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Adeline Yeo is a Freelance Author, Writer, Lyricist, Composer and Producer from Asia. With no prior formal musical knowledge and expertise, she stumbled on a music program and began her music making journey. She was inspired by other authors who are able to impart their knowledge or expertise to their readers and as like an influencer or influencial professional who influenced readers with their writing skills.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
My writing process consist of thinking a topic idea of an ebook before I start writing the contents. Later, I will prepare my writing and editing softwares, Microsoft One Drive, Grammarly in writing and editing my articles. There isn’t anything unique about it.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
Recently, I’ve released two ebooks. The titles are “From Garage to Stardom: A Step-by-Step Guide to Launching Your Music Career” and “From Passion To Profit: Transform Your Skills Into Online Video Courses”. Both ebooks are business ebooks. One is to help aspiring musicians how to navigate the complexities of the music industry by understanding songwriting, marketing their music, reserving gigs and performing live music regularly, networking with music industry professionals and other relevant topics. Another one is to teach readers about how they can make money online with online video courses creations in online video courses platforms.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Yes, my favourite authors are Stephen King, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ariel Hyatt, Fujiko Fujio, Akira Toriyama, Louis Cha
Gu Long and Sun Zi.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I like to read music, art, business, internet marketing, comics and novels genres books. Yes, my favourite books are The Stand, Music Success In Nine Weeks, Fan 1st, Doraemon, Dragon Ball, The Legend Of The Condor Heroes, The Return Of The Condor Heroes, The Heaven Sword And Dragon Saber, Chu Liu Xiang, Romance Of The Three Kingdoms and The Art Of War.

What are you reading now?
I’m reading The 100 Year Menu written by Christal Burnette, The Happy Of Hapoy written by Omna Berick-Aharony and Earth Alone written by Daniel Arenson ebooks.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
When I’m not in writing, I like to read books and ebooks, singing, podcasting, cooking, surf web, window shopping, upgrade my skills and knowledge learning online video courses, yoga and exercise.

Are you working on a current project?Yes, I have another project. I plan to write new book on how to profit or make money online by flipping domains.

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Hello, I’m Alyanna Poe, a self-published horror author from Northern California. I’ve been writing since I was a child, but it didn’t become my passion until I was fourteen. I had anger issues as a teen and my mother suggested finding a way to express myself. I wrote the plot of my first novel, EATEN, that night. It’s a very gory piece, and I didn’t realize until my querying process that it could be considered zombie fiction. I never expected to have finished the novel, queried over thirty agents, get over thirty rejections, and finally self-publish the book. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster ever since.
I was eighteen when I self published EATEN. I was inspired by a small publisher to do so, and using his critique, I perfected EATEN to my abilities. Of course now that I’m twenty-one, I see the many flaws within the book, but I think it would be a shame to silence my older self by rewriting the book, so it lives on on Amazon where people seem to enjoy it despite its issues. I have self-published three other titles since, one being the sequel to EATEN, and I’m in the middle of publishing my first season of Indicted Fiction. Indicted Fiction is a fiction reading podcast where I read a chapter of my new book every episode and publish it on the finale.
What really pushed me to write full time was being diagnosed with Graves’ disease. Some days, like today, I find it impossible to get out of bed, despite being in remission. If I could write entertaining and inspiring books from home and make an income, that’d be the dream.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I used to be a pantser, flying by the seat of my pants every scene, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized I can write a book in a matter of months by plotting. Rather than sitting down and trying to get from A to Z, if I plot, I can go from A to B, from B to C, and so on.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
EATEN is my first novel about Amelia, a fourteen year old with a skin picking disorder. May or may not have been inspired by real life. She contracts a vicious bacteria, bringing what many believe could be the end of the world.
VOID is the sequel. A less gory and more psychological horror novel about a young boy surviving through these trying times as a talking bacteria turns people into zombie-like superhumans on a mission to spread *the man.*
Cradles the Brain is a collection of twenty short horror stories that are very personal to me. Some are true and a little less scary, and a few pieces are poems. With this collection, I tried to compile all of my short works, so there’s no overall theme except the baring of my soul.
REJECTS is another short story collection of mine. I do one every year on my birthday, so this has twenty-one stories, which are all short horror that have been rejected by publishers and presses. It was my mission to bring these stories to life, conventionally or not.
Adam’s Murder is yet to be published, but every Friday from July 15th to October 7th, 2022, a chapter will be posted to my blog and narrated on my podcast, Indicted Fiction. Adam’s Murder was my way of dealing with the grief of losing a family member. Abigail Drummer investigates the murder of her brother, uncovering secrets from the life he led separately from his family. Abby wonders which played a bigger part in his death: his addiction or his shady friends. You can listen on YouTube or go to my website’s Indicted Fiction page.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Stephen King. I read The Stand when I was thirteen, and it was my first experience with adult horror. I haven’t looked back since! I’m also currently reading John Dies at the End by Jason Pargin, and he is quite a master with words. I find myself engaged in the story, which is getting harder to do as I’ve gotten older.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I love reading horror and sometimes comedies and sci-fi. The Stand will forever hold its place as my favorite book considering it inspired my own first novel, but The Cipher by Kathe Koja is a book I would love to wipe from my memory and read again for the first time. It’s so depressingly, disgustingly beautiful and heart breaking. I rarely read comedies, but when I do it’s something like a comedian’s “diary.” And usually my sci-fi reads are at least fifty years old. I love their takes on what the future could have been like.

What are you reading now?
Oh, boy. I tend to bounce around from book to book, so right now I’m probably in the middle of twenty books, the main two being John Dies at the End and E.S. Fein’s A Dream of Waking Life. Please check out E.S. Fein. He’s also an indie author and so far the book is stunning. Everything from the cover to the way he describes this video game-like life.
I’m also reading some non-fiction about Irish ghosts, another about the world’s folklore, and another about the meaning of dreams. I really need to get on top of my reading pile XD

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I have three dogs that I love spending time with, currently chilling with them as I type this up, and I love art. I’ve experimented with pencil drawing, painting, digital art, singing, wood burning, photo manipulation, metal art, anything I can get my hands onto. I do have a RedBubble store where you can get my designs on t-shirts and mugs. It doesn’t provide a lot in terms of money, but seeing your art on a fricking t-shirt is so cool. I’ve also been featured in a few issues of the Newport Zine and a shop in Texas called Wicked Vibora Clothing Co. with a few of my digital pieces.

Are you working on a current project?Only about a hundred. I’m currently teaching myself the basics of drawing in hopes of releasing a webcomic series with a matching novel based on a short story I put in Cradles the Brain called Vitality. It’s about a plague doctor that experiments with witchcraft, turning one of her patients into, well, necromancy is involved so I think you can guess.
From the same book comes Pudge the Clown, and I would love to do a comic book (different style than the webcomic) and paired novel based on this short story from Cradles the Brain. These projects will take years, but in the meantime, I’ve got:
My annual anthology which will be published on February 8th, 2023 for my twenty-second birthday. It will include twenty-two short horror stories ranging from fantasy horror to cosmic horror. I’m hoping to blend both beauty and horror with this one.
My first poetry collection, “Deathly Visions,” is a poetry collection all centered around death. I’m only two poems in as of now, but I do plan on self-publishing it (but we’ll see what happens, maybe I can find a publisher for it, maybe not).
I’m partaking in NaNoWriMo this year with a fully plotted book. It will be the most disgusting thing I’ve ever written, just for the sake of being disgusting. Look up “myasis” if you want a taste of the book. The name is a secret as of now, and I plan on traditionally publishing it.
That’s not all that’s going on, but a girl’s got to keep some secrets 😉

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I’m a young lady of 19. In my own words, I’m a passionate paradox.

What inspired me to start writing, that is a tricky question. I mean, I don’t really remember. I’ve always been telling stories to people, stories I’d made up on my own. And when I learnt to write, I began writing them.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
It’s basically me plugging in music and typing into my phone. That’s it. It’s that simple.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
My first book is Soul Spoken, it’s a collection of all my writings till 2018. It’s basically a view of the world from a teenager’s eyes.
My latest book is To You, which is also my second book. It’s a book about love, loss and healing. It’s a book that takes you on a journey of your own life, just with a few more minutes in places you might not have been able to spend them in.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
I’m a big fan of all the authors I’ve read. I’ve loved all the books I’ve read. They’ve played a huge part into shaping me into who I am.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
In general, I have a very diverse taste, I read all genres except horror. Currently, I’m into metaphysics.

What are you reading now?
Currently reading Pathologic Basis of Disease by Robbins and Cotran. (Laughs) I’m really busy these days, haven’t been able to read much.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I’m a medical student.

Are you working on a current project?I’m working on a few things are the moment.

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Since childhood, I have had a love for books and words and all things creative. I wrote poems and stories mainly for personal entertainment. I dreamt of being an author, artist, and musician. When it was time to choose a career, being a creative was not an option in my day. I too, did not appreciate what it could do for humanity. I embarked on a career as a healthcare professional. My writing became an occasional means of escape from the pressures of the world. However, I never felt complete. Last year, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and my harried world came to a screeching halt. While I was going through surgery and treatment, the urge to write and fulfill my lifelong dream of being an author, was stronger. I embarked on compiling my poems and writing new ones to meet that goal. Here we are with my first publication “Dance In The Rain.”

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I am inspired by the world around me. I write about my perspective on social issues, my own experiences and even events that affected the people around me. I am a keen observer of nature and strong in faith and those two elements permeate my writing.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
Dance In The Rain is a book of poetry that encourages reflection, meditation and mindfulness. It gives an interlude to escape for a moment to a different space. It brings awareness to the experiences of others. It can also bring a chuckle or lull you into a daydream through its rhythm and rhyme.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
I have many authors that I love. Here are a few that have left a lasting impression on the way I see the world and the way I write. One that had a major influence on me during childhood was L.M. Montgomery.
Michael Anthony, an author from Trinidad, my home country, inspired me through understanding that no matter where you are from, you have a voice. As a child, it was thrilling to read about places that I was familiar with.
Shani Mootoo is another author that I absolutely admire from my home country. She taught me in high school and left to follow her dreams to become a famous author and artist. Her work has received many accolades and the lyrical rhythmic style she uses makes her challenging topics much easier to pursue.
Paulo Coehlo interlaces spirituality into his stories in a mystical way and his works are very thought provoking
Maya Angelou as a poet has always captured me for her strong and consistent beats in her poems.
I can go on but I will stop there.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
Of late, I have been reading a lot of biographies. However, I will read just about anything
Some of my favorite books: Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery, Emma – Jane Austen, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou, A Year In San Fernando – Michael Anthony, Cereus Blooms at Night – Shani Mootoo, Water For Elephants – Sara Gruen, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept -Paulo Coehlo. To name a few.

What are you reading now?
I just completed Feeding the Soul by Tabitha Brown.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I am a mother of one teenaged son, physical therapist, recently resumed painting and had some pieces entered in an art exhibition and I recently recorded my first song.

Are you working on a current project?I am working on a children’s book. It is a Christmas story that I wrote for my son when he was 4. I am now doing the artwork for the book and hoping that it will be completed in time for this Christmas.
I also worked on a novel while I was going through chemotherapy. I hope to have it published early in 2023. I also have in mind to write about my journey of miracles that I have encountered as I have been treating with my diagnosis and healing.

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Scott Allen Benkie is a graduate of the Indiana University McKinney School of Law and a practicing trial lawyer (Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, martindale.com) of 35 years in Indianapolis where he lives with his daughter and fiance. He has coached high school basketball (Bishop Chatard State Champions 2003) and is a certified strength and conditioning specialist. He is a frequent speaker for lawyers in litigation seminars and has written several articles and manuals to assist lawyers in their cases. I was always interested in writing, but while at Hanover College I had to write for most of my classes and I enjoyed it.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I originally handwrote the book on legal pads, which was 600-plus pages long. I retyped the entire book and made substantial edits over time. The most difficult part of writing a book is deciding what to cut. There can be a tendency to provide an excess back story which does not move the story along. Multiple edits are required, and I’ve heard that you don’t write a book, you re-write a book. It can be an infinite process, and you may never be satisfied. I can’t say I’ve experienced writer’s block to the extent where I am stymied; however, decisions regarding cuts are the most difficult. I think today’s reader has less patience for lengthy literary works in keeping with the rapid advance of technology.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
The Lawyer’s Angel
Attorney James Crosson is in the grips of despair, blaming himself for his wife’s death. A widow hires him to pursue a wrongful death case on behalf of her late husband who died in a seemingly ordinary car wreck. Crosson must confront his own tragic loss and gambling debts as he unravels the plot hatched by a deranged corporate tyrant who will stop at nothing to conceal the truth, take down the lawyer, and preserve his empire. With Vegas goons closing in and everything at stake, Crosson goes all in one last time with no realistic chance of winning the case or surviving the evil arrayed against him.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Earnest Hemingway, J.R. Tolkein, William Faulkner, James Joyce.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
The Old Man and the Sea, and the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

What are you reading now?
Michael Connelly, The Dark Hours.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I work out alot, read, play hoops and tennis.

Are you working on a current project?https://www.facebook.com/scottallenbenkie/

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I was born in El Paso, Texas and grew up in Tennessee before moving to the Washington, DC area. Despite a degree in Soviet and East European studies, I made a name for myself as an expert on North Korea. After a stint in the US Government, I have spent most of my career in defense think tanks.

I began writing a journal when I was in high school and made my first attempt at a novel in my early twenties. The novel never got off the ground. Over the decades, I turned to nonfiction and wrote four books on North Korea and the Kim family. During COVID, I returned to fiction and wrote my first novel (“McMinnville”) in about six months. It was published this May. Since then, I have written three other novels and am working on my fifth. It is my hope to publish at least one book each year for the next few years.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I try to write in the mornings but am not tied down to a particular time. I am not a creature of habit. My day job is not a 9-5 job, but one where I can set my own hours. This leaves time for the to write when I feel the most productive.

I am a discovery writer. I usually come up with two crossing plot lines and a character or two and I’m off to the races. If I outline, it is only to get over a hump in the story. Normally, the ending comes into focus around halfway through the novel.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
I do not really have a specific genre. So far, I have written SCI-FI, dystopian, and romance novels. As a writer, I am more interested in trying new things and focusing on various techniques of writing. In “McMinnville,” which is about a dying detective chasing the truth behind two photographs of a UFO and a larger mystery that seems to have taken hold of his life, I focused on pacing. The novel spans sixty years. Once the trilogy is complete, it will span one hundred years. In another novel, “Writer’s Block,” I tried my hand at writing in the first person. The novel is about the last person on Earth. It is not easy to write an entire book with only one character. It stretched my skills as a writer. I have also written two romance novels, one normal and another paranormal. I was interested in how to build a relationship across generational and cultural gaps. I learned a lot about character development. Therefore, I would say that my fiction writing is a journey of discovery and learning on how to be a better writer.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
I have a number of favorite fiction authors spread across a number of genres. I am a fan of Stephen King, in particular “The Stand” and “The Langoliers.” Both have been influential in my own writing. I also like reading male confessional authors, such as Nick Hornby and Mike Gayle. For historical mysteries, I turn to Dan Brown and Steve Berry. And when it comes to romance, I like Cara Bastone and Fiona Lucas. But when it comes to pure pleasure of reading the English language, I turn to Pat Conroy. I am from the South and his writing style and dialogue fit well in my ear.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I read books not only for pleasure, but for technique. When it comes to pacing and geography, I like Stephen King. Novels like “The Stand” are sweeping epics that take up space. I like how he approaches his books by asking the question, “What if?”. One of the gaps in the romance genre, in my opinion, is the male point of view written by male authors. Nicholas Sparks. of course, is out there, as are some of the authors in the Lad Lit genre, such as Hornby and Gayle. Books like “The Choice,” “High Fidelity,” and “My Legendary Girlfriend” are some of my favorites. In SCI-FI, I prefer to stay on planet Earth in the present day versus on other planets in the distant future. I enjoy reading UFO novels, as long as the aliens are not in your face. “Communion” by Whitley Strieber hits a nice sweet spot.

What are you reading now?
I am reading “The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Arik Kershenbaum. In many of my novels, I explore the potential for life in the universe. This, of course, raises the question of what life in other parts of this universe (or other universes) might be like. Kershenbaum delves deep into what aliens might actually be like. What they look like, socialize, and communicate.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I am a manager in a defense think tank. My work focuses on understanding RED, the adversaries: how they think, make decisions, and interact with other countries. In the movie “Three Days of the Condor,” Robert Redford talks about his strange job as a reader and analyst for the CIA. In one scene, he ponders “Who would create a job like that?” That’s sometimes how I feel about my job. It is a bit odd, but serves a purpose. When I am not working, I write and play games, everything from wargames to Monopoly.

Are you working on a current project?I am currently working on another romance novel that is looks at the challenges that the Gen Z and Millennials face in finding love and relationships. Black Pill, Red Pill, Blue Pill, manosphere, post-feminism, hypergamy, hook up culture, etc…This is an attempt to write a story about the challenges faced by a generation raised in a culture of online interaction and social distancing.

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I am a mom, doctor and author. I wrote the book Beyond Carrots in an attempt to help as many people as possible maintain healthy eyes.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
After tons of research, I write. Pretty simple.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
I am an eye doctor who was predicted to go blind. I was able to reverse my potentially blinding eye disease using lifestyle and nutrition. When I discovered the powerful effect that diet and lifestyle can have on the eyes, I felt compelled to put my knowledge on paper. This resulted in the publication of Beyond Carrots.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Robin Sharma is pretty amazing.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I LOVE self help books.

What are you reading now?

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I am a full time doctor and I have two Target Optical practices. One of my offices is the busiest Target Optical in America. I have the best group of doctors and technicians and I absolutely love working at Target Optical. My patients are like family to me. I am truly blessed. I am also a single mother to a loving, sweet, little boy who showers me with hugs every day. My family is very important to me and I love my time with them. My mom is my best friend and we shop til we drop finding the best deals. I also love my workouts with resistance training, swimming, and yoga.

Are you working on a current project?
My next project is to create an online course to supplement my book.

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Thru my whole life I have been filled with stories, but I lacked the confidence to share them through writing. I grew up reading Hugo, Dumas, Dickens, Shakespeare, Stevenson, Tolkien, Wells, Verne and Thoreau. How could I ever craft words that would live up to the lofty loves of my heart? I drew. I painted. I dreamed of making movies… But I was scared of writing anything more than my poetry.

In poetry I could express myself freely with less constriction on how I phrased my words. I could create openly, and so for a long time poetry was primarily the only type of Writing I would share…
Yet I was still filled with stories. I just wanted someone else to write them down. Then in my late twenties, I got tired of waiting for someone to write my stories for me, and I began to work on my first novel. I shared it with those close to me and was encouraged, so I kept going. I found a passion and love I’d never known was inside of me.

I discovered then in those first months that even beyond my painting or crafting, the words and stories I’d held inside were a greater release and magic than anything else I could have possibly done with my life. I swore that no matter what, even if no one read my work… I needed to write.
I’ve been doing it ever since. Sure the real world has slowed my progress and gotten in the way a lot. I need financial stability and I have obligations a plenty. Life is complicated and doesn’t always allow the time I wish I had to spend on my books, but I will keep writing them. I will finish my stories and I will tell others because it’s part of me.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
Well when it comes to poetry, they sort of just flow out of me. I don’t control them much or try to edit a whole lot. They exist as they are and I let them breathe because they are pure expression… That’s not the case with my novels.

Every time I start a narrative, I have to understand the character I’m writing… I need to know who they are and how they think, so I can form their voice and write from that perspective, even while I give details and motivation to everyone around them in the story. I like to tell stories within stories and everything it seems, carries it’s own philosophy that I hope connects with readers, but before anything else, even framing devices to immerse the viewer into their world, I have to know my characters.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
My first book attempt was utilizing a pre-existing character to tell an autobiography of emotional struggle through fictional allegory. I felt like Frankenstein’s monster… So I started writing an interview from the perspective of a creature who had been created to tragedy and who wrestled with those same emotions that I was feeling. I used it to pay homage to stories and writers I loved and it became an all consuming form of therapy… Then I lost most of it in an accident and couldn’t bear to start back on that particular story again for several years.

However in the process of writing at all, I’d discovered a passion, and I found myself soon after with a new story to tell. I started writing my science fiction series “Stealing Fire” barely a month after losing my first work. I was on a walk one day and the roads were empty. I saw an old barn standing in a field and I thought… What if the world were empty? What if I could walk across the whole continent and see no other people? What if the world returned to something I understood and could live in?

Within 2 more months I’d completed a book following the journeys of a group of young protagonists as they travelled across a post apocalyptic landscape, eventually bringing the character I’d started with originally, right into the middle of their story. Why young people? Because I believe we don’t give them enough credit, and I had something to say about that which would be clearer to read in context than for me to just say it here.

When I started back on that first story, 8byears had passed since I wrote it the first time. It had become a prequel tie in to a larger series with greater ambitions and purpose, and now that series will be 5 books by it’s end.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
So many that the list would take up 3 pages minimum. Most of my favorites are works we all studied in school to be honest. It’s rare that I find a modern author (published within the past 40 years) that I feel can truly compare to the classics I read over and over. I struggle to enjoy modern prose as I often find myself putting books down for dry language or dull vocabulary. Because of this, I turned primarily to comic books or graphic novels for a time, and interestingly enough that has brought me to a great appreciation for people like Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore, who I did start reading in prose form. I absolutely adore them. At this point in my life they rank on par with Bradbury, Asimov, Tolkien, Dumas, Hugo or Twain.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I tend toward Sci-Fi and fantasy. They have a way of exploring humanity rather than simply advancing a plot itself. My favorite books however are Frankenstein, The Hobbit, To your Scattered Bodies Go, American Gods, and Little Big.

What are you reading now?
The Steading by Pete Wood

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I teach painting classes. I illustrate for other authors. I kayak. I hike, and I try to enjoy the simple pleasures of life, like sitting around a campfire, or cooking a good meal to share with someone I love. I never seem to hold a regular job for long, two years seems to be my maximum so far, but I’ve been freelancing as an artist most of my adult life. I feel like I will continue that pattern even if my books succeed at some point.

Are you working on a current project?Oh after I finish my current series I already have about five standalone books planned unrelated to it. Poems will come at their own whim of course and who knows how many books I could publish in that vein, but yeah I’ve got lots of things left in me to write.

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Tell us about yourself and what inspired you to start writing.

I feel like I have been writing since the womb. That is what I tell people. I started writing for organizations at a young age. My writing took a more serious development after a friend committed suicide. I was trying to work out my emotions from the tragic event and also my own healing journey. I started writing. It took me ten years to write the character poetry piece, that is in my first novel: Obsolete Sea Voyage Into the Younger Self. As time unfolded, I weaved healing with suspense into a poetic novel.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
Indeed. My writing process is authentic and truthful. I would state that the process of writing given the content of my novels, has been rather hard. As far as form, I write for freedom and clarity first. I will write out a poem in its traumatic form. Fully raw and powerful. I go back before formatting for my books and conceal certain events, change pronouns and more. This is unique because I want to show integrity.
I do not edit the normal way an author edits. I write poetry. Upon sitting down to edit I edit one section at a time. My books are broken down into parts not chapters. I do not edit to take away. I only edit for grammatical errors. I believe that because my writing ability is a gift, that it is not to be taken away or added to.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
Book One: (back of book)
What would you do if your boat was sinking, or it was shipwrecked? Would you take the necessary actions to survive? Please join me in my first ever work being published: Obsolete. Where we go on a journey together across the high seas and profound mental journey. Madame Counselor R. S. Renard takes us on a voyage all of her own by traveling. Along her travels she picks up passengers all over the world who over time leak out information from their past. Will it be too much for them to handle? Can Madame R. S. Renard use her therapeutic skillset to help them recover and grow? Hidden clues give way to question and set up the story. Won’t you come in the seas of healing in this poetic courage from the characters? May you find healing in your life if needed.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Dan Brown
Ted Dekker
Henry David Thoreau
Shell Silverstein

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I lean more towards philosophy, trauma informed books, biographies. My favorite books are: The Da Vinci Code, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Where the Wild Things Are, The Lost Art of Handwriting, Lagom, Fikka and many others.

What are you reading now?
Lagom
Good Night

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I work for an agency called Deaf Independent Living Association where I help out deaf people.
I also cook at my local community college.
I have two felines: Sigmund and Sherlock.
I like to cycle, swim, be in nature.

Are you working on a current project?Yes. This book series is five books in total.
I will have another stand-alone book after that.
Then I will have a trilogy series after that.
After all of that, I will be creating more I do presume.

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Quiet early on in my life, I had an encounter that would come to shape my creative journey in ways I could have never anticipated. I vividly remember the day I saw a young girl, probably no older than eight, fearlessly balancing on a thin rope. The sight was both captivating and symbolic for me. Witnessing her youthful determination and unwavering focus left an indelible mark on my mind and heart.

That singular image of the young girl on the rope became a catalyst for my venture into writing. The act of putting pen to paper wasn’t just a means of expression for me; it was a form of catharsis. I found solace in translating the powerful emotions that this image stirred within me into words. The process of writing allowed me to delve into the depths of my feelings and explore the intricate nuances of the human experience.

The connection between observing visual stimuli and channeling it into my writing is a profound one. Every image I encounter, whether it’s a fleeting moment on the street or a detailed painting in a gallery, has the potential to ignite my imagination and set my thoughts into motion. I find that these captured moments often carry a story within them, waiting to be unraveled and shared.

Writing, for me, has become a way to pay homage to the world around me. Each image I observe serves as a stepping stone into a world of words, enabling me to craft narratives that resonate with the emotions and experiences that we all share as human beings. It’s a beautiful synergy between the visual and the written, a dance of inspiration that fuels my creativity.

In essence, that young girl balancing on a rope was the spark that ignited my passion for writing. She taught me the significance of the unspoken stories that lie behind every image and the power of translating those stories into words. Through writing, I endeavor to capture the essence of the world’s beauty, its struggles, and its triumphs, just as that singular image captured the essence of youthful determination that has forever stayed with me.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
When it comes to my writing process, I’d say it’s a delightful blend of routine and unpredictability. My mother often humorously compares me to a cat in this regard. I thrive on habits and discipline, much like a cat who appreciates its daily routines. On the other hand, I embrace spontaneity and a touch of chaos, just as a cat might suddenly chase after a shadow or pounce on a passing toy.

Central to my process is a particular spot that I’ve come to affectionately regard as my writing haven – much like a cat’s favorite cozy corner. There’s something magical about this spot that ignites my creativity. It’s where I settle down with my thoughts, surrounded by the tools and inspirations that I need to bring my words to life.

While I do appreciate a structured approach to my work, I also understand the value of letting ideas flow freely. This is where the spontaneous and chaotic side of my writing process comes into play. Sometimes, the best ideas strike when I least expect them, and I embrace that creative energy, allowing it to guide me down unexpected paths.

One aspect of my writing process that aligns perfectly with my cat-like tendencies is my appreciation for a certain rhythm and timing. Just as a cat thrives on predictability and doesn’t take kindly to disruptions in its routine, I find myself at my most productive when things are done within a specific timeframe. This might involve setting deadlines, allocating time for different writing tasks, and ensuring that my creative process maintains a sense of order.

In the end, my writing process is a fusion of these seemingly contrasting elements – the structure of routine and the excitement of spontaneity, the comfort of a designated spot and the thrill of exploring new directions. Much like a cat, I find that this blend allows me to gracefully balance between the familiar and the unexpected, resulting in a writing process that is uniquely my own.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
I like writers from around the world. Some of my favorite writers are Sir Walter Scott, Claire Keegan and Junji Ito.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
Right now I am consuming a lot of Malaysian Literature.

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What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
Absolutely, I firmly believe that one’s personal experiences, interests, and hobbies play a substantial role in shaping not only their artistic expressions but also their overall personality. The idea that what we do, consume, and engage with outside of our work has a profound impact on our creative psyche resonates deeply with me. This is precisely why I advocate for the significance of cultivating hobbies and pursuits beyond one’s professional realm.

For me, sketching has been an immensely gratifying creative outlet. There’s something profoundly satisfying about capturing the intricacies of portraits and fashion designs on paper. It’s a way for me to channel my visual imagination and bring to life the images that stir within me.

But that’s not all – dancing in the privacy of my room to my favorite tunes is another cherished hobby of mine. It’s a joyful release, a moment when I can let go of inhibitions and connect with the music on a visceral level. The combination of movement and rhythm is like a therapeutic escape from the demands of daily life.

And then there’s my fascination with languages. Currently, I’ve delved into the intricacies of about six languages. Learning languages isn’t just a hobby; it’s a way to bridge cultural gaps and gain a deeper understanding of the world around us. Each language opens up a new perspective, a new way of thinking and expressing ideas.

Now, I must confess, since I am a linguistics researcher, my linguistic pursuits extend beyond just learning languages. When I’m not engrossed in my writing, I find myself diving into linguistic research. Investigating the nuances of languages, understanding their evolution, and exploring their impact on communication is an intellectual endeavor that continuously captivates me.

In a nutshell, I’m a firm advocate for the idea that hobbies are more than just pastimes; they’re a gateway to self-discovery, personal enrichment, and, most importantly, they fuel creativity in unexpected ways. Sketching, dancing, language learning, and even linguistic research, they all contribute to my holistic growth, infuse my writing with unique perspectives, and allow me to embrace the multifaceted nature of life itself.

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I have been writing since I was eight years old and this is my second book.
When you are lonely child who is bullied writing becomes your friend and it still is.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
Walking seems to inspire me and I keep pads and pens with me because it happens at different times and in the wee hours of the morning inspiration can strike.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
Put Your Boots on and Dance in the rain was published in 2019 and writing helped me beat Depression.
Beautiful Heart which was recently published started out from a website that I write and realized I have written over a thousand poets with followers reading my work,

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Thoreau, Hemingway, and many poets,

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
Biographies.
Camera Girl

What are you reading now?
What The Owl Knows

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
Cooking, traveling, and Photography

Are you working on a current project? Yes, a book about Finding my family next year

Tell us about yourself and what inspired you to start writing.

Well, I consider myself an inquisitive soul who’s seeking the definition of life, and everything coming in its way. Being an introvert; my aura and art is often honed by inquisitiveness I follow in solitude.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I try to make things as simple as possible.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
I have authored two books as of now: Mirror of Emotions and Across the Shore. Both of them explore life in surreptitious ways.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Allama Iqbal and Robert Frost

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I love reading non fiction. However, when it comes to inspiration; Quran is my ultimate inspiration.

What are you reading now?
I am currently reading ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ by Daniel Kahneman

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I am a nature-lover and football aficionado.

Are you working on a current project?I am currently working on my next book.

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Writing has always been an outlet of expression for me. When I was in elementary school I won a literature award for a short story I’d written. Since then it has been a dream of mine to publish a book and reach others with my words. Here i am doing just that!

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I have several writing processes. Sometimes i like to just do what i call free writing which is to just let everything out no contemplation or edits during this time. It allows for no judgement, doubt, overthinking etc.

Another process i have is setting the mood or atmosphere to write.

atmosphere:
-by the water
-on the water
-in the water (bath)
-mood lighting(candles,LED lights, galaxy projector)

Constantly digging for insights and deeper perspectives to enhance my perception of this thing called life and adding it to my work and outlook.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
My debut poetry book World Stained Us System Blamed Us is written in a powerful poetic nature that encourages and empowers anyone struggling to strive. Compelling creative storytelling via verse. Words sculpted from pain, perseverance, passion, and perspective it inspires readers to reflect, find purpose, learn from life, and ultimately grow. It’s Currently available on all amazon platforms in paperback, hardcover, and ebook formats.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Kahlil Gibran, Mitch Albom, Stieg Larsson, and Mary Oliver are amongst some of my favourites.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I like to read a wide variety of things from poetry and philosophy to sci-fi and romance. I also enjoy reading memoirs and autobiographies, as well as, educational reads on topics of all sorts. One of my favourite series includes Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I’m also a huge fan of the book The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom.

What are you reading now?
I am currently reading Greek Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook: From Aphrodite to Zeus, a Profile of Who’s Who in Greek Mythology by Liv Albert.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I enjoy everything art related. When i’m not writing some of my other creative hobbies include painting, mixed media arts, as well as, digital art. I like to listen to soulful music with meaningful lyrics. I’ve recently embarked on the journey of learning to play the keyboard and make my own instrumentals. I have a wonderful five year old daughter who keeps me creative, driven and on my toes.

Are you working on a current project?I am currently working on an audio version of my poetry book World Stained Us System Blamed Us. Launch date to be announced soon, but it’s looking like mid to late fall 2023.

I don’t intend to stop here. You will be hearing more of me and my poetry books, as i have more coming your way shortly!

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I started writing when I was in elementary school. I made a little New York Yankees yearbook with cut-out pictures based on the 1978 season.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I write across genres. I write poetry, fiction, nonfiction and plays/screenplays. I would say what’s unique is that I am a “working writer.” I work full-time as a marketing video producer at a private university in upstate New York. I rise at 4 a.m. and write before work every day.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
I have numerous collections of poetry, including:

The Truth I Must Invent (Poets’ Choice, 2023)

Outward Arrangements: Poems (independently published, 2021)

Dreaming of Lemon Trees: Selected Poems (Finishing Line Press, 2019)

Sidewalk Stories (Kelsay Books, 2017)

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Dreaming of Lemon Trees: Selected Poems by Francis DiClemente

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Thomas Wolfe, Langston Hughes, Jack Kerouac, Herman Hesse, Ernest Hemingway, Joyce Carol Oates, Mary Karr, John Steinbeck, George Saunders, Richard Russo, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I like to read everything. I usually have one novel and one nonfiction book going at the same time.

What are you reading now?
Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Works

Tomboyland: Essays by Melissa Faliveno

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I work full-time and write in my spare time. My wife, Pamela, and I care for our seven-year-old son, Colin, who is autistic. So with work, writing, and family time, my days are pretty packed. But I enjoy walking, running, lifting light weights, reading, and watching movies.

Are you working on a current project?
I am currently working on a coming-of-age memoir, a couple of poetry book projects and a stage play.

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After I graduated with my BA in theatre, I started getting really into books. One night I had a very vivid dream and knew I had to get it down on paper. It was a disastrous attempt, but my love for writing grew and I have tons of stories that I want to share with others.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
When an idea presents itself, I let it stew on the back burner of my mind as more and more of the story gets revealed to me. I explore the idea and do necessary research surrounding the topics of the story and once I feel I have the major parts of the story cemented in my mind, I start on the journey of writing it all down. The hardest part is always getting started. You have to start from scratch and create the world of the story you’re trying to tell, until it takes on a life of its own and you can let it lead you down the road it wants to go, sparking new ideas and situations you never would have dreamed of during the planning process, leaving you wondering if it truly was you’re idea or if some mysterious creative force whispered it in your ear.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
I currently only have one book out on the market. “The Best Laid Traps” Is an action adventure/thriller about a young man, Edward Dalton, who’s been bullied all his life and gets run off the road and left for dead in the Appalachian wilderness. He spends 6 years battling starvation, local wildlife, and his own poisoned mind to survive. After he makes a valuable discovery in his wooded sanctuary, he decides to leave the forest and go back to civilization to carry out his wildest dreams of revenge on the three people who had left him to die. He soon finds that fate has been kind to his bullies while he was away and Edward plans and waits for 10 years until he can orchestrate the perfect moment to brutally take them down and show to the world just how horrible they really are.

I’m all over the map when it comes to genre. Currently I’m working on a dark fantasy, but I have written horror, sci-fi, even a full length fan fiction novel surrounding the characters of “The Hunger Games” series that I hope one day to get permission to publish.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
I have many favorite authors who’s works I constantly re-read every chance I get, but the two at the very top of my list are Micheal Crichton and Stephen King.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I absolutely love the Jurassic Park stories as well as other cornerstones such as “Congo” and “The Sphere.” But My absolute favorite book comes from America’s Boogeyman, called “Duma Key,” but I have yet to come across a King story that I haven’t read multiple times.

What are you reading now?
I’m going through “The Dark Tower” series for what seems like the 100th time.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I have a full-time job as a knight at Medieval Times. I absolutely love my job (which is why I’ve been doing it for the past 15 years), but it does take up most of my time and writing takes up most of the rest. In the rare amount of free time, I like to make things. I make random aspects (furniture or decor) for my wizard-like dwelling of a tiny house, or more likely working on whatever costume I’ve taken into my head to build. I also go to the gym at least five times a week

Are you working on a current project?
I’m currently halfway through the first draft of a new novel. It centers around the characters from L. Frank Baum’s original novel of “The Wizard of Oz.” It takes place many years after the story and paints a different picture of what happened at the end of L. Frank Baum’s version. Instead of sending her home, Glinda traps Dorothy to keep her in stasis while she deals with a mysterious gloom or poisoning of the land of Oz, stemming from the great wizard himself. Glinda disappears and Dorothy finally breaks out and must take up Glinda’s mantle to try and put everything back to rights. It’s kind of like “Wizard of Oz” meets “Shutter Island” and has been very exciting to write because it has so many huge twists and turns and an ending that I think will blow your mind, at least it did for me.

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I always had fun in the writing classes in school. I’m sure my writing was all derivative and not very good, but I enjoyed the process. At college, I studied French Lit and the Dada folk blew me away, especially Tzara. This placed literature squarely within the realm of art and art practice. I’ve never looked at poetry the same way since. You can have serious fun with it. This seemed an invite to get really in to it. So I did.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I’m a project writer. Each project has it’s own parameters. This project might only be written on the manual Hermes Baby Featherweight typewriter sculptor Matt Lusk gave me, this one with a Sharpie in a sketchbook bought from a shop across the street from the Art Museum, etc. . . . Often the materials used determine the scope of the project. It’s good to have constraints. It helps with the planning.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
I’ve got three chaps and a full-length: Pete Hoffman Days (Pinball), BeiHai (Nanjing Poetry), Salt & Iron (In Parentheses), and Maze Poems (Arteidolia).

Pete Hoffman Days uses appropriation all over the place in the Modernist way without mimicking their style. It uses source material as foundational bricks to be worked with and around. If a reader knows “it’s something of a war” is a Ty Cobb quote, good for them. If they don’t, hopefully they can appreciate the poem equally well without that knowledge.

BeiHai’s first draft was actually written over the course of a few days while sitting on a bench at a public beach used by locals in Beihai, Guangxi province in China. I wrote it in a couple of bluebooks that universities used to use for essay exams. I had a Bible with me for some reason (not sure why) and a book of terrible criticism of TS Eliot (also not sure why). Both of these make their presence known in the text.

Salt & Iron was written as a project. I sent a few poems to Phillipe Martin Chatelain to consider and he asked me if I had more. When I told him about the project, he asked if I’d consider a staggered release of the whole project with recordings: a serial chapbook. I was all in. I recorded everything during covid times under less than optimal conditions. The recordings aren’t great, and we could easily redo them now, but I like them as a record of what creatives were doing to overcome the circumstances at the time.

Maze Poems came much later. I’d been playing with the maze as a form in letters to friends before this. One day I bought two big blue notebooks from across the Art Museum and decided I would explore the maze form. I dedicated one of the sketchbooks to mazes: poems, essays, whatever. One page, one poem, one attempt. It became a regular practice. My apartment was overcrowded and dinky for the purpose. This sketchbook became pivotal to my creative output. Over the course of a couple of years I completed the sketchbook. This book is a selection of the best ones.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
I dig Carl Sandburg. Of course, I like a lot of other poets.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I re-read John Berryman’s Dream Songs fairly often, but I’m not sure why.

I read a lot of work in translation. The poetry world is bigger than the US/UK, and a lot of it is interesting.

What are you reading now?
I’m re-reading Beckett’s Molloy & Andres Cerpa’s Bicycle in a Ransacked City: An Elegy (Alice James, 2019）。

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
When I can, I like to go to a well-staged Beijing opera. You really can’t get the same quality anywhere else.

Are you working on a current project?
I have notebooks full of project ideas.

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I live in Oxford with my Italian wife and two sons. But I was born on the edge of the Forest of Dean, In England, near the Welsh border. I studied English at Oxford University and then moved to Dublin to write a PhD thesis on Wallace Stevens. Eventually I moved back to Oxford, undertaking gardening and library work, until I began tutoring art history and English literature at various colleges in the city. My most recent poems come out of my life here in Oxford, witnessing the birth and early years of my two sons. In many ways my children are the “Cherubims” of my new collection as much as that word signifies the guards of Eden in Genesis or the wheeled living creatures in Ezekiel. My previous collection presented 150 poems in conversation with the Psalms, so you can see the Bible has also been a source of inspiration for me.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I tend to wake very early and write in the small hours of the morning before my family gets up. I can only sustain two or three hours of poetry writing a day really, the process is so intense, although it might look sometimes like I am daydreaming on my couch. Since I write according to the “dance music of the ages”, as Yeats would say, using rhyme and metre, the process of writing and re-writing can be quite arduous. A stanza can take me hours or days maybe, although very occasionally a poem comes fully formed. I have stacks of pads of rough drafts.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
My previous collection of poems is called A Book of Psalms and was published in 2020. The poems here are numbered according to the arrangement of psalms in the Masoretic Text and the King James Version of the Bible. These poems are not translations or versifications. Mostly they are conversations with, sometimes even hesitations about, the ancient texts. You may understand them as slightly unruly imitations, transplantations, or poems in their own right. The making of the whole book felt like an initiation, and I came to understand The Book of Psalms to be structured as a cave in the Old Testament.

My second son was born when I started writing A Book of Psalms in earnest, and he and his brother grew up in that book. After finishing my psalms, I was prompted to write some more poems about my two small sons, and these pieces form the nucleus of my most recent collection, Cherubims, in which I confront in contemplative thought those fiery guards of Eden and the Holy of Holies: the chariot-like sphinges or living creatures of Ezekiel, who seem to reappear in Revelation, and who are so full of knowledge of God in their purified form in Dionysius.

A selection of my poems, called The Voice inside Our Home, was published at the beginning of 2022 by SLG Press. I am also the author of two books of criticism, The Later Affluence of W. B. Yeats and Wallace Stevens (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and The Vagabond Spirit of Poetry (Iff Books, 2014).

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Beyond Shakespeare and Milton, my favourite poets are George Herbert and Henry Vaughan. My late tutor at Oxford was the great-great-great nephew of William Wordsworth, and perhaps that is why I have such a fondness for that Romantic poet, along with William Cowper and William Blake. I do also love reading twentieth century poets such as Thomas Hardy, W. B. Yeats, Robert Frost, and Philip Larkin. When I read contemporary poetry, I tend to linger longest over the work of Jamie McKendrick, A. E. Stallings, Ernest Hilbert, and Ned Denny.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I am most absorbed by the Bible and ancient poetry, and things like Plato’s dialogues, Plotinus’ Enneads, Dionysius’s Celestial Hierarchy, Meister Eckhart’s sermons, tracts and essays by Frithjof Schuon and Ananda Coomaraswamy, and H. W. Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage and the OED.

What are you reading now?
At the moment, before I sleep at night, I am lazily re-reading the second volume of Roy Foster’s biography of Yeats, The Arch-Poet, when I really should be re-reading St Augustine’s City of God. I’ve been halfway through the Complete Poems of Hardy since the end of the summer, I just recently bought the Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson, thinking I’ll work through the fascicles as she left them, and I’m one poem into A. E. Stallings’ Selected Poems. I am continually re-reading Shakespeare and many other older and more recent poets with students when I teach in the day.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
During term time, I spend much of my day walking through fields and streets of Oxford, between the colleges where I teach. When we’re in Italy, I like to saunter in the Alps, sip negronis on the riviera, and drink fine wine over long lunches. My children still take up quite a lot of my time.

Are you working on a current project?
Beyond poetry, my new art history book, The Secret Mind of Art, is due to go into production in April. One of these days I will write a book on Shakespeare and esoteric occult Neoplatonism.

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My name is Alyssa Greene. I am a 20 year old Californian who will be moving to New York in the autumn for school. I am currently in the Leon S. Peters Honors Program at Clovis Community College where I study English and will be transferring to Syracuse in the fall to further my education. I have been writing since middle school and I never stopped. Having been doing this for such a long time it is rewarding to witness how my poetry has evolved over the years. However, being openly passionate about writing does make you susceptible to disapproval. I’ve had teachers ask me to explain what the hell I was saying because it seemed as if I was only stringing together large words to sound sophisticated. I’ve had teachers tell me that they were surprised to find out that certain essays were written by me, considering my mediocre linguistic and analytical skills. I’ve had peers look me dead in the eyes to remark, “I didn’t know you were smart.” Astonishingly, no, I did not kick that student in the nuts, but I wanted to. Given this, I am no stranger to rejection; I embrace it with as much compassion as I would acceptance.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
101 Ways to Fall Asleep has been a long time coming. The process went a little something like this: Write, read, write, read, sleep, crumble up papers, go through TONS of pens, stay up past sunrise, write some more, read, cry, write, repeat. This is the journey of the one who is infatuated. Writing rarely comes out the way it ends up. It is a build, destroy most, if not all of it, and rebuild process. This is by far my favorite part of the whole writing adventure. The part where I get to be messy because it is necessary for the outcome. The part where I take words like “granola bar” or “swans” and use them to develop poems that speak on issues far beyond their existence. Imagination is what makes art so magical. Every poem in my composition has some story behind it, every line has meaning, and each poem brings the book value. 101 Ways to Fall Asleep is a collection of poetry that embodies the idea that success in making poetry evermore relevant to the struggles and dynamics of modern times does not have to mean eradicating the more classical apparatus that poetry was born from. It serves as a footstool for young adults, specifically women or those who can identify with struggles associated with mental health problems.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
This composition prompts readers to question social norms and develops a greater understanding of issues regarding depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. It is a disruptive piece and not by any accident. Displaying sympathies towards madness, it is composed with a striking passion that could knock its audience out. My writing touches on the misogyny embedded in the fabric of our patriarchal society and the fallacious notions that women are inherently, naturally, and biologically inferior to men. The poems that do adopt a more progressive stance cultivate a sense of female empowerment and a refusal to accept any form of inequality that has become so normalized in society. On a larger scale, my collection celebrates something that universally connects all of us: Life and death and the submersive relationship between the two. My work defends the irrational, the lunatic, and the outcast, creating a haven for the darker parts of our humanity, which is as necessary, or even more necessary than creating space for the lighter parts. Even God himself decided that if there was going to be a heaven there would also be a hell. This arrangement is a small slice of hell that I had to walk through. I think many people could relate to the obstacles I had to hurdle to get here. A creative matrix for the demons of the mind and the beauty so intimately involved with the difficult to fathom realities of overcoming psychological monsters. In the immortal words of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, “Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.”

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Oh yes! In terms of poetry I have a deep admiration for Poe and Plath. Classical poetry never ceases to amaze me and leave me yearning to write at the same level they do. On a contemporary level, I appreciate Fitzgerald, Wilde, Shelly, either of the Brontë sisters, etc. There are so many I could go on. The oeuvre of each of these artist is astonishing and it is why their work lives on even after they are gone. Their legacy is inspiring.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I love to read. I think I kind of have to. Not that it feels like a chore on any level, like I said I love to read, perhaps more than I love to wrote. I’ll never truly be able to tell. I think something important about being a writer is that no great writer has never not been a reader. Art inspires art. Sometimes I read pages of a book or even a single quote and I immediately rush to my desk to put down some thought I had when reading it because it cultivated such deep emotion within me that I am bursting with it.
Some of my favorite books include “The Great Gatsby”, “A Man’s Search for Meaning”, and “The Life of Pi”. I specifically remember reading “The Life of Pi”, because my sister had brought it home from the school library. It is such a profound piece of literature that I feel as if any attempt to applaud it would be insulting to the work because no praise could live up to the artistry and deliverance.

What are you reading now?
Currently I am reading “Idol, Burning” written by Rin Usmai. Her ability to capture both mundane and complex emotions is powerful. Her imagery is as if there are illustrations on the pages. I’m 40 pages and the only reason I stopped was because it was 11:20pm and I had a discussion board for one of my English courses due at 11:59pm. The grip this book has on me is not one I have experienced in a very long time.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
When I’m not writing I’m usually thinking about things to write about. Probably not the anticipated to that question, but the honest one, it is. I am a in my sophomore year of college so homework and lectures demand most of my time outside of my two jobs. I work part-time as a barista at Starbucks and part-time as a crew member at Jersey Mikes Subs. I enjoy, on an obvious note, reading and writing. Additionally, I do everything listening to music, I enjoy drinking more coffee than what should be tolerable for a 20 year old woman, nature in all of its abundance and harmony, Pops & Benny, and anything that entails a new experience. I would add travel to that list, but I live in the Central Valley and I’ve never been anywhere further than L.A. I dislike the scene in tangled where Mother Gotham reverts to her true self. That scene has always audibly and visually spooked me for some reason and I still can’t seem to watch it even now.

Are you working on a current project?
Definitely. “101 Ways to Fall Asleep”, was just the beginning of my career. My next poetry collection, which I am currently working on, is set to be released at the end of 2023.

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Tell us about yourself and what inspired you to start writing.

Well, I consider myself an inquisitive soul who’s seeking the definition of life, and everything coming in its way. Being an introvert; my aura and art is often honed by inquisitiveness I follow in solitude.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
‘Mirror of Emotions’ shall take you on the erratic path on this journey of life and readers can expect an exhilarated persona of themselves disentangling the complexities they keep battling with.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, William Wordsworth, Rumi, Kahlil Gibran

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I like reading spiritual books. Quran is my favorite book.

What are you reading now?
I am currently reading ‘India Wins Freedom’ by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I am a football aficionado and nature lover

Are you working on a current project?
I am currently working on my next poetry collection.

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When I was a child, I knew I was going to be an artist. I enjoyed drawing, singing, dancing, acting and did not start journaling until I was about 11 years old. I won a Reflections Contest in San Diego County when I was five years old and that is when people started to realize that I had a gift. I won numerous art and drawing contests when I was in the second and third grade. When I was a child, I was a difficult child because I had ADHD and did not enjoy reading. I simply could not sit still long enough to do it. I did not think I would be a writer.
My mother’s family was extremely religious devote Roman Catholic. The outside-of-the-box thinking was not well accepted. Any kind of art that did not agree with the teachings of the Bible were unacceptable. My family did not like my artwork because they already believed something was wrong with me. Becoming an artist was a constant battle with no support. No matter if I had support or not, I still continued to do artwork. Although some of my drawings ended up recycled into fire kindling as my father thought my drawings were amateur tore them up and burned them in the fireplace. I had a real attachment to my all of my hard work. Eventually when my father realized it, he bought me an electric typewriter. The typewriter never got used because I preferred normal paper and pen. My father was the first to believe in me. Oddly enough, I still have the typewriter and the ink is still fresh.
As I learned more about writing, I started to spend summers reading and started writing short stories and mini novels. When I wrote poems, I wrote longer poems that went into detail what I was feeling at the time. These were 10+ pages long poems. I was emancipated from my parents when I was fifteen years old, a mutual agreement that I would live with my maternal grandmother until adulthood. When I became an adult, my journals were thrown away, a lot of my artwork was lost. My grandmother had encouraged me to be a writer.
I had a passion for traveling. I lived in Europe for 2 years and worked as a Flight Dispatcher and would hop flights to go new places. I enjoyed poetry books more because my attention span was not long, and I would read them and put them down. I liked Victorian poets especially William Wordsworth, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Rudyard Kipling. I started drinking and writing poetry. I had issues with alcoholism and was using writing and drinking as a way of therapy. I had been to Alcoholics Anonymous program, cleared it, relapsed, and was using cultism/religion that controlled my time (this prevented me from drinking). I left the church and was back in AA again. Even when I moved back to the United States, I still had issues with drinking, though I realized that was not the way to handle problems. I had to stop.
I continued art, lifelong. My father was murdered in 2008, and my grandmother died in a failed heart bypass surgery in 2009, and that is when I started to realize how short life really is, and if I didn’t put what I wrote out, I could die, and no one would ever know what I was thinking. Writing was my ticket to live forever, to be heard. One issue still remained, and that was my mother did not support my writing. I remember pacing the halls terrified of publishing what I had because I knew my mother would reject my writing and maybe even reject me. One person told me that you miss all the shots you don’t take in life, give yourself permission. That’s when I decided to push forward with publishing.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
The strange thing that happens every time I write is that I shut myself away from people. I go into my own world. I disconnect and people don’t see me for days. I found drawing/painting easier for me because I liked the movement. I think to hold my attention when I was busy moving, and it was difficult for me to sit still and write. I had to be drunk or very sick to lay still long enough to write. Sometimes I liked to read other writers work, like short William Shakespeare plays or historical books with photos to hold my interest.
Having endured abuse, the hardest part of being an artist was not judging myself and keeping a positive mindset. Even though I know there is no such thing as perfect art, even Mona Lisa had hands that were incorrect, it didn’t matter Leonardo da Vinci still finished the painting, and that’s just how art is. I remember getting upset with my art when I was a child, I would crumple up my paper and throw it away. I ended up with a pile of crumpled paper. Imperfection is art. It’s important to love what you are creating. You’re not God, and you cannot judge the art. Art creates itself, stay positive, take it as it is.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
I have several unpublished works. I was working on a LGBT young adult novel in 2020- 2021 and dropped my laptop. Everything crashed, about 180 pages written, and the hard drive was ruined with no way of recovering the novel. I was livid when I was told it would cost an extreme amount of money to recover the lost document. I did not back it up. I was so upset, I started to write my first book. I later bought a new Acer PC, entered my password to log in and fully recovered the lost novel. I then backed up the novel with a flash drive. I learned the hard way to back up my work.
I was handwriting poems, Tattered: Healing Poetry that was published April 2022. I worked on the book for about a year. I was really torn about publishing it. It was going on about childhood abuse I had endured and exploring sexuality, which was an off-topic conversation to my upbringing, suicidal thoughts, and even dark poems about cultism and death. I was sure my family would reject it, and a lot of my family does not know I published a book. I would be shunned for it. My writing has never been well accepted by my family. My books do not align with my family’s beliefs.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
My favorite dark poet is obviously Edgar Allan Poe. Poe’s life was short, and he really didn’t write much, but the sheer darkness of it I enjoyed. Some of my favorite poets to read are Shel Silverstein’s children’s books, “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” and “The Giving Tree.” Silverstein has a fun approach, and I liked that. I was reading Lana del Rey’s poetry book at the time too, “Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass.” She is kind of a wild card like me. I enjoy Maya Angelou, a strong woman and a fabulous poet. My favorite Irish poet is probably William Butler Yeats. One of my favorite American poets is Robert Frost, “The Road Not Taken.”

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
If I have time to read, I enjoy comic books. I like reading Manga and Anime books. I mainly like to look at the pictures because the art is so creative. Before my father passed, the book he tried to impress upon me was “Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century,” by Johnathan Glover, but it’s a very dry read and it’s not my favorite. I usually read for entertainment like Stephen King and Danielle Steele, books that are fiction and really are based off imagination. My father impressed upon me that I should read books that I learn something from non-fiction and learn something. I have a hard time sitting through that. I become uninterested. As I go on, I think I will include more historical events in my writing and challenge myself to sit through dry reads and enjoy them.

What are you reading now?
Mainly, I have been proofreading Tattered, and writing my next poetry book. I have about 70 pages written of my next poetry book. I am thinking about calling it Distracted, but I am not sure yet. Amazon offers Kindle Vella where a person can write books repetitively and add to a series, poetry with episodes. I could write several poetry books back-to-back. I am working towards fitting into the Amazon Kindle Vella genre and reading books that will coach me towards fitting into those venues. I am moving from poetry into novel writing. I still have that unpublished LGBT novel that is so close to being finished. I am working very hard to get these completed. I am hoping for one, maybe two more books to be released in 2022.
Right now, I haven’t been reading too much. I get so sidetracked with social media: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and not making the time to sit down. When I do sit down, I am relaxing with music. Living life is another thing, working full time is what I do as the writing is not enough to support me financially. I have to do both. It’s sometimes difficult to find time to sit down and read. It’s the life of a starving artist. I wish I had more time to read.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I work as a senior supervisor for a Blackstone security company. Corporate work life is very stressful. It’s not easy being a woman in a man’s world. People are very skeptical about female supervisors, and I have to go extra to prove myself worthy of my position. I am constantly juggling and wearing different hats back and forth between artwork and real life.
Pets? Right now, I have a Beta fish named Tym (Tim) and he has a personality. He rolls his eyes at me, and thinks I am stupid. Fish are more intelligent than people? Tym likes to watch TV. I have a pet hamster named Paris Hilton Cantrell. I have never seen a hamster that likes to cuddle without running away, but she does like to cuddle. The hamster’s nickname is “Princess P,” she likes blueberry yogis, cheese and crashing her ball. We also sometimes call her “Whammy,” as she runs into things, gets stuck and claims the closet for her new home.
Hobbies? I generally like food fresh out of the garden. I have an indoor garden with trees, and my goal for this year was to grow vegetables indoors. I have not successfully done that. Microgreens like sprouts in a jar are hit and miss. If they don’t rot, they can be good. It’s more work than I like to do. I prefer picking up garden food from the farmer’s market. Today I got a pepper mozzarella cheese and some sugar snap peas that I am very happy about.

Are you working on a current project?
I am always working on another project. I originally started with novels and went to poetry. Poetry was easy for me because it’s short bursts of emotion, that end fast. I can change topics easily with poetry. I’m not expected to stay on the same wavelength. I can switch it up. Novels are more difficult to write because there needs to be more synchronization between sentences in a paragraph, pages in a chapter and then sections that make up a novel need to flow together. I still find writing so rewarding that I would do both and even explore other venues.
There is not a limit. I have seen numerous people work with script writing, song writing, moving from romance, to thrillers, indie and even horror. If something brings you joy in life, you’re more likely to continue, and writing does that for me. There is no telling where I will go next. There are so many possibilities.

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Tell us about yourself and what inspired you to start writing.

I started writing as a little kid. Putting my concerns on paper was always a great cathartic release. It also helped me gather my thoughts to articulate myself clearly.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I usually listen to classical music while I write. I also keep a waterproof notepad in my shower so I don’t forget my ideas.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
Almost all of my poetry collections follow a linear story with a beginning, middle, and end. I mostly write poetry with a narrative style. A deep first-person POV tells my true stories. Unlearning toxic behaviors and constantly pursuing self-growth.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Charles Bukowski and Pablo Neruda are two poets that I keep rereading.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I read various types of poetry, and I always read non-fiction and research regarding psychology.

What are you reading now?
I just opened a selected collection by William Carlos Williams.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I love visiting museums and hiking.

Are you working on a current project?
I’m currently working on the sequel to Love Is a Mental Illness. Please follow me on Instagram for excerpts, poems, and news. You should also join my newsletter for raffles and freebies. Thank you for reading.

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Reading is what inspired me to start writing. My mother was always reading and I’ve always held a fascination for books and the reading process. Once I learned to write, I wanted to write my own stories.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
For a narrative, I’m a pantser. Maybe a little bit of plotting but more pantser than not. I love worldbuilding most of all. My dream one day is create my own conlang. I even studied linguistics in school.
My poetry is never planned. I have strong emotions and I wait until I can process it into words. Sometimes I write a poem in the moment, on the fly. I call that freewriting. Most, if not all, of my poetry is freewritten.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
Right now I only have one book that’s published. It’s called Pierced by Horn. Pierced by Horn is my little life philosophy. We are drawn to and praise the beauty of the unicorn.  What makes it a unicorn rather than a horse is not just magic, but the most important part…the horn.  Yet anticipating and loving the horn of the unicorn, we often forget exactly what use a horn is often put to in the animal kingdom.  Any set of horns or antlers has the potential to be dangerous.  It is an animals weapon.  To be at the sharp end of a unicorn horn is to be in pain of magic, beauty, and life.  There is a majesty in that pain and in every aching moment there is a lesson.  To me, pierced by horn, is a concept of painful and beautiful lessons.

In this book, I’ve allowed the reader to enter a few of the wild spaces that my mindscapes often are and I’ve introduced them to some wild companions. In this book, the reader will meet Unicorn, Wolf, Tiger and Dragon. Woven throughout and between the poetry is a story being told. It’s an intimate glance into a small portion of my life.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Ilona Andrews. Charles de Lint. Carol Berg. Patricia Briggs. Poppy Z Brite. CJ Cherryh. Tad Williams. Terry Brooks. Brom. Robert Aspirin. And just too many to fully name.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I love fantasy and all of its sub-genres. Fantasy is my favorite. Horror as well. Mysteries. I have so many favorite books, but I will name one here. The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. I can’t put my finger on why it’s my favorite, but the feeling it gives me when I read it sticks with me.

What are you reading now?
Right now I am re-reading Quiet by Susan Cain.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
When I’m not writing, I like to read and do research. I also chat with family and friends. Watch horror movies and shows and watch anime. Video games are a favorite but I don’t get to play much. I watch a special friend play Apex on Twitch and another friend plays various games there. I also enjoy sitting outside when it’s not cold and I read oracle and tarot cards.

Are you working on a current project?
I do have another project in mind. In September 2021, I lost my son to a miscarriage in his 16th week. Since then, I’ve created a page for him on Instagram called Stories for Semaj. My next project will be a book of the poetry and journals I write for him, as well ae fables. Before he died, his father and I were making a book of fables for him. I only got one written before he died. I plan to keep writing them and they will be stories for him.

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Firstly I am a school student apart from being a young teen author I am also a karate black belt. Things which inspired me to write are untold emotions and feelings of people and many social topic which I felt have a need to be spoken about.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
The first thing which I do while writing is doing some research about the topic and to feeling​ it.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
My latest book the evergreen emotion consists of poems and some short stories. Every poem and story speaks of a new topic and provides the readers with a new and important message.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Not sure of favourite but I strongly like the works of Ravindranath Tagore, Khalil Gibran and Robert Frost.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
There are many books I love few of them are poor dad and rich dad, prophet and any story of Sherlock Holmes.

What are you reading now?
Currently I am reading​ a book by Amish Tripathi namely Ravana.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
Most of the time if I am not writing either I study or do some physical​ activities like karate.

Are you working on a current project?
Ya I do have but I prefer to keep it a surprise until it’s release.

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I am Tanupriya Kalita, born and brought up in bongaigaon district of Assam, India.I was born on 12th Oct, 1988. I did my BA from same city where I was born. I also did B.Music from Bhatkhande and Kalabid (M.Music) from Nikhil Bharat. I am lucky to be daughter of Subhash Chandra Kalita and Mamata Choudhury.

Well, I was inclined to writing and reciting poems from my childhood. I got a prize for recitation in my childhood when I was only 3 years old.

To be more specific to question, I was inspired by my mother Smt. Mamata Choudhury.

I get inspired to write when any incident touch my heart. My pen transforms the memories and images of those incidents into letters.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
Well, that is a pretty tough question to answer. To be honest, I do not follow any process, I write whenever I get emotional. Whenever some feelings, thoughts come to my mind, i just note down on a piece of paper. The main uniqueness about my writing can better be described by my readers. I just express my emotions and thoughts, in the form of poem. Ofcourse, I write more on real things, irony about human life.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
“Emuthi Sagar – Anubhuti Mur Hridoy Spondonor” is my first book published by Notion Press, Chennai. The book is written in Assamese Language. “Emuthi Sagar” means, a handful of oacen. Life is like an ocean, but we can hold only a handful of it. Isn’t it? This book consists of 25 poems and 24 quotes. All poems which I have included in my book were written long ago, but was scattered. Then I realized to compile all of them in the form of book.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Yes, I like the writing of Homen Borgohain Sir.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
Ofcourse, I like to read various types of books from poetry to novels incluidng epic.

Yes, Infact I have many favorite books “Mrityunjoy” written by Gyanpeeth Award Winner Birendra Kumar Battacharya, “Dotal Hatir Ui E Khoa Hawda” by De. Mamonj Roysom Goswami and all books of Homen Borgohain and Partha Chattopadhyay are my favourite book.

What are you reading now?
Right now, I am reading an assamese novel, maharathi written by Chandra Prasad Saikia

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I like singing, gardening and cooking etc while I do not write books.

One of the hobby or passion is singing. I sing from my childhood. I sung in many stage shows, live concerts and got appreciated by Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika for my singing. In addition to that, in the year 2021, I released two melody songs, which were digitally distributed in all major music platform as well as got radio broadcasted from Japan, UK and Norway.

Are you working on a current project?
I am planning to write a novel and release some songs in coming year.

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I am a female screenwriter and author. I’ve been writing since I was a teenager, and
Very early on, I started imagining stories in my mind, I believe they were an escape for me, I’m an only child and I was quite a loner, so my characters have filled my life. They were those I wanted to share my life with…I assume I started creating the kind of beings I wanted in my life.
I needed to create stories to go on, a kind of cocoon in which I felt safe. Very early on, I made my stuffed animals and my dolls talk- I remember loving ventriloquists- and I gave different voices and personalities to all my toys. I think I was already writing daily at that time without realizing it. I used to have my classmates act out movie lines, but unfortunately I was the only aspiring artist and felt quite alone. I think my characters were sort of imaginary friends.

I started writing and creating to escape reality. My father was a film and photography enthusiast,
he tape-recorded every kind of movies he had hundreds of VHS at home. One day he showed me King Kong, the one by John Guillermin starring Jessica Lange. I was about 6 years old, the movie had a big impact on me, I remember the feeling of wonder and thrill that took hold of
me, it was true love at first sight for this movie, it was also at this time that I became aware of my love for animals because the scene at the top of the World Trade Center was the first ever scene in a movie that made me want to cry. So basically that day I discovered two of my passions, cinema and animals. And there was New York, in my opinion, the most beautiful city in the world and a great source of inspiration too.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
As far as I’m concerned it’s absorbing information, researching but also observing in the first place.
Then I isolate myself, totally, reality must no longer exist for my inspiration to be there,
for the muse to be with me, I draw inspiration from people I know, from personal stories, much more in my books than in my scripts, because there is not the requirement from producers or filmmakers, it’s just me my books and my readers.
I stop my phone, disconnect from my social medias and I don’t answer my door anymore! I don’t go out until a first draft is finished, it has to come out of me. To immerse myself even more in the imagination, to go deeper in it, I read about the theme I’m writing on, I watch movies in the same genre and atmosphere… I am in my story and it lives in me…There is almost nothing around me anymore. I disappear into the story and my characters, it’s a journey I need to make several times a year, because I am only happy when I create. Then there are the first corrections, the second draft, which I often do with music, in the genre of what I write, mostly dark.
I talk to my characters and they talk to me. They guide me. I don’t. I’m not in control anymore.
When the writing is finished and the book is ready for publication, the story gradually fades away, leaves me, only good memories remain, the impression of a pleasant journey, like a beautiful and brief love story.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
I first wrote several collections of horror and fantasy short stories before moving on to novels, such as SHUDDERS, which brings together the most famous monsters in horror literature such as the wolfman, Dracula, vampires, the devil and a beautiful tribute story to the Elephant man, who was not a monster, but a victim of real monsters who were exploiting him.
I then wrote a first short novel, SIX DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS the story of a witch who literally steals Christmas by stealing Santa’s sleigh and of two orphans who track her down to free the sleigh and save Xmas. They are helped by the elves and the toys made by Santa Claus.

My most intimate books, in which I put the most of myself, are BLACK MASS, WHITE GOLD and my latest SNOW WHITE.

BLACK MASS follows Verity, a female journalist, who dreams of meeting a famous rock singer,
Lachlan Alden, for an interview. Lachlan who turns out to be a vampire will guide her in the legendary
Père La-chaise cemetery in Paris, and tell her several terrifying stories. Black mass is a story within the story … As the gates to hell open each night in the famous Parisian cemetery, the vampire storyteller tells her about those who belong in the abysses and the devil’s realm and what brought them there…

It is above all the story of a revenge and the end, the twist will surprise the readers, which I particularly like
I wrote Black Mass during the first lock down, I talk about the virus in the first pages of the book, the film projects were much less present because of the pandemic, so I turned to writing books to keep on creating, and I can’t do without this form of writing now, I find more personal than writing films.

Then came WHITE GOLD, which is undoubtedly the most personal book for me, because it talks about revenge, about a woman who lost her father and seeks justice for his death.
I lost my father several months ago, I wrote this book with him in mind, it is dedicated to him like all my recent works.

WHITE GOLD combines my love for animals with my love of writing, as it denounces the horrible ivory trade and the slaughter of these wonderful and intelligent animals that are elephants.
It is also a very strong love story between two people, who find each other despite the danger, the ordeals.
Della and Nick who are my two characters are brought together by Della’s father renowned geographer Bradley Riche who is violently murdered in the house he shared with his wife Helen for more than 20 years. Della is their only daughter she’s a zoologist in New York City, and does not buy the local police thesis that it was a botched burglary. Nicholas Farkas, an ardent animal rights activist, photographer for the National Geographic and friend of Bradley seems to hold the key to the enigma: Della soon discovers that the two men were working together to dismantle several ivory trafficking networks and that her father was about to publish an article implicating a new hub of this trade. Soon, the couple put their lives in jeopardy to protect the elephants from the massacre they face every day, continue Bradley’s work and dismantle the networks at the head of the carnage.
Della and Nicholas are helped, among others, by a group of female rangers …The Akashinga rangers…

And my last book SNOW WHITE, again a story in which I included a lot of personal elements, it’s a very dark, violent, feminist version of Grim’s tale.
I talk about incest, because I was horrified by the stories that came out recently in the press,
and the number of children who are abused really made me sick, it also speak of battered women, and rape…
Rape and abuse by a powerful man, the king, some see it as a metaphor for Harvey Weinstein and other men of power, no doubt I fed on that, because it’s been very present in the news.
There is undoubtedly a political aspect in Snow White as well, because the seven dwarfs work in a mine, exploited by the tyrannical king, the people are starving, dying slowly racketted by the men of the king, who gets rich by exploiting them, by ruining their health, by threatening them, and their family. I believe that there is far too much difference between social classes in this society, the rich and the poor, the rich exploiting the poor more and more, I think that something is going to change soon… My book is also about a woman in power, a woman who overturns all obstacles to become this queen, despite the social background she comes from. Revenge is also present, and you will see that she uses apples in a totally new way. This is the snow white you can’t read to your kids…

I recommend waiting until adolescence because of the violence of certain passages.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Stephen King, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, Victor Hugo, Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
Christine by Stephen King, Silver Bullet, Dracula, the picture of Dorian Gray, everything horror or with fantasy elements. I love biographies too.

What are you reading now?
I read a lot of Stephen King and I start reading Christmas books, at Halloween I love vampire stories. I also read a lot of articles everyday, I love to use real life stories for my creations.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I love movies, so I watch movies quite often, I love the old Hammer horror movies, watching Dario Argento and DePalma again, I also watch the 3 King Kong movies at least once a month.
I also like to take care of animals and defend their cause, my cat Minuit takes a lot of my time, because she very demanding, only daughter like me, smiles) and I cook new vegetarian dishes. Maybe I will write a cookbook one day. I have a passion for photography, but with the Covid, travel has become more difficult, so I have to wait for this artistic expression, I like to discover new painters, because they particularly inspire me.

Are you working on a current project?
I actually have a new project in mind, another horror book I will start soon, and I will also work on a book with a co-author at the end of the year.
I’m also working on a thriller film with a producer friend, and I’m still working as a screenwriter for directors around the world.

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It was a gradual process, and one that wasn’t entirely planned. Having not excelled academically at school, I found myself pursuing an artistic path by going to art college, and it was here that I became interested in the world of creative advertising and ideas. It was also here that I teamed up with a good friend who was a skilled artist – far more talented than myself. And since we were advised to work as teams of art directors and copywriters, we took the view that I should become the copywriting partner while my other half would be the art director. And so it was that we would eventually gain employment in the advertising industry, and I would start to write copy for press advertisements and the occasional radio and TV commercial. This was back in the 80s when London was arguably producing some of ithe most creative advertising in the world. It was a fairly brutal world though. You were thrown in at the deep end and you either swam or sank. Fortunately for us, we swam, and did rather well, and I was able to hone my skills as a writer; skills that have served me well. Indeed, advertising is often cited as a very useful training-ground for writers and film directors. The late Alan Parker who started as a copywriter believed that his years in advertising were invaluable, and taught him to tell stories in a particularly short form. Most TV commercials are no more than 30 or 40 seconds in length.
I suppose writing was also something that I had always been reasonably proficient at, and was one of the few subjects at school that just came naturally. And going back to my school days, I had a very unusual and inspiring English teacher by the name of Clive Lawton. He was very charismatic and had an affinity with kids to the extent that he really was on our wavelength. He’d do the most extraordinary things and turn everything on its head. On one occasion he announced that instead of him marking our essays he was going to ask us to mark his, and then handed out old essays he’d written in the past. He’d often tell us that the syllabus was boring, and that we were going to ignore it and have a serious discussion about something fairly contentious like advertising and the blatant use of sexual imagery. The point of his lessons was to make us think and to convey to us the power of words. And by teaching in this wholly unconventional and radical manner, he not only gained the attention of every single child in that classroom. He also instilled a love of words and ideas. And as a result, every child in my class passed their O level exams, and nobody received anything less than a B grade. Later on when I started working as an advertising copywriter, my Creative Director, a man by the name of Ken Mullen was also influential. Ken was and still is a brilliant writer. He had two degrees in English Literature from Oxford University and is the only English advertising copywriter to have had his work quoted in the Oxford Book of Modern quotations. These included two headlines he had penned for The Times newspaper when he was working for Leo Burnett – ‘Our sages know their onions.’ And ‘No pomp. Just circumstance.’ He encouraged his entire creative department to immerse themselves in literature, cinema and the arts in general. But perhaps, more importantly, he wore his learning lightly and was incredibly funny and approachable. He was, in short, the best boss you could ever hope for.
On one occasion, he and his art director had created a press campaign for marketing real fires and fireplaces for domestic use; a campaign that revolved around testimonials by famous authors. Ken penned a simple headline: ‘Pictures I See in my Fire’, and invited various authors to write a long piece to fill an entire page of The Times newspaper. If memory serves me correctly, he asked a number and the first to accept the challenge were Frederick Raphael, the playwright, Charlotte Bingham and Beryl Bainbridge. All three pieces were eventually penned, approved by the client and cleverly designed like editorial pieces with a small photograph of each author sitting next to their open fire at home. Beryl Bainbridge’s auto-biographical piece about her childhood was touching and like everything she writes, absolutely captivating. The press advertisement went on to win a silver award at the prestigious British Design and Art Director Awards as the best written advertisement to appear in any publication that year. And I had the pleasure of sitting next to Beryl Bainbridge at the award ceremony. Had it been anyone else, I’m sure I’d have been too scared to utter a single world, but the lovely Beryl Bainbridge was one of those remarkable people that just made you feel at ease, so I ended up chatting away to her as if she was my nextdoor neighbour. The thing I remember vividly is that every few minutes she’d produce a notebook and take notes, occasionally asking how to spell a certain name or title. She explained that if she didn’t write down interesting details and observations, they’d simply evaporate like dreams. Looking back on that experience now makes me think that she may very well have inspired me back then to write something other than advertising copy.
It would take a few years, but then one day I began writing a story as an experiment. I had no fully developed story in my head and 15,000 words later, I simply came to a crashing halt. I had no idea where I could take the narrative, and it was put to one side until my daughter picked it up, read it and then nagged me endlessly to finish it. I never did. But a couple of years later I had an idea for a children’s book, and this time I spent some considerable time working on a detailed synopsis. At the time I was working at a large agency with the same working partner from college days, who had just decided to retire from the industry at the grand old age of 47. And at that time the agency was undergoing an enormous merger with another lumbering giant. Some bright spark at the time described the whole thing as being tantamount to the Hindenberg coming to the rescue of the Titanic. Anyway, the merger was an incredibly painful and time-consuming process. In fact, it dragged on for the best part of a year during which all work dried up and my creative director became ostracised and shoved to one side. Rather than just twiddle my thumbs I started working on my first work of fiction.
By the time I was eventually made redundant, all I had to remove from my office was a stack of laminated ads, a showreel, a Collins English Dictionary and a tatty manuscript entitled ‘Sleeping with the Blackbirds’, which made it into print the following year.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I write on an old Chromebook around the house and occasionally out of the house, as well as on a PC with Widows 10 in my attic. I use Google Docs and Grammarly, which can be useful. I never play music when writing. If I did I wouldn’t get anything done as I’d find it too distracting. I’m a plotter rather than a panster. The plotting is the hardest part of the process for me and takes me an eternity. The writing is relatively easy. ‘The Chair Man’ my thriller took a long time to research, too.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
My first book ‘Sleeping with the Blackbirds’ was written while I was waiting to be made redundant from an advertising agency going through a global merger with another agency. It took an entire year, by which time I’d finished the book. It’s an urban fantasy for children and young adults and is a hard book to pigeonhole. It’s a kind of allegorical tale that revolves around an unhappy schoolboy and a lot of anthropomorphic birds. In 2018 it was longlisted for the Book Viral Millenium awards and was selected the following year by the Indie Author Project for distribution to public libraries across the US and Canada.
My latest book ‘The Chair Man’ is a thriller. It’s set in London in 2005 and revolves around the central character of Michael Hollinghurst, a successful corporate lawyer who becomes a victim of the London 7/7 terrorist attack on the capital’s transport system. While most passengers in his train carriage are killed, Hollinghurst survives, but is left in a wheelchair as a tetraplegic. As a result, he struggles to come to terms with his predicament, and also suffers feelings of guilt as a survivor. As time passes, he also becomes increasingly angry, and harbours a very strong desire to seek retribution via the internet by posing as an Islamist radical with the intention of tracking down and deterring potential terroirists. However, this obsession doesn’t go entirely to plan, as both GCHQ and a terrorist cell become aware of his presence; and before too long, Hollinghurst becomes quite literally, a sitting target. I wrote this book because there are so few novels that feature protagonists with disabilities, and the idea of a wheelchair user gaining freedom and independence through the internet and then getting themselves on an incredibly dangerous roller-coaster that they simply can’t get off, was one that really appealed to me. So with this book, I set out to address a problem: this dearth of disabled protagonists in fiction, while hopefully conveying a compelling yarn. While some will admire Hollinghurs, his actions will always be morally questionable. And his recklessness in putting others at risk, as well as involving the computer skills of a child with autism, also have to be questioned. In this respect, I hope readers find ‘The Chair Man’ a thought-provoking read, while also being entertaining. Many readers have already said that they didn’t see the ending coming and were taken by surprise by the twist in the tail, which for any writer is obviously music to the ear. So on that note, I will let you judge for yourself.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
There are so many. P. G. Wodehouse, John Le Carre, Graham Greene, Jerome K. Jerome, Charles Dickens, George Orwell, John Irving, James Thurber, Harper Lee, Margaret Attwood, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Aldous Huxley, to just name a handful.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I read literary fiction, thrillers, historical fiction and biographies.

What are you reading now?
I’m currently reading ‘an Unmarriageable man. by Ashok Ferrey who I recently had the privilege of interviewing on my website.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
Gardening, reading, walking, watching films and listening to the radio (Radio 4 and Times Radio)

Are you working on a current project?

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I was introduced to writing poetry by a creative writing teacher in high school. I had always enjoyed writing (and was a shy, voracious bookworm) but hadn’t experimented with poetry. I had the typical high school student’s impression of poetry: boring, hard to understand, and worst of all nerdy. But that teacher was the spark, and during the section on poetic forms I discovered the extraordinary power of poetry: the ability to capture emotion, sound, and movement in a few carefully crafted words. Reading E.E. Cummings, more than any other poet, taught me the design language of poetry.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
Over the past forty years I’ve had bursts of creativity and long lulls of blank pages, but always lurking was a need to capture my experiences in words. The year 2020 and its pandemic-induced solitude inspired the poems of which I’m most proud; they lead this collection. Most are autobiographical, in particular the title poem “canvas,” and collectively form a fragmented memoir of memories and melancholy. Some are fanciful, like “tethered,” inspired by a fleeting image seen while hiking the Pacific coastline. All strive to paint images in the reader’s mind through the thoughtful selection and careful placement of words.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
“canvas” is my debut book, but one of many I plan to write in the coming decades.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Olivia Gatwood, A.E. Stallings, Billy Collins, e.e. cummings, Margaret Atwood

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I’ve been reading a lot of poetry lately

What are you reading now?
Margaret Atwood’s new collection, “Dearly”

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
My day job is a product manager at a tech company in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Are you working on a current project?

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Tell us about yourself and what inspired you to start writing.

I am a 10-yr-old author and has published many books in her series, “The lightning bulbs of my heart”. I was born on 10th December 2009 in Mumbai, India. Along with that, I am an excellent blogger at my site: exemplaryprachi.blogspot.com where I wrote 50 blogs in 10 days. I also work as a young writer freelancer at Fiverr. I am one of the youngest podcasters and run my show, ‘Extraordinary World On Earth’ where I spread awareness of the environment. I am a YouTuber at ‘Prachi Kothari’ where I recite many of my beautiful poems.’ I admires writing and aim to create a better world for all.

One day, we were given English homework in which we had to write a poem on breakfast. In the beginning, it was a difficult task to rhyme it and writing it. But, after a long time, I had finally created a great poem. And I loved doing the activity. So, I wrote a few more poems which scaled up to a collection of400 poems. These poems have now translated into my two books, ‘Rainbow in the sky and ‘The blooming flowers. What’s more, I am about to publish my 3rd book. It is a fusion of poetry and prose blended into a story.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
Writing is a hobby that adds colour to my imagination and gives me the liberty to express my thoughts to the world. It instils confidence and also enhances creativity. . My mission is to create a better world that can be done through the magic of writing. I want to inspire the youth to speak their opinion and then the world would shine for generations.
So do not fear to speak your opinion,
As that opinion can help millions

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
The first book is a fascinating collection of 30 of my best poems. The book reflects my expressions. “The blooming flowers” means that the flowers bloom representing my creative feelings. It is blooming which means it opens with the ideas arriving in my brain. The poems are beautifully composed and written on various topics. In some of my poems, I describe positive feelings like happiness, kindness, love. Few poems are based on salient people who have a renowned role in our lives like parents, soldiers and doctors. And on other great subjects too. All my poems are written in a very pleasant and alluring manner. My 2nd book: Rainbow in the sky
A rainbow-striped with multifarious colours that represent our world. Our world is a mixture of beautiful living and non-living things. This book is a collection of 40 such poems that are funny, valuable, happy and represent many more things. Appealing poems are composed on such topics that give you a lesson to live life better and sometimes make you enjoy and have fun. Few poems are based on inspirational people that have a remarkable role in our life. Many are motivational poems that help you to reach great heights. The sky is the destination that is made of these living, non-living creatures and inspiring people who have mixed emotions. Thus, making the title of this book best, “Rainbow in the sky”.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Yes I do, my favourite one is J.K Rowling

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
I love to read novels especially fantasy and magic books. My favourite books are’ The Harry Potter Series’ and ‘The Malory Tower’ series

What are you reading now?
I am reading Pygmalion- By Bernard Shaw

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I like to code, dance or read

Are you working on a current project?
Yes, I am working on some unique web projects

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I am a teen writer. I started writing since a very small age. I wrote my first poem at the age of seven and published my first book at the age of fourteen. Apart from being a writer I am also a karate player. I started writing to express myself, for bringing the untold feelings of human soul to limelight and also because I wanted to motivate people through my writings.

Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
I first imagine the whole thing in my mind then later when I get time I write it down. No there is nothing that unique about the writing process but yes there is a thing which unique about the writing.

Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
My book “The Evergreen Emotion” speaks about the untold emotions of human soul the book is basically a compilation of poems quotes and stories.

Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Ya the R’s seem to play a very valuable role in my life
Ravinder Singh, Rabindranath Tagore and Ruskin Bond are few of my favourites.
I also like Khalil Gibran.

Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
No there is no such favourite book but any book of the writers I mentioned are always liked by me.

What are you reading now?
Currently due to a bit pressure in my studies I am not being able to read something but I am soon planning to start one.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I either see travelling vlogs or go out to play something or go for cycling sometimes I even do some cooking.

Are you working on a current project?
Ya I do have but I am not very sure of it.

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