Q. When did you realize you wanted to be a writer? I think I decided I wanted to write when I was about 16. I’ve loved reading since my 5th grade teacher read Where the Red Fern Grows, and, A Wrinkle in Time, aloud that year. I devoured books after that; Little House on the … Read more
Q. What Inspired You to Write Your Book? A. Something just wasn’t working. I’d look at women who had done everything “right” — checked all the boxes and played by the rules of the Old Playbook — and all they were left with was a case of “low work libido.” They had lost the passion … Read more
Q. What Inspired You to Write Your Book? A. I’ve always been interested in how much we know about how the things around us work. We use machines every day but often have no idea how they function or how they’re made. For example, I grew up working on car engines, but I’d have no … Read more
Q. What Inspired You to Write Your Book? A. I never fit in at school. Growing up a Jehovah’s Witness and a Trekkie made me feel like an outsider. Imagining what it’d be like to travel to a galaxy far, far way—creating my own universe and cast of characters—became the perfect escape for me. I took … Read more
Q. What Inspired You to Write Your Book? A. I’ve always planned to write The Clifton Hall trilogy and when AAP was done, I began to think seriously about how Lydia Clifton might develop as a young woman. How she might develop anxiety and a sort of defiant resilience. I wanted to showcase a heroine with … Read more
Q. What Inspired You to Write Your Book? A. I was inspired to write my books once I realized they were there. All my life experiences had led to the perfect moment of quiet, inside and out, where I could hear them as poetry in my heart and mind. Once I heard the poems, I translated … Read more
Q. What Inspired You to Write Your Book? A. After I finished my first series, an urban fantasy trilogy, I wanted to try my hand at another genre I love so much myself. A mix of contemporary romance and romance suspense, with a bit of small town life mixed in. When I thought about … Read more
Q. What Inspired You to Write The Ghost in Her? A. At the start of the pandemic, I was lonely and depressed, like many Americans. I was working on a true crime about false confessions and realized that the project contributed to my foul mood. I took an inventory of my situation and concluded … Read more
Deborah Herman, Spiritual Writing From Inspiration to Publication: Second Edition What Inspired You to Write Your Book? Spiritual Writing stemmed from two places. I have been on a spiritual journey that began in earnest when I was in my 20s and I had a career in publishing. Although I had started writing books, I … Read more
Stuart Waldner, author of Escape The Meatrix, answers questions about his debut book, what inspired him to write, and talks more about his plant-based diet. Waldner is a staunch believer in cutting meat out as a source of nutrition, and he explains why he feels this way below: Q. Can you tell us about … Read more