Tag: novels
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Lori O’Dea, author of Little Cavendish
When did you first consider yourself a writer? I started thinking of myself as a writer as a kid. My first writing was poetry. I subscribed to a magazine called Daisy that published poetry, so I’d submit to that. In middle school, a poet-in-residence taught writing workshops at my school. She encouraged my use of…
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CG Fewston, author of Cowboy
What advice would you give to aspiring authors? Well, certainly I would recommend Joseph Campbell and all of his works, including The Masks of God. And also, John Gardner’s works in regards to his books on the writing craft. And I would advise younger writers to discover those as quickly as possible. For Joseph Campbell’s…
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Guus Kooij, author of The Cloaked Saviour
What inspires you to write? I am most interested in the point where large systems become personal. Politics, institutions, inequality, and social change can sound abstract until you put ordinary people inside them and ask what they are willing to accept, what they are willing to risk, and what happens when everyone assumes somebody else…
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Kerim Tapkan, author of P.X: No Man’s Space
Can you share a little bit about your latest book? P.X: No Man’s Space begins when Kai Carson, a naval architect in Seattle, receives contact from someone who knows far more about Earth and Kai’s family than he should. What first looks like a private mystery opens onto a hidden human history and a struggle…
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Chip Jacobs, author of Later Days
What inspires you to write? Ever since high school, I’ve had this fire-in-the-belly to tell stories in a world I find endlessly fascinating. I also get motivated learning about an injustice—someone screwed over, someone glossed over by history—then exposing it to restore some balance. What day jobs have you held, and how have they influenced…
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Divine Onyejiuwa, author of Marbiee and the Ugly Duckling
When did you first consider yourself a writer? I think I first started considering myself a writer when my passion for acting began turning into something more. I had always loved creating scenes in my head, especially after watching movies, and I would imagine characters, conversations, and entire moments playing out in my mind. Eventually,…
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Brenna Kasey, author of Voidwalker
Why did you choose to write in your genre? I’ve always written fantasy. As a kid, I grew up with Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z. Indiana Jones and Han Solo were my first-ever crushes (and obviously Harrison Ford is real cute too!) World of Warcraft became popular during my adolescence, and Halo too (I…
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R.A. Hewitt, author of The Universe Without Noise
Why did you choose to write in your genre? Science fiction lets me take something that already exists and move it one or two steps forward until its consequences become impossible to ignore. I am interested in technology, but even more in the incentives, assumptions, and compromises built around it. A near-future setting keeps those…
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Malik A. Ahmed, author of Eyes of Fire
What inspires you to write? My inspiration comes from the deep mysteries of human nature and survival under immense pressure. My debut novel was inspired by a haunting dream where my protagonist, Victoria Stevens, visited me crying, with her mouth completely and smoothly sealed by her own skin rather than stitched with thread. That image…
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Janette DeFelice, author of The Last Pirouette
What inspires you to write? Writing helps me sort out my thoughts. It’s as simple as that. For me, there’s not some grand inspiration that transports me magically to my laptop to start putting words on a page. It’s not like that at all. My writing is oftentimes borne out of frustration. Frustration that there’s…
