Category: Author Interview
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Charles Freedom Long, Author of Dancing with the Dead
How do you think you’ve evolved creatively? I began writing poetry in grammar school. By the time I entered college, I had notebooks filled with poems. I took every literature class I could and became enamored of modern English literature, especially e.e. cummings, Ezra Pound, Allen Ginsberg, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Merton, and the novelists William…
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R.V. Reyes, Author of Jeweler’s Mark
When and why did you begin writing? I have been writing since I was a kid. There is a photo of me receiving a creative writing award in my elementary school yearbook. For me, writing is instinct. I am a better person when I’m keeping a writing schedule. For some folks, it is meditation or…
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Lily Iona Mackenzie, Author of Fling!
When and why did you begin writing? I don’t think I had any choice. Writing is as necessary to me as eating, and if I don’t write each day, I become irritable and unpleasant to live with. Ask my husband! When I was 13, I started a diary, but I was afraid someone would see…
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Lynn McCain, Author of Neither Light Nor Dark
When did you first consider yourself a writer? Well, I have always loved to write. I still remember the first poem that I wrote in the second grade, and I have continued to write poetry to this day. Do you have a special time to write, or how is your day structured to accommodate your…
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Amber Schunk Clubb, Author of Roliath: The Eidelon Series
When and why did you begin writing? Writing is something I’ve loved to do since I was a young child. From poetry to short stories I was always finding unique ways to put my imagination into words. What started out as something to do in my free time quickly became a passion as I got older.…
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Luna St. Claire, Author of The Sleeping Serpent
When and why did you begin writing? I had a story in me that had been trying to escape for several years. I wasn’t ready to allow it to emerge until January 2013. I wrote unwaveringly for three years until publishing The Sleeping Serpent in October of 2015. When did you first consider yourself a…
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James Hartley, Author of The Invisible Hand
Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? I chose to write this book for young adults because I thought it might be a way for younger readers to get into Shakespeare´s world, especially kids at high school who might have to study Macbeth or one of Shakespeare´s plays. I was…
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Cory Clement, Author of Farewell Keystone
When and why did you begin writing? As cheesy as it sounds, I tend to go with the reply that the writing chose me, not the other way around. It started out as a fun, time-passing outlet and grew into my purest form of therapy, explaining, conversing. It’s the only way I know how to…
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Nane Quartay, Author of Feel the Fire
When and why did you begin writing? My writing career began late in life… I was in my thirties… but it began because of the silly notion I had that since it was so easy to read, writing had to be a snap! Do I need to tell you how misguided that notion was? When…
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Sharlin Craig, Author of Ornaments of Love
When and why did you begin writing? I began writing songs when I left my job in sales because I finally had the time to tap into my creative side. That led to my writing songs and stories for children. When did you first consider yourself a writer? When I finished and self-published Ornaments of…
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