Mini-Interview: Brian Ruckley

Posted by on Jun 29, 2009 | 2 comments Why write? I write because I always have, since I was a very young child. Not much more to it than that, really. It’s an instinct.  The ideas come, and I write them down. Although I suppose it’s also true to say that nowadays I write in part because I get paid to do so: if I couldn’t earn money by writing, I would do a whole lot less of it, just because I couldn’t justify the...
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Mini-interview: Rob Mancebo

Posted by on Jun 22, 2009 | 2 comments Why write? Art and storytelling are some of the most ancient ways of communicating ideas. They place the divine power of creation into mortal hands and allow a person to expand to the fullest extent of their imagination. If you didn’t write, what would you do? If I wasn’t writing, I’d be . . . kicking myself and telling myself I should be writing. I did that for about thirty...
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