Tag: writer

Interview with James C. Morehead

1-When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? The first memory I have of writing creatively was in elementary school, like many kids, when I wrote and physically created a book. I still have that book – bound in fabric –… Continue Reading “Interview with James C. Morehead”

In Defense of Damsels in Distress by Kathryn Troy

Let me start by saying that Xena, Warrior Princess is my hero. She’s a badass, kick-ass heroine, and almost everything I do is in some way inspired by her.

“What were you thinking?” K. E. Karl

I am often asked this when I tell people I smuggled munitions into South Africa for the African National Congress—Nelson Mandela’s organization—in the 1970s and early 1980s. My recently published book, Our Man in Mbabane: A Novel Based on a True Story, is about… Continue Reading ““What were you thinking?” K. E. Karl”

Interview with Dana Dargos and Said Al Bizri

1-When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? My writing journey began in kindergarten, where I’d create crayon-scribbled, staple-ridden stories (drawing inspiration from diverse entertainment media, such as Bluth’s “The Land Before Time” and the videogame “Jak and Daxter”), and proudly present… Continue Reading “Interview with Dana Dargos and Said Al Bizri”

Reality is Elusively Absurd by Brian Petkash

Reality is elusively absurd. To render in art the every day, the rhythm, and meter of life, can be a fool’s errand. One must first set out to define what is real, it seems, and then develop a method of sending one’s fictional reality… Continue Reading “Reality is Elusively Absurd by Brian Petkash”

Interview with Lynette Bacon-Nguyen

When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? I didn’t realize I wanted to be a writer, I just started writing things. I have a heavy background in roleplaying games both tabletop and text base, and I consumed a ton of media… Continue Reading “Interview with Lynette Bacon-Nguyen”

I Write to Right my Mind By Eleanor Amicucci

All art forms are for two: the audience, and the artist. As the artist, one seeks to create something that will move the audience, teach them, humor them, or simply make them think about a topic in a new way. At the same time… Continue Reading “I Write to Right my Mind By Eleanor Amicucci”

Balancing business and family in Allison Pearson’s “I Don’t Know How She Does It” and Iris Novak’s “An Independent Woman in Yugoslavia”

Allison Pearson’s I Don’t Know How She Does It and Iris Novak’s An Independent Woman in Yugoslavia were written in two different countries and describe different times: the first speaks about the U.K. in the 21st century and the second about the ex- Yugoslavia… Continue Reading “Balancing business and family in Allison Pearson’s “I Don’t Know How She Does It” and Iris Novak’s “An Independent Woman in Yugoslavia””

How did The Short Story Collective come about? by Andrew Innes

The greatest trick the writer ever pulled off was to convince the reader that the worlds and images painted within the mind through the written word are real. Perhaps the second greatest trick was to convince them that this all came about through some… Continue Reading “How did The Short Story Collective come about? by Andrew Innes”