Shannon Iwanski began writing as a child and won his first award at 15. He has gone on to win multiple awards for science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery/suspense, and romance. He has previously served as an editor for two small presses, enjoys speaking at writers’ conferences, and helps other writers with their craft, including as a sensitivity reader. 1. ‎How did you become a writer? I learned to read using the I See Sam  books, which featured various animals. That led t

How did you become a writer? I've been writing for as long as I can remember. As a kid I loved writing little holiday short stories about me and my friends (going Christmas shopping, being attacked by ghouls at Halloween, you name it), using the old method of middle name + street name for the character names. I didn't think anything of my writing abilities until I wrote a short story in grade school, and my teacher said he passed it to his wife (a high school English teacher)

Denise N. Wheatley is a lover of happy endings and the art of storytelling. She’s written over 20 romance novels and has been featured in Woman’s World , BuzzFeed , and Publishers Weekly , among other notable publications. A native of the Windy City, she earned a BA in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Get to know more about Denise and her stories at www.denisenwheatley.com . 1.    How did you become a writer?   I’ve always been passionate about books and st

Ralph grew up in southeastern Tennessee, writing short stories and working part-time at his father’s funeral home. After earning his Ph.D. in English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, he moved to Quincy, Illinois where he teaches creative writing and young adult literature at Culver-Stockton College.   1.        How did you become a writer? For as long as I can remember. I've enjoyed telling stories. As a child, I used to write fanfiction About the video games that

How did you become a writer? For as long as I can remember, I've had my nose buried in books and my head in the clouds where I imagined characters, quests, and magical worlds. Even though I longed to be a writer, I ended up pursuing a career in law and got my law degree. While I loved the practice of law, the dream of writing never left me. For years my husband kept encouraging me to write, but it was Stephenie Meyer and the Twilight series that really catapulted me into acti

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