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10 Questions with Duane Swierczynski
April 30th, 2013
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit of a fanboy when it comes to Duane Swierczynski. I mean, can you really blame me? Philadelphia’s reigning king of pulp is a writing machine, churning out fifteen books since 2002. (And I’m not talking just novels, either.
Read Interview →10 Questions with Agent, Attorney and Author, Margaret Marr
April 26th, 2013
Writers, you're in a unique position — both exciting and daunting. You have more choices and opportunities to publish and market your work available to you than ever before. You also have more voices offering you advice that may or may not be helpful, that may or may not be accurate. The key here is to keep your focus on the craft and hone in on those valuable voices that speak from the greatest of teachers — trial and error, otherwise known as experience.
Read Interview →A Writer's Mind: An Interview with Psychotherapist and Author, Philip Kenney
April 17th, 2013
In January I had the pleasure of interviewing Portland based psychotherapist and author Philip Kenney about writers and depression. Based on the positive response, we decided to go another round with Philip. This time, we focus on the seemingly disparate roles of the writer as artist and the writer as sales person and marketer; social media anxiety, irrational fears, and more.
Read Interview →10 Questions with Phoebe Gloeckner
March 25th, 2013
In his introduction to A Child's Life and Other Stories, R. Crumb describes Phoebe Gloeckner as looking at the world with penetrating intensity, and I can't imagine a better description. Her major works, A Child's Life and Other Stories and The Diary of a Teenage Girl, capture excruciating and pivotal adolescent moments through the filter of Gloeckner's stunning comic illustrations. Her stories are heart-wrenching and compelling.
Read Interview →10 Questions with Frank Bill
March 5th, 2013
Frank Bill’s Indiana seems like a scary kind of place. I mean, I know the real Indiana isn’t so bad; I’ve been through the Hoosier state more than a few times and the people I’ve met there have been friendly, seemingly decent human beings. Of course, my visits were before the housing bubble burst, before the good working class jobs in the Midwest started to dry up and be replaced with minimum/slave wage retail jobs that barely fill your tank, let alone keep a roof over your head and food in the refrigerator.
Read Interview →A Conversation With Craig Yoe about Yoe Books, His Partnership With IDW Comics, Sex in Comics and More
February 21st, 2013
A finely tuned, cherry red '57 Chevy Bel Air, that perfectly plump pin-up girl making eyes, a dark pull on a fine cigar; these are “classic moments” in time that we always want to preserve. But everything just comes back as a photocopy of the original, weaker with each go-around.
Read Interview →10 Questions with Fight Song Author Joshua Mohr
February 12th, 2013
I don't think it's any secret that we love Joshua Mohr 'round these parts. He's written some excellent books—such as Some Things That Meant The World To Me, Termite Parade and Damascus—and he also helps others write excellent books, teaching in the MFA program at the University of San Francisco and here, at LitReactor. So of course we are excited about the release of his latest novel, a satirical take on the midlife crisis called Fight Song.
Read Interview →10 Questions with Aimee Bender
February 5th, 2013
Aimee Bender’s most recent novel, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, tells the story of Rose, a nine year-old girl who discovers she can taste emotion when she bites into her mother’s homemade cake. Rose’s exploration of her new ability and the insight it gives her into the lives of the people around her is a beautiful amalgam of the heartfelt and strange.
Read Interview →10 Questions with Erotica Writer Averil Dean
January 28th, 2013
Averil Dean writes erotica. Now, a lot of writers may turn their nose up at that—after all, the genre isn't known for its wordplay. But there are shining stars in every genre, and damn, can Averil write. Next year her erotic psychological thriller, Tapestry of Scars, will be released by MIRA, with a second novel due out in January 2015. She's poised for big things.
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