What: What compels me to write? Maybe it’s in my DNA, like my pointy nose and near-sightedness. My new book, Cold Heart, is dedicated thus: “To my mother, Juanita H Williams, who would’ve liked it.” She was a journalism major at the University of Kentucky for two years until she married my dad and took a ten-year break from her studies to produce four children. She went back to school for a … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Karla Huston
What: I write poetry; I write poetry reviews. I’ve committed acts of fiction but decided long ago that writing poetry was more fun, more satisfying than writing a 20-or-30-page story. I have no desire to write a novel. I can’t imagine extending a story for 400 pages. Those characters totally out of my control! But that’s the point, I guess, and how good novels are written. Characters whisper in … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Herta Feely
What: I was working on my second novel (In Search of Che) and had reached page 100 when the story came to a screeching halt. I felt like a person trekking through a forest who’s lost sight of the trail. You look everywhere, but alas it’s gone. The muse had forsaken me. But, likewise, one never knows when inspiration will strike or how or why. On January 10, 2008, I ran across an article in the … [Read more...]
The Cold War: Bomb Shelter Drills
Memories, not so fond I read this post on Twitter: Making America Great Again. Bringing Families Closer Together. Bringing back the #NuclearFamily And it brought back memories of the bomb shelter drills when I was in elementary school. They were frightening, to say the least, and they certainly captured the Cold War feel of the time. As a child, I didn't understand why our teacher … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Pam Houghton
What: Freelance journalism and creative non-fiction Why: I worked in the corporate world for over 20 years but never felt I was in the right field. It didn’t help that Oprah and her ilk were always saying things such as, “Live your best life now.” But there I was, stuck in a job that felt MEH…though in hindsight I developed many great work skills, said Pam, from the sunnier side of the … [Read more...]
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