Mini-interview: Sean T.M. Stiennon

Posted by on Sep 14, 2009 | 1 comment Why write? Pretty much the same reasons as anyone else, I’d imagine.  Because I enjoy it.  Because other people enjoy what I write.  Because I seem to have some talent, and uncultivated talent always strikes me as tragic.  Because I think I have unique, powerful stories and characters that only I can give form to.  Because the world needs heroes. If you didn’t write, what would...
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Mini-interview: Mark Finn

Posted by on Sep 7, 2009 | 0 comments Why write? At heart, I’m an entertainer. I like to make people laugh, think, and feel. And for me, writing gives me a lot of creative control in a very satisfying way; it comes as an extension of myself, and that’s rewarding to me. If you didn’t write, what would you do? If I didn’t write, I’d most likely act. I mean, I do that anyway, but I’d rather write and...
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Mini-interview: Kate Martin

Posted by on Aug 31, 2009 | 0 comments Why write? I can’t help it.  Really.  I have quite honestly been writing ever since before they taught me how to make those meaningful scribbles on paper in Kindergarten.  And I think I was plotting and sending my toys on adventures even before that.  Now, I write because I find the stories of my characters exciting, and there’s something exhilarating ...
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Mini-interview: Mary Rosenblum

Posted by on Aug 24, 2009 | 0 comments Why write? Because I can’t make myself stop. Believe me, I’ve tried! If you didn’t write, what would you do? Probably something totally useless and self destructive, sort of like an Australian Shepherd puppy locked up in an apartment all day while everybody is gone to work. Think of shreds and tatters everywhere… If you could hunt any speculative fiction creature ever imagined...
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Mini-interview: Martin Turton

Posted by on Aug 17, 2009 | 0 comments Why write? I think I’ve always had an interest in telling stories; often in quiet moments I’d create scenes and settings, never writing it down or anything, just all inside my head. It was only when my daughters were born that I really sat down and decided to put these ideas on paper–once they were born and we had them settled down for the night, I found myself watching far too...
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Mini-interview: TW Williams

Posted by on Jul 6, 2009 | 0 comments Why write? I have written fiction since I was a child, and probably for the reasons many do — even in my whitest-of-white-bread formative years, I am sure there were things I wanted to escape from, improve on. Now, I write because I can, and because I enjoy entertaining others. And my skin is sufficiently thick that valid critique is appreciated and unreasoning criticism is shrugged off. If...
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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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Mini-interview: Didier Normand

Posted by on May 18, 2009 | 2 comments Why paint? If you didn’t paint, what would you do? I have been passionate about drawing since I was a child, and have been teaching myself to paint since 1983. If I didn’t paint, I would spend more time playing my Bass. If you could hunt any speculative fiction creature ever imagined (except one of your own), would you? Why? No. I do not have enough time; Jason is waiting for my...
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Mini-interview: Jason Thummel

Posted by on May 11, 2009 | 2 comments Why write? It’s something that I’ve enjoyed since childhood. I love to tell stories, to entertain. There’s some ego in there too. I get a feeling akin to the thrill of the chase when I’m writing, like I’m running to catch the threads of something ephemeral that is barely visible in this distance. And much like the chase, it has its joys, satisfactions and its many...
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