What do you create? Novels with a historical dimension that generally involve disused epistemologies or historically contingent modes of understanding. Also, magic and sometimes animals. Why do you create? Because it's the best way to get at the questions that interest me, and because I'm categorically unqualified to do anything else. What do you consume? Nineteenth century seafaring narratives. Bandwidth. Fake … [Read more...]
3Ws – Kathryn Craft
What do you create? Psychological women’s fiction. I like to feel around in the recesses of the human psyche for feelings so complex we've shoved them aside so our egos won't trip and fall. Once pulled into the bright light of story, I explore situations that evoke those emotions through an intimate cast of characters. My love for lush prose battles my love of concision in each and every sentence. Why do you create? So that my readers, like I, will benefit from seeking meaning and beauty within the chaos that life sometimes throws our way. I create to renew my faith in … [Read more...]
3Ws – Jan Ellison
What do you create? The biggest, best thing I’ve created is four new people. The eldest is six foot four and sometimes my husband and I look up and wonder how this extra man ended up living in our house. In four days, he’s headed off to college. I’ve also been writing fiction and creative non-fiction for fifteen years. My debut novel, A Small Indiscretion, published in January by Random House, took longer to create than all four of my kids put together. That said, create is not usually the word I think of when I think of writing, and I don’t think of myself as a … [Read more...]
3Ws – M.J. Rose
What do you create? I create novels that are a combination of the gothic, esoteric, historical, erotic and suspenseful. My most recent, The Witch of Painted Sorrows, is about passion and possession in Belle Epoch Paris, circa 1894. Why do you create? I create because I believe mystery and magic are all around us but we are too often too busy to notice it... by writing books that exaggerate mystery and magic I can draw attention to it and remind us all to look for it and revel in it. What do you consume? I consume beauty, art, perfume, books, dog … [Read more...]
3Ws – Mindi Scott
What do you create? I write contemporary novels about teenagers. When I first started writing with hopes for publication, someone described my work as “the perfect blend of humor and pathos.” I’ve been aiming to live up to that compliment ever since. Why do you create? Oh, man. I’ve been asking myself this question frequently while juggling deadlines. My best answer at this moment is that I always have characters and stories appearing in my brain, and some of them are too endearing, too special, or too something else to keep all to myself. My second published novel, … [Read more...]
3Ws- Eric Smith
What do you create? Stories, mostly. I love writing blog posts and (attempting) to write books. You can generally find me blogging over on BookRiot with some amazingly passionate bookish people, occasionally on The Huffington Post in their books section, and over on Quirk Books’ blog, the publisher where I work. I also started a local geek blog, Geekadelphia. You can find my prattling about local geek culture in Philadelphia there pretty frequently. As for books, I like writing Young Adult books and humor. My first YA novel, Inked, comes out this month, and my first humor book, The … [Read more...]
3Ws – Colleen Oakley
What do you create? Babies, apparently. My husband and I have two kids already and we found out late this summer that we were (very unexpectedly) pregnant with twins! We’re still getting over the shock. But when I’m not procreating, I’m writing novels. My first book BEFORE I GO is a love story of sorts about a young woman who’s dying and decides to find a new wife for her husband before she passes, so she knows that he’ll be taken care of. I also write magazine articles, essays and grocery lists. Why do you create? It’s really a favor to my husband Fred, so that I’m easier to … [Read more...]
3Ws – Dana Bate
What do you create? I write what some call “foodie rom coms” – short for food-themed romantic comedies. Other people have called it chick lit, lighthearted women’s fiction, and foodie lit. I just write the stories inside me and try not to label them. Why do you create? I like making something that can bring a smile to someone’s face, including my own. When I’m in a groove and write a scene that is working, it’s like a drug – I can’t get enough. But what’s even better is when someone else reads that scene and has a similar reaction. I recently received a message from a reader … [Read more...]
3Ws – Allison Winn Scotch
What do you create? Books, five of them, six if you include the one I’m wrestling with right now. (So…five and a half?) I also create lots of tweets, though fewer than I used to (social media burn out is real, yo), and celebrity interviews. Though I’m not sure I really “create” those, so much as get to chat with actors I really admire and write up our conversations. If that’s considered “work,” count me in. Why do you create? Gosh, what a profound question! Hey, I thought this was going to be easy! I don’t know, to be honest, other than I think I’ve always had these…voices … [Read more...]
3Ws – Tony Leuzzi
What do you create? I write poems: individual poems; poem sequences; series of poems gathered together by theme or form. I started writing (very bad) poems when I was 16 and persisted in the delusion that I could write well until I actually began to write well. I’d say my first really fine poem didn’t come until I was about 26 years old. The next one might have come when I was 30. There were very few successes and a lot of failures. I remember writing a sonnet everyday for several years and getting about three decent poems out of that. Regardless of the high-rate of failure, writing poems … [Read more...]
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