Category Archives: Interviews

One day, back in 2018, it occurred to me that there was a really cool story to be told wherein an ancient culture came in contact with aliens. And then, of course, I began considering what that would even entail. 

c.b. strul – 11 October 2023 Continue reading →

During the pandemic, my husband and I spent a lot of time walking the streets of our neighborhood and making up stories about the lives of our neighbors. We heard someone pounding on a drum set and decided it must be a kid who wanted to be a rock and roller. One of our neighbors always left all of their doors wide open, day and night, and we worried something bad could easily happen to them.

Mary Camarillo – 10 October 2023 Continue reading →

I no longer live in the Virgin Islands, but I was born and raised on St. Thomas and took great pleasure in dribbling in details I thought readers might find interesting.

Delaney Diamond – 9 October 2023 Continue reading →

I haven’t always known the story of how black descendants were stolen from their land, to work as slaves in a land unknown to them. In fact, I was an adult when I first started to hear stories about how there were kings, queens, princesses, doctors, scientists, who were also taken along with other people. Growing up in Los Angeles, the school districts in Los Angeles and Compton did not teach us about our heritage as a black student. 

Kay Cee Jones – 7 October 2023 Continue reading →

When I look back, I see some relationships between characters that reflect people in my life, or what I wish they were. 

D.P. Behling – 7 October 2023 Continue reading →

I realized there was more to Greek myths than the rudimentary knowledge I had and began reading original sources, such as Homer and Xenophon, Apollonius and Ovid to learn more about my own heritage. 

Sophia Kouidou-Giles – 5 October 2023 Continue reading →

The general idea was, okay, my characters found one another, they remember their past life together, but now what? What would it be like to try and have a relationship with someone you were married to in another life? What would be hard or easy about that? Just like in any new relationship, how do you bring your chosen partner into your existing friend group? And how do you learn to trust and work with people you’ve been told your entire life are untrustworthy enemies?

Katie Keridan – 3 October 2023 Continue reading →

Waiting patiently for any deer to cross my path gave me plenty of time to think about that lone grave’s inhabitant and ponder her story, which I was then driven to write. 

J.T. Baroni – 1 October 2023 Continue reading →

This historical novel is inspired by my maternal grandmother’s life. 

Christine Gallagher Kearney – 29 September 2023 Continue reading →

Amazingly, even after twenty years I could still vividly see in my mind the details of the rocks, plants and land where I spent my solo fasting time on my quests.

Glenda Goodrich – 26 September 2023 Continue reading →