TOP: Dan Leissner in April of 2021. MIDDLE: Dan Leissner in June 2021. BOTTOM: Dan Leissner in June of 2022. In this photo Dan Leissner is waving the football scarf at a friend’s wedding. It had a “fancy dress” theme, Dan came in the replica shirt, hat and scarf of the football team I support.Copyright…… Continue reading #319 Inside the Emotion of Fiction GUILT CITY by Dan Leissner
Month: July 2022
#318 Inside the Emotion of Fiction: “Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son” by John Parra
What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? I began writing, GROWING AN ARTIST: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son, in May of 2019. Initially it was titled: THE LITTLE LANDSCAPER. It is a semi-autobiographically account of my upbringing…… Continue reading #318 Inside the Emotion of Fiction: “Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son” by John Parra
#380 Backstory of the Poem “Figs” by Joyce Compton Brown
MIDDLE: Joyce Compton Brown. Copyright by Joyce Compton Brown 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? My poem “Figs” took me in new writing directions and involved varying struggles which I would like to share. It is…… Continue reading #380 Backstory of the Poem “Figs” by Joyce Compton Brown
#317 Inside the Emotion of Fiction THE DROP by John Anthony Miller
What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date you completely finished the piece of fiction: The Drop is my tenth novel. It takes me about six months to write the finished draft that I send to my agent. She’s a former editor at a NY publishing house, and she’ll…… Continue reading #317 Inside the Emotion of Fiction THE DROP by John Anthony Miller
#316 Inside the Emotion Fiction “Alicia and the Hurricane A Story of Puerto Rico” written by Leslea Newman and illustrated by Elizabeth Erazo Baez
Leslea Newman in 2017. Copyright by Leslea Newman What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? I began writing my picture book, “Alicia and the Hurricane: A Story of Puerto Rico/Alicia y el huracán: Un cuento de Puerto Rico” in September…… Continue reading #316 Inside the Emotion Fiction “Alicia and the Hurricane A Story of Puerto Rico” written by Leslea Newman and illustrated by Elizabeth Erazo Baez
#315 Inside the Emotion of Fiction THE BIG FAREWELL by Dan Leissner
LEFT: Dan Leissner in August of 2020. Copyright by Dan Leissner What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? I began writing my “noir” crime novel “The Big Farewell” roundabout August 2020 and finished it in early April 2021. Being mostly…… Continue reading #315 Inside the Emotion of Fiction THE BIG FAREWELL by Dan Leissner
#379 Backstory of the Poem “Echolocation” by Alec Solomita
LEFT: Alec Solomita in June of 2022. Copyright by Alec Solomita 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? From the first draft to the finished poem took me more than a year, not that I worked on…… Continue reading #379 Backstory of the Poem “Echolocation” by Alec Solomita
#011 The Fascination of One Fact In Nonfiction: The Essay “Becoming Bird” from the memoir essay collection ANIMAL BODIES ON DEATH, DESIRE, AND OTHER DIFFICULTIES by Suzanne Roberts
What made you decide to write this non-fiction work? I’ve been writing the essays that in Animal Bodies for a long time. The oldest essay in the collection is probably from 2008, though all the essays have been revised many times. I realized I had a book of essays on love and loss, desire and…… Continue reading #011 The Fascination of One Fact In Nonfiction: The Essay “Becoming Bird” from the memoir essay collection ANIMAL BODIES ON DEATH, DESIRE, AND OTHER DIFFICULTIES by Suzanne Roberts
#314 Inside the Emotion of Fiction WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
TOP: Lorna Schultz Nicholson with Rick Hanson in March of 2018. Copyright by Lorna Schultz Nicholson.MIDDLE: Joey Moss and Lorna Schultz Nicholson at the Edmonton Down Syndrome event in October of 2019. Copyright by Lorna Schultz Nicholson.BOTTOM: Lorna Schultz Nicholson and writer friend Alison Hughes in November of 2021. What is the date you began…… Continue reading #314 Inside the Emotion of Fiction WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
#313 Inside the Emotion of Fiction THE ILIAD OF GERONIMO: A SONG OF BLOOD & FIRE by W. Michael Farmer
LEFT: Geronimo in 1887. What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? I began writing the first chapter of The Iliad of Geronimo November 7, 2018 and completed my personal edit December 6, 2019 before sending the manuscript to the publisher.…… Continue reading #313 Inside the Emotion of Fiction THE ILIAD OF GERONIMO: A SONG OF BLOOD & FIRE by W. Michael Farmer
#378 Backstory of the Poem “Now the Sadness” by Judith R. Robinson
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? It took a long time for me to process the loss of my son. I tried and failed at least half a dozen times to sort out the emotions involved…… Continue reading #378 Backstory of the Poem “Now the Sadness” by Judith R. Robinson
#377 Backstory of the Poem “Weights and Measures” by Elizabeth Kuelbs
LEFT: Elizabeth Kuelbs in August 2020. She wrote “Weights and Measures” in July of 2020. Copyright by Elizaabeth Kuelbs. 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? This poem began in 2018 when I heard about Tahlequah, the…… Continue reading #377 Backstory of the Poem “Weights and Measures” by Elizabeth Kuelbs