What: I write fiction, poetry, book reviews and nonfiction. How: Bird by Bird as Anne LaMott says. When I am writing, I just keep forging ahead until I have something I like. In the case of "Garden for the Blind" for years I thought I was writing eleven separate stories about people who had nothing to do with one another, but then one day it occurred to me that they were really the same … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Denise Sedman
WHAT? “I’m a writer.” Those words didn’t come easy to me. Friends would ask what I did for a living and I’d hem and haw and never give a clear answer. I was embarrassed to say I was a writer because I truly didn’t believe it myself. I heard my mother’s nagging words clearly state that I was a simpleton with a limited vocabulary. I took it as a challenge and bought a dictionary. My pursuit of … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Cynthia Kraack
WHAT? Author and writer. I’ve written five novels, some speculative fiction and one literary. Before and during my publishing years, I’ve also been a freelance writer in the interactive niche, designing business simulation games and creating content for consumer websites. WHY? I’ve been a corporate professional because that was easy. I sing because music is like air. I have come to understand I … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Lev Raphael
WHAT? Memoir, mystery, suspense, literary novels, short story collections, a mystery series, vampire fiction, psychology, self-help, biography, belles-lettres, a writer's guide, a teacher's guide. WHY? So many reasons! I fell in love with story-telling in elementary school. I fell in love with our local library in those same years. I fell in love with imaginary and real worlds that … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Jeanne Hewell-Chambers
What: Writing :: I write books, stage plays, one-and-two women performances, journals, and heaps of old-fashioned notes and letters. Stitching :: I stitch the marks made by my developmentally-disabled sister-in-law, Nancy. Hymns of Cloth, I call them. Performing :: I perform . . . well, shoot. Being a woman who was raised in The South, I could tell you that I’ve been performing all my life, … [Read more...]
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