my early childhood, I would draw out these places by hand, and spend hours sketching mountain terrain,…
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Ian Nathaniel Cohen, author of The Brotherhood of the Black Flag
What have you written so far? So far, I’ve completed and published one novel: The Brotherhood of the Black Flag, a historical thriller set in the Golden Age of Piracy. I also write a movie review blog called the INCspotlight (a pun on my initials), formerly for the website Channel Awesome. As of March 2018,…
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Sandra Ann Miller, author of Temporary
When did you first consider yourself a writer? That’s a hard one. I always wrote, but being a “writer” was such a lofty title, I was hesitant to use it in reference to myself. When I worked in Hollywood, there were so many people claiming to be writers, you sort of had to back it…
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Sonya Jesus, author of Knights
When and why did you begin writing? I started writing in high school. Mostly poetry at first and short stories. I wrote my first length novel while I was writing my master’s thesis in microbiology. I never published it, but the Knights Series started while I was writing my Ph.D. thesis. It’s a way to…
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Meet Mia Mae Lynne, author of The Man Who Needs You
When and why did you begin writing? I started writing the Chronicles of Fate series in 2008. It is a multicultural romance series based in and around metro Atlanta, Georgia. Life events happened and the books were put away until 2015 when the first release was published. The series was renamed to Southern Men Don’t…
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Kerry Postle, author of The Artist’s Muse
When and why did you begin writing? I’ve always written, mainly articles, but it wasn’t until 2015 that I decided to write my first novel, The Artist’s Muse. I’ve always admired anyone who has finished a novel, as I have started and abandoned so many over the years and recognize the commitment it takes to…
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Zena Shapter, author of Towards White
What is the biggest thing that people THINK they know about your subject/genre that isn’t so? I write science fiction and fantasy, and people (who don’t read it) tend to think of it as ‘all spaceships and magic’. It isn’t! Science fiction, for example, can indeed be based on space, time travel or life on…
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Frida R., author of Blossom’s Wine Bar
When and why did you begin writing? I started writing when I was in the fourth grade, mainly because I was too shy to stand up for myself and speak my mind. In the beginning, I was just venting in my diary. Then, I learned about onomatopoeia in class and was given a homework assignment…
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David Russell, author of Self’s Blossom
When and why did you begin writing? My first poem was triggered by acute personal tensions; through writing it, I got some sense of control over those tensions. When did you first consider yourself a writer? From my early 20s, though it took a long time for my opinion to be vindicated. Why did you…
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William C. Tracy, author of Tuning the Symphony
When and why did you begin writing? My first story was in third grade, where Mario, Link, and Zelda had to stop an evil wizard. Sadly, I never finished it. As a teenager, I wrote a narrative/humorous diary of a few family vacations. Then I started on a novel, which was terrible, put it down,…
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