Tag: Fiction
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Climate Fiction, Slow Publishing, Fiction from Banned Nations, and more…
Climate science and climate fiction – where data intersects with art (Boing Boing) Climate change is happening now, and we need a literature of now to address its issues. As glaciers melt, corals bleach, typhoons kill and forest fires rage, a new genre called climate fiction has emerged from science fiction to stand out on…
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Pupola, Author of Never One
When did you first consider yourself a writer? Around middle school. Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? It depends on the story which genre it falls into, so I’m not really stuck in one kind of genre. Do you have a special time to write, or how is your…
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LeTara Moore, author of Reflection in the Music
When and why did you begin writing? I began writing when I was a child. My third-grade class performed a play for one of the younger classes and I decided that I could write a play, too. After that, I kept writing plays. I ventured into poetry around the fourth grade when I wanted to…
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B. Lynn Goodwin, Author of Talent
What are some day jobs you have held? I have taught English and drama in high school and college, directed community theatre, been a caregiver for my mom, worked in adult literacy, written for a number of publications, been the editor of Writer Advice since 1997, and been a wife (not a job—more like an…
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Cenarth Fox, Author and Playwright
When and why did you begin writing? I’m not sure, but I think I was about 16. I was the secretary of a sporting club – a cricket club – and there was a social event to end the season. I had to write a notice about the event and included some doggerel. Why? I…
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Saqib Noor, Author of The White and Black Book
When and why did you begin writing? I began writing when I found myself hiding from the world in a dark closet, filled with yesterday’s boxes and worn out blankets. I would cram myself into the most awkward space but always leave the tiniest gap in the door to allow a strip of light in…
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Meeting of the Mustangs by Cathy Kennedy
For hundreds of years, generations of wild mustangs have roamed large parts of the western United States. Many of these magnificent animals can live their entire lives without ever seeing a single human being. Being completely self-sufficient, they inhabit the wilderness in groups, living together peacefully and posing no threat to any of the other…
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The Monkey on Her Back by Lily Iona MacKenzie
It crept up on her, starting just before her 62nd birthday: something wasn’t quite right with her body. Her stomach felt gassy at times, bloated and unsettled. No pain. An old malady for her, periodically she had attacks of gas and spasms, but she assumed it was irritable bowel syndrome. Still, Laura’s new doctor wanted…
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June the Prune and Lady Bird – Cancer Stinks! by Gracie Bradford
What goes through a person’s mind when isolated in a hospital room away from friends, relatives, and trustworthy pets? June is a 10-year-old feisty girl who goes through unusual life’s challenges in the midst of unimaginable encounters with adults and her imaginary friends Chemo, Rad, Ed, Captain Jeff and Doctor Treehouse. Her dog, Lady Bird,…
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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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