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My characters are very difficult individuals. From the moment I begin developing them, they take over entirely and, as I have very character-driven stories, they call all the shots.

Interview with Stephen Caputi author of "I Should Have Stayed In Morocco": "Trust …doesn't have to be treated like its a four letter word."

Interview with Steven Hancoff, author of "The Six Suites for Cello Solo" :"It is the mission, or the responsibility of each human being to give back, with interest, as it were, to whatever force it is that gave you life."

I still have struggles while writing. But, in most cases, those struggles mean that I have to look in more detail at the situations, the characters and the settings.

Interview with Mike Phillips author of "Hazard of Shadows": "Success comes every day with a well written paragraph, a good joke, a snappy comeback, or a villain getting his or her just deserts."

Interview with Jane Tesh, author of "Butterfly Waltz": "The creative process is something that I can’t resist or understand. I can’t explain where my characters come from. They are imaginary friends who never left me."

James DeVita, the author of A Winsome Murder, talks art, craft and how the sight of a wheat field inspired this spine-tingling adult thriller. DeVita's background in Shakespearean acting also gave him particular insight into why a hard-boiled detective might approach crime-solving by quoting the Bard.

Interview with Linda Lucretia Shuler, Author of "Hidden Shadows".

Interview with author S.W. 'Connell, creator of the Yankee Doodle Spies series and "The Cavalier Spy".

Sci-fi novelest Ken Lizzi is the author of Under Strange Suns. Lizzi is an attorney and also the author of an assortment of published short stories. When not traveling, he lives in Portland, Oregon with his lovely wife and their daughter. He enjoys reading, homebrewing, and visiting new places. He loathes writing about …