Welcome to the 5 Questions Series. Each week, I’ll ask five questions of some of my favorite authors, editors, publishers, and other industry professionals. This week, I’m talking with Erica Sharlette. You’re very open about living and writing through the lens of disability. How does that affect your writing? My health affects pretty much everything I do. I …
What Makes Them Tick? Digging Deeper to Create Authentic Characters When readers fall in love with a creative work, they aren’t falling in love with the plot. They’re falling in love with the characters. Creating a character that readers can love comes from a deeper understanding of your character’s inner workings through investigating traumas, triggers, …
Welcome to the 5 Questions Series. Each week, I’ll ask five questions of some of my favorite authors, editors, publishers, and other industry professionals. This week, I’m talking with Michele Wong. Your story, The Inevitable Recipe for Solace, won first place in Flash Fiction Magazine’s contest. (Ed. Note. I was the judge and I love this story.) There …
Welcome to the 5 Questions Series. Each week, I’ll ask five questions of some of my favorite authors, editors, publishers, and other industry professionals. This week, I’m talking with Kathryn L. Pringle. First – sapphic horror. Talk to me about this genre. What appeals to you about it? What’s exciting about it? Horror tells us more about society …
Success is writing is such a nebulous concept, isn’t it? We view success in a series of goals and when we reach certain goals, we raise the bar and consider success as something else. Perhaps, then, it’s never actually attainable and we should just view success as doing something we’re proud of and continuing to …
Finnian Burnett 