Overall, I think it’s hugely important to read a lot and to read a wide variety of genres and styles. I think there is a kind of osmosis that takes place. The writer inhales the language and hopeful exhales something that’s worth reading.
R.J. Norgard – 27 September 2019 Continue reading
Freud, Faulkner and Leonard Cohen. When I started writing I was trying to re-create their style – their use of language and subject matter …
William Bishop – 21 September 2019 Continue reading
I took my own experience of searching for answers, coupled with a desire to write something Dystopian in nature, and that’s basically how I get the idea for the journey. The romance and the deathly illness were added later, for dramatic reasons and to enhance the characters. And, of course, what’s a story without some creepy, animalistic hunters?
David Kummer – 15 September 2019 Continue reading
It came from a recurring dream that I had over a 5-year period. Once I started writing about it the dreams stopped, so it feels like God gave me the dream for this very purpose.
Chantae Oliver – 9 September 2019 Continue reading
I want readers to know about themselves, about life, about thinking, and how to access sources of wisdom. I support and encourage independent study for those with sufficient aptitude, interest and determination.
David P Gontar – 3 September 2019 Continue reading
“Adam Decoded” involves the reader to participate in solving the age-long question of man’s origin. Who are we? Where are we from?
I was inspired by the current political situation, where money seems to have more clout than common sense or decency. In my mind, I fast-forwarded a hundred or so years and tried to envision a future where the government/ruling class was wealthy, and the lower classes were oppressed by government mandates that made it impossible to gain any kind of real power.
A.J. Mullican – 24 August 2019 Continue reading
I actually had to take about a month to mourn where her storyline was going before I could write it.
Christie Stratos – 23 August 2019 Continue reading
I grew up with Kevin Henke books; he was my mom’s favorite. And as an adult, I grew to really appreciate Dr. Suess. Both authors used their platform to teach some really meaningful lessons, while still having fun with it and that’s what I want to be known for too.
Christine Reynebeau – 19 August 2019 Continue reading
I think about that famous advice to writers: “Kill your darlings.” The point being that the ideas you’re most precious about are the ones least likely to fit into your story and most likely to derail it. But I thought: “What if your story is ALL darlings? And what if, instead of killing them, you put all your darlings in a blender and turn them into a delicious darling-smoothy.” Okay, technically, probably, this would also kill your darlings. But, hey! Smoothy!
Drew Melbourne – 14 August 2019 Continue reading