"To succeed you cannot think your writing is perfect or that first draft is perfect or that your story can’t change."
Read More »Spine Mingling: Author Interviews
Interview: Carly Duncan, Author of ‘Behind You’
"If you nourish your writing and your writing process, it will become stronger."
Read More »Interview: Kim Boykin, Author of ‘Palmetto Moon’
"NOW is the best time in the history of authors to write and publish because there are so many options."
Read More »Interview: Eliot Baker, Author of ‘The Last Ancient’
"My notions of success are emotionally driven; certainly not defined in sales figures."
Read More »Interview: D.W. Raleigh, Author of ‘Shiloh’s True Nature’
Never stop editing your own work because you’ll always find ways to make it better."
Read More »Interview: Paul DeBlassie III, Author of ‘The Unholy’
"I hope that readers of 'The Unholy' will feel the top of their heads pop off."
Read More »Interview with Victoria Dougherty, Author of ‘The Bone Church’
Sometimes I had to decide whether to be faithful to history or to my fiction. I almost always chose the latter – unless it was about a huge historical event. You can’t pretend that Hitler didn’t exist, for instance, or that Stalin was married to Marilyn Monroe – unless you’re writing a farce.
Read More »Interview: Karen-Anne Stewart, Author of ‘Ash to Steele’
"I swear, being an author is the best form of therapy."
Read More »Interview: Sharon van Ivan, Author of ‘Juggle and Hide’
Sharon van Ivan began her memoir, Juggle and Hide, in Los Angeles in 2004, just after the death of her mother. She and her husband, the renowned realist artist Charles Pfahl, had moved to Los Angeles to be close to Sharon’s mother. Sharon sought out a writing group as she …
Read More »Interview: Anita Banks, Author of ‘Tanner Builds a Block Tower’
"Being an empty nester at this point in my life has allowed me to pursue that dream."
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