A short interview wherein some of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life. Question: What’s your Go-To source when you need inspiration? Our go-to source for inspiration is always folklore and especially fairy tales. Fairy tales are good bones for a story, what you use to build structure, and you can do…
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One of my favorite authors answers three questions and provides a book cover image.
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…
J. E. Weiner – Three Questions & a Cover
Three Questions and a Cover — a short interview with one of my favorite authors, along with one of the author’s covers. Question: What’s your Go-To source when you need inspiration? Mark Twain famously wrote that “truth is stranger than fiction,” and as a writer of historical fiction, I could not agree more. Verifiable historical…
Auston Jenkins – Three Questions & a Cover
Three Questions and a Cover — a short interview with one of my favorite authors, along with one of the author’s covers. Today’s guest, Auston Jenkins, lives just a few miles down the road from me, in the town where I grew up. Question #1: In what genres have you written, and which one of…
Anne R Allen – Three Questions & a Cover (2025)
Three Questions and a Cover — a short interview with one of my favorite authors, along with one of the author’s covers. Question #1: What was the greatest challenge you faced when writing the book? How did you get through it? With the most recent book in my Camilla Randall Mysteries series, I ran into…
Brandi Bradley – 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 feel like I’ve tried just about every genre. I was a reporter writing on the events of the day. I’ve…
Robert Garner McBrearty – 3 Questions & a Cover
A short interview wherein one of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life. Question1 What’s your Go-To source when you need inspiration? Reading stories by other writers is a main source of inspiration. I will read a few pages of a favorite book, or sometimes something new that has come to my…
Sally Bennett Boyington – 3 Questions & a Cover
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? To gain inspiration, I binge-watch subtitled foreign movies and TV series in a variety of genres. Seeing how people of other cultures deal with universal human problems and emotions gives…
Erika Krouse – 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? The best book on characterization that I know is actually an acting book, Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen. It’s an excellent resource for really investigating characters and…
Elizabeth Spann Craig – 3 Questions & a Cover
Question 1 Do you create elaborate outlines for your books? If so, can you explain the process (briefly)? I’ve found that the more I outline, the easier it is to draft a book. It’s also much easier to revise it. The outlines for my mysteries run anywhere from fifty to eighty-five pages and are fairly…