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Nancy Peacock – 3 Questions & a Cover

A short interview wherein one of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life.

Question 1

In what genres have you written, and which one of them gives you the most satisfaction?

I’m always stumped when someone asks me what genre I write in. I have a hard time categorizing my books, not because they are unusual or special, but because I find the question of genre limiting. I’ve written memoir and fiction. The fiction tends to be historical. A few years ago, I fe...

Debbie Feit – 3 Questions & a Cover

A short interview wherein one of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life.

Question 1

If you have a writing ritual, can you share that here?

My biggest struggle isn’t writer’s block; it’s writer’s monsoon. I get more ideas for new poems and creative non-fiction pieces than I will ever be able to write. And my memory is terrible, so if I don’t capture the idea, the title, the phrasing—whatever small seed has breezed by in my mind—then it’s gone. So, I track them...

Debra Feit – 3 Questions & a Cover

A short interview wherein one of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life.

Question 1

If you have a writing ritual, can you share that here?

My biggest struggle isn’t writer’s block; it’s writer’s monsoon. I get more ideas for new poems and creative non-fiction pieces than I will ever be able to write. And my memory is terrible, so if I don’t capture the idea, the title, the phrasing—whatever small seed has breezed by in my mind—then it’s gone. So, I track them...

Carolyn Haines – 3 Questions & a Cover

A short interview wherein one of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life.

Question 1 What books do you recommend for an aspiring writer?

I taught fiction writing at the University of South Alabama for 14 years. While I believe rules are meant to be broken, I also know that understanding the rules of good fiction writing are very important. You can’t break a rule successfully unless you understand the rule. I always used Sol Stein’s ON WRITING as a text. I...

Trish Hopkinson ~ 3 Questions & a Poem

3 Questions and a Poem–in which one of my favorite poets is interviewed and shares a poem.

Question 1

What do you consider the three most important elements of a poem?

I think the three most important elements of a poem are unique metaphor, specificity, and word choice. Metaphor is important because it helps the reader experience the poem in a way that is limited to what we can express in language. That is, it’s impossible to truly experience another person’s life experience (the sp...

b.read.crumbs : Reckoning

jus·tice /ˈjəstəs/ n. the quality of being just; the principle or practice of dealing justly with others, fairness; From just, adj. impartial, fair, honest in dealing with others

About the Tarot card Justice, Key 11

Key words. Fairness, truth, accountability, honesty, balance, consequences.

In the White Light Chakra cards, Key 11 Justice is associated with Vishuddha, the throat chakra, which is related to speech, communication, and self expression. (If you’re unfamiliar with ch...

b.read.crumbs: Wheel of Fortune

This is a repost of Julie Herman‘s most recent b.read.crumbs post.

Long before Pat Sajak and Vanna White spun their wheel to squeals of glee, there was the Wheel of Fortune card of the Tarot. 

Coming in the midst of the major arcana cards at number X, it signals a change in direction. A midpoint, as it were. The previous cards look inward, telling us to get ourselves together because Something Is Coming. And the card itself doesn’t exactly tell us what is on the way to us, just t...

Matthew K. Perkins – 3 Questions & a Cover

A short interview wherein one of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life.

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Set in a world that is dominated by a vast desert, two friends are caught in the middle of a civil war. She’s a warrior. He’s a musician. When they discover that the crux of the war is a prophesied newborn baby that one side will do anything to destroy, they become the only people capable of saving the child’s life—all that stands in their way ...

Jo Gatford – 3 Questions About Writing

A short interview wherein one of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life.

Question 1

What’s your Go-To source when you need inspiration?

I try to collect little sparks of inspiration wherever I can. I have a notes app folder that has hundreds of random one-liners and story ideas and weird observations that I dip into whenever I need a springboard. My camera roll is also full of potential writing prompt pictures — a creepy rain-soaked alleyway; a singular ...

Janisse Ray – 3 Questions & a Cover

A short interview wherein one of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life.

Question 1

So much of your work is rooted in family. Despite the love for them that is obvious in your writing, have any of your family members insisted that you delete portions about them?

Members of my family have been good sports about my writing. Nobody has asked that I remove paragraphs in which I write about them. I do see a change in my relationships with some friends and fami...