Month: June 2022

MIDDLE: Christine Duts in May of 2022. Copyright by Christine Duts. What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? I started writing in November 2020, after I woke up from a dream. I started writing down the dream and it turned…… Continue reading 312 Inside the Emotion of Fiction “The Path of the Stone” by Christine Duts.

LEFT: Rosie Prohias Driscolll in 2022. Copyright by Rosie Prohias Driscoll Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form? Typically, a poem will begin for me with an image or a line rising to the surface of my…… Continue reading #376 Backstory of the Poem “First Flown” by Rosie Prohias Driscoll

LEFT: Amy Barone at the Chanticleer Gardens in May 18, 2022 Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form?I wanted my second full-length poetry collection, Defying Extinction, to have a nature/animal theme. At the time I started working…… Continue reading #375 Backstory of the Poem “Survivors” by Amy Barone

What is the date you began writing this memoir and the date when you completed the memoir? I began writing my memoir in 2015.  Prior to that time I spent several years collecting stories and sayings from family, friends about my life and surroundings on a small farm in Ohio.  I first used these materials…… Continue reading #52 Magnification of One Memory in Memoir “SUNDAY AFTERNOONS AND OTHER TIMES REMEMBERED” by Ben Ewell

TOP: Full Jacket Cover of CHICKEN CROSSING. MIDDLE: Kristen Joy Wilks with Gwen and Drizzit. April of 2022. BOTTOM: Gwen and Drizzit. Copyright by Kristen Joy Wilks. The adult novel Chicken Crossing, which is a companion to Kristen Joy Wilks’ children’s book Dandelion Floofums, is one book loaded in every conflict possible: spiritual love and…… Continue reading ART & HUMANITY FRAMED IN THE PHOTOFEATURE STORY: Analysis of CHICKEN CROSSING by Kristen Joy Wilks. “From a Goat to a Found Sheep”

RIGHT: Kathleen Rooney In April of 2022 Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form? In April of 2020, I had the good fortune to be a part of a National Poetry Month poem-a-day group organized by Kimberly…… Continue reading #374 Backstory of the Poem “How To Act” by Kathleen Rooney

MIDDLE: Ksenia Rychtycka on the Potemkin steps in Odesa Ukraine. 1990. Copyright by Ksenia Rychtycka Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form? “Why Honey Matters” first came to mind after an odd experience I had about 18…… Continue reading #373 Backstory of the Poem “Why Honey Matters” from her poetry collection A Sky Full Of Wings” by Ksenia Rychtycka

From LEFT to RIGHT: Denise Duhamel; Susana H. Case, and Margo Taft Stever Gladys holding baby Marilyn Monroe with a bag on her shoulder. Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form? Yes!  When I read about Marilyn…… Continue reading #372 BACKSTORY OF THE POEM “Duffel Pantoum” by Denise Duhamel.

What made you decide to write this nonfiction work? Several years ago, I stumbled across the tale of Ben Major and the enslaved people he had freed for migration to Liberia. I was stunned to learn that they had corresponded across the Atlantic Ocean for years, and—even more astonishing—that their letters from Africa still existed.…… Continue reading #010 The Fascination of One Fact in Nonfiction “Liberty Brought Us Here: The True Story of American Slaves Who Migrated to Liberia” (University Press of Kentucky, 2020) by Susan E. Lindsey

THE MYTHOS OF THE GUN by Baron Wormer was previously published by Vox Populi https://voxpopulisphere.com/2022/06/01/baron-wormser-the-mythos-of-the-gun-%ef%bf%bc/ Baron Wormser at a workshop in Quechee, Vermont. October 30, 2021. Copyright by. Baron Wormser. I was sitting at Roger’s kitchen table drinking a cup of coffee and talking about the school where we worked, how the principal was enamored…… Continue reading Art & Humanity Framed in the PhotoFeature Story: Guest Blog Post by Baron Wormser. “THE MYTHOS OF THE GUN”

What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction?I began the book on April 8, 2021 and finished on August 30, 2021. Click on the below link to hear Angela’s speech “How To Tighten Your Writing” https://www.christianpublishingshow.com/how-to-tighten-your-writing-with-angela-hunt/ Where did you do most…… Continue reading #311 Inside the Emotion of Fiction THE APOSTLE’S SISTER by Angela Hunt.

 What is the date you began writing this memoir and the date when you completed the memoir? I began December 4, 2020 and I published and completed the work on February 23rd, 2022. Where did you do most of your writing for this memoir?  And please describe in detail.  I wrote mostly in my office…… Continue reading #51 THE MAGNIFICATION OF ONE MEMORY IN MEMOIR “ELDER – A MEMOIR” by Joshua Pressley

“All the days of our lives we must continue to deepen our sense of mystery in order to be worthy of attaining faith.” Page 29 “What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.” Page 57 TOP: Abraham Joshua Heschel presenting the JUDAISM AND WORL PEACE AWARD to Dr. Martin…… Continue reading Art & Humanity Framed in the PhotoFeature Story’s analysis on THUNDER IN THE SOUL: TO BE KNOWN BY GOD by Abraham Joshua Heschel “The Wonder of It All”

LEFT: Michelle Ross in March of 2022. Copyright by Michelle Ross. Name of fiction work? And were there other names you considered that you would like to share with us? THEY KEPT RUNNING is the title of my new book, a collection of 57 flash fiction stories. I don’t recall considering any other titles. The…… Continue reading #310 INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION Short Flash Fiction story “Tea Kettles” from her flash fiction short story collection THEY KETP RUNNING by Michelle Ross.