Category: Author Interview
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Meet Andrew Weston, International Bestselling Author of The IX
Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? Because science fiction is a delight I’ve enjoyed since childhood. I could read before I went to school, you see, and the likes of Asimov, Anderson, Clarke, Bradbury and Heinlein stimulated my mind and imagination in a way nothing else did. Of course,…
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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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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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Author Interview with Jan Notzon
Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? The genre really chose me. A story came to me gradually, from experience leavened with imagination. I write literary fiction because that’s what I love, in fact. I need to explore the questions that occur to me about this strange thing called “life”…
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