Category: Author Interview
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Ed Ireland, Author of The Last Ranger of Sarn
What is the biggest thing that people THINK they know about your subject/genre that isn’t so? The biggest fallacy in any genre is that it’s limited to the classification it’s under. I sat down to write a “man-story”, complete with swords, beheadings and as much gore as possible. Somewhere along the way, there was romance.…
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JC Steel, Author of the Cortii Series
When and why did you begin writing? I began writing in boarding school in England when a friend asked me point-blank why I didn’t write down some of the stories I told myself. I’d never really considered becoming a writer of any stripe up until then. Like a lot of teenagers, essay-writing wasn’t my favorite…
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Meet the Author: Ben Mariner
Can you share with readers a little bit about your latest book? My latest book, Apocalypse Wow 2: Apocalypse Wower, is the second book in a post-apocalyptic series. The series follows Jack Winters and his friends as they go on a road trip across a post-apocalyptic wasteland to find one woman, the love of Jack’s…
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Meet Fantasy Author, Chantal Gadoury
When did you first consider yourself a writer? I never had a moment of thinking “Yes, I am a writer.” I’ve just always been one. As a child, I made up stories. When I got older, I started writing a journal. I made story books for my sister with coloring books. I wrote daily in…
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Author Interview: Clifton Barnhart
Can you share with readers a little about your latest book? On July 7th, 2012, Jesse Burke passed away. He was my dearest friend. Jesse and responsibility is the fictionalization of our time together. In 2011, I quit drinking, which made me very sick. I knew Jesse in China as a roommate, bar buddy and…
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Stevie O’Connor, Author of In a Mirror City
Stevie O’Connor, science fiction author and recent winner of Waking Writer’s Writing Prompt Contest, sat down to discuss writing and her latest novel. When and why did you begin writing? As a young child, I started writing ghost stories, and the teachers would read them out to the class. Then, I won the Edward Burne-Jones…
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Meet Doug McKittrick, Author of Rebirth of Angels
Are you a full-time or part-time writer and how does that affect your writing? I am a full-time writer. As to how it affects my writing, I have to say I feel a bit more pressure to produce. When I was a part-time writer, I could always blame the job for not writing. Now I…
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Chad Descoteaux, Author of Working-Class Superheroes
Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? I’ve always felt that science fiction has the potential to say a lot without sounding preachy. You’re reading a story about a bunch of weird creatures or robots or whatever, but there is a message there too. And if people are offended by…
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Meet Shirley McLain, Author of Princess Adele’s Dragon
When and why did you begin writing? I began writing a few days after I retired of working over 32 years as a RN. I woke one morning with the thought in mind “I am going to write a book.” I got out of bed and started writing a young adult mystery called, The Tower,…
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Interview with Segilola Salami, Author of Yetunde
When and why did you begin writing? I started 2015 and it sort of just happened. I didn’t set out to start writing. When did you first consider yourself a writer? The first story I every wrote was when I was in secondary school, but I never thought of myself as a writer until last…
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