Category: Author Interview
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Amanda Howard, author of A Dancer’s Diary
When and why did you begin writing? A Dancer’s Diary has been in the making for about 5 years now. The reason I started writing was mostly because I wanted to share my love of health, fitness, and dance with others. I have always been taught to love learning and to share it with others…
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Linda M. Crate, author of Blood & Magic
What have you written so far? I have written scads of poem, many short stories, personal essays, a few reviews, several chapbooks three of which are published: A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn, Less Than A Man, and If Tomorrow Never Comes. I have written several fantasy novels four of which are published: Blood & Magic,…
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Miranda Moondawn, author of Mooniana and the Secret of the Lost Chronicles of Sophia
When and why did you begin writing? I first began writing in my late teens. I had read a lot of fantasy and adventure books as a child, but my first major impetus for writing came from a most unexpected source – from pop and rock bands and artists like the Beatles, Neil Young, Kate…
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Allan Batchelder, author of Steel Blood and Fire
When and why did you begin writing? I started writing compulsively when I was in the 8th grade, about 14 years old. I had an English class in which writing regular short stories was part of the curriculum…only my stories were thirty, forty, fifty pages long. I just got hooked and have never really stopped.…
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On Writing and Publishing: David Z. Morris and Berneta L. Haynes
Shortly after the release of David Z. Morris’ debut novella, in night we coax things out of hidden shapes, Waking Writer’s editor sat down with him to discuss their writing journeys and the experience of publishing their first books. Berneta: What have you written so far? David: I’ve made my living as a writer, in…
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Stef Rzysko, author of The Rhino That I Know
When and why did you begin writing? I began writing at University where I studied illustration and animation. On a course which was obviously focused on the artwork and the concept, I found myself spending an inordinate amount of time perfecting the text or the script. In my head, the writing and the text were…
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K.S. Villoso, author of Jaeth’s Eye
Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? I love the scope and flexibility of epic fantasy. I love how it can encompass all sorts of themes that may be outdated or just won’t work in other genres: honor, duty, courage, and sacrifice. There is always this “larger-than-life” feel in epic…
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Martin Slevin, author of Muriel’s Monster
When and why did you begin writing? Probably when I first realized I wasn’t good-looking, couldn’t sing, dance, play an instrument, juggle or cook. When did you first consider yourself a writer? English was the only subject in school I ever got an A in. All the other subjects were B’s and C’s. English was…
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Mark Gray, author of The Day I Disappeared
When and why did you begin writing? I’ve always dabbled with writing and it was always of interest to me, but I pursued other things in college and got started in another field of work so I wasn’t really making it a priority. About six years ago, I was newly married and getting established as…
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Lloyd Goulbourne, author of When a Unicorn Crosses the Rubicon
When and why did you begin writing? I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember. I started with the first two books my mother gave me which was an Anthology of Shakespeare and Big Bird’s Day at the Farm. I used to copy the lines from Shakespeare and then I would slowly start…
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