Tag: Fiction
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Meet Kevin Albin, author of Stonechild
I think for most of us, we see only the smallest tip of the iceberg. As with Stonechild, I am trying to use my writing as a way to question what we do and how we might do things better. Kevin Albin When and why did you begin writing? If I think back, I’ve written from…
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Joey Rodriguez, author of JQR
Do you have a special time to write, or how is your day structured to accommodate your writing? I wrote my newest book, JQR, mainly on my commute to work on the subway. I have sort of a reverse commute where everyone is heading into Manhattan, but I get to ride mostly by myself out…
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Martin Roy Hill, author of The Fourth Rising
Are you a full-time or part-time writer and how does that affect your writing? I retired at the beginning of 2019, so technically I am now a full-time writer. Prior to that, I was only part time. However, when I retired, I started a freelance book editing service—M. R. Hill Publishing—which keeps me busy. I…
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Nita J. Kulkarni, author of The Hawa Mahal Murders
When and why did you begin writing? I started writing when I was ten years old, with a diary. I wrote a diary for about 15 years and this wasn’t a chronology of events. I wrote about my thoughts and feelings, poems and character sketches of people I knew. I also wrote short stories, novellas,…
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TK Lawyer, author of The Guardian League
When and why did you begin writing? Almost five years ago, unhappy and craving something different than my boring, mundane day job and not seeing myself working at my day job for another thirty plus years and being any happier, I literally screamed in my kitchen for something more. I shouted that I wanted something…
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Passage to Portrainia by Wesley Butler
The world of Portrainia is like a fairy tale where things you never thought imaginable exist – a common ground for lucid dreamers. It is seen through an unconscious body, mind and soul, where three young teens discover their dreaming lives are just as real as their waking lives. About the Author: Residing in…
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Wesley Butler, author of Passage to Portrainia
When and why did you begin writing? Drawing inspiration from childhood books, movies and video games, I would challenge myself to create rich new worlds, complete with their own societies, governments, etc. For the longest time, mainly in my early childhood, I would draw out these places by hand, and spend hours sketching mountain terrain,…
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Sightseeing by Michael Onofrey
Sightseeing is a tale of lust and art set in Paris, France. Intrigue haunts the prose where hilarity and evil arise in a twist of collaboration. Minus any personal background, a woman and a man explore one another while regarding masterpieces of fine art and the historic sites of Paris. Sightseeing, stealthily and meticulously explores…
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NaNoWriMo Writing Prompts!
We are two days into National Novel Writing Month! If you’re feeling a bit of writer’s block but desperate to produce something for #NaNoWriMo, try one of these writing prompts. I stared at the tiny diamond ring. “I know it’s a kooky idea, but I’ve read of other people who’ve done it. So why not…
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Wattpad, New Goosebumps Books, Woke Sci-Fi, and more…
$400M Fiction Giant Wattpad Wants To Be Your Literary Agent (Forbes) It’s not a revolutionary idea. Blogs, Tumblr posts and Twitter accounts have all been turned into additional forms of media over the years—with varying degrees of success. Wattpad’s greatest competitive advantage is, simply, its scale. It may never hit on the next Fifty Shades of…
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