Tag: science fiction
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Laura Allen, Author of The Wanderer
When and why did you begin writing? I began writing in 2011 when I was eleven. I started just randomly getting ideas that should have happened in a Tv show or a movie. I then started writing on Quotev (at that time, I didn’t know most sites, and wasn’t into Wattpad, like most are). I…
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Plane Walker, by C.P. Dunphey
The Manus Dei system proved that a deity exists. The universe was changed forever. Mankind desires equal footing with the God. The God seeks to abandon mankind. After his wife dies during childbirth, Lazarus’s life takes a turn for the worst. Addictions and neglect spread across the years as Lazarus focuses on the Deity as…
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A Blue Horizon by M.R. Darling
The economy teeters on the edge of ruin as strange events invade the last metropolis capable of maintaining the balance. An early rainy morning brings the inexplicable destruction of two metro trains, leaving nothing but questions behind for reporter Beau Bradley. Was it a terrorist attack or just an unfortunate accident? The answer could tip…
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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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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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P. R. Garcia, Author of Europa
When and why did you begin writing? I’ve always been able to write. In grade school, I wrote several plays. In high school, I dabbled in poetry. But it wasn’t until I turned 61 that I really got the urge to try to write a novel. I knew that many people aspire to write one…
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Nicola Bagala, Author of The Elynx Saga
When and why did you begin writing? I always had the writing bug. I loved writing essays in school, and I distinctly remember several attempts at writing novels and short stories throughout my childhood and teenage. Most of those attempts didn’t really amount to anything, of course, because I was too young and inexperienced, but…
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