

Rachel Hruza
How did you become a writer? As a child, before I knew how to read or write, I loved to draw and I would illustrate pages and then...


Interview with Whitney Skeen
How did I become a writer? Like many, my interest in writing came from a love of reading as a child. To me, the writer is a magician with...


Interview with Venessa Bellido Schwarz
What inspires you to write? The power of words inspire me to write. Whenever I read stories by good writers I am inspired by how craftily...


Writing Middle Grade: A Deep, Very Deep Ocean
I write in the genre of middle grade, and like all other middles, this literature comes with its own challenges. Terms like middle-child...


Katie Proctor Interview
How did you become a writer? I’ve always been an avid reader, but I suppose I became a writer in the 3rd grade, writing limericks for my...


Interview with Jennifer Myers
How did you become a writer? How much time do I have to answer this question? Lol. Well, writing started for me about eight years ago. I...


Interview with Michael Lunsford
How did you become a writer? I never had a choice. I fell in love with writing and the magic of words at the age of 12, when I wrote my...


Interview with Bruce Smith
How did you become a writer? I’ve been a “writer” since eighth grade, when an encouraging English teacher saw promise in what I scribbled....


Author Interview
How did you become a writer? I was in high school. English class. I did little of the required reading. Even less of the assigned...


Author Interview
1. What books/authors have influenced you and why? It's no coincidence that I write Middle Grade fantasy. Growing up, these were always...