Category: Author Interview
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Meet Fantasy Authors, Charley Swanda and Amber Daniels

When and why did you begin writing? We began writing 2 years ago. The reason why: we both retired from nursing and have both written all our lives, ranging from short stories and poetry to Charley writing music. We decided to combine our efforts and write a novel. It started out for fun then we…
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Brett Hetherington, Author of The Remade Parent

When and why did you begin writing? I began writing when I was very young. It’s hard to remember exactly when, but I must have been about 5 or 6 years old and it was often cartoons. I started writing songs when I was about 8 and then poetry and nonfiction in my early twenties.…
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J. Guenther, Author of In the Mouth of the Lion

When and why did you begin writing? After high school, several friends attended colleges far away. I began typing six to twelve-page notes, trying to amuse them with letters like I’d want to get myself. It was a lot of fun, a feeling I try to put into my writing.
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Keefe R.D., Author of Royal Arcanum

Indonesian author, Keefe R.D., sat down recently to discuss her novels and why she enjoys writing in the fantasy genre. Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? I always have this saying in my mind: “I want to write something that I would love to read!”
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James Halat, Author of The Story of Teddy and Eddie

When and why did you begin writing? I started writing in the fifth grade. I was fortunate enough to have a teacher who read books to us like we were first graders, and then she asked us to write our own stories to read to the class. This is where I learned that my words…
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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…