Category: Art and Humanity Framed in the Photofeature Story

What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? I began it in 2000 and finished it in 2020. That’s right, I spent 20 years writing it! Where did you do most of your writing for this fiction work?  And please describe…… Continue reading #322 Inside the Emotion of Fiction “Maude And Me” by Marianne Jones.

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 idea was to recreate those early teenaged years, so uncomfortable with all the physical and emotional changes from girl to young woman, but accompanied by an increasing awareness of…… Continue reading #382 Backstory of the Poem “Ghazal: Early Teens” by Carolyne Wright

What is the date you began writing this memoir and the date when you completed the memoir? I started writing this memoir in 2015 or so – it was when I realized that Alan was seriously ill, and that he probably wouldn’t survive his illness. I finished writing this memoir in December 2021, almost two…… Continue reading #55 The Magnification of One memory in Memoir “Walking Him Home: Helping My Husband Die with Dignity” by Joanne Tubbs Kelly

What is the date you began writing this memoir and the date when you completed the memoir? I started in October of 2020 and completed in August of 2021 From LEFT to RIGHT: Amelia Zachry in October 2020 and August 2021. Copyright by Amelia Zachry Where did you do most of your writing for this…… Continue reading #54 The Magnification of One Memory in Memoir “Enough – A Memoir of Mistakes, Mania, and Motherhood” by Amelia Zachry

What is the date you began writing this memoir and the date when you completed the memoir? From April 2017 to December 2020 Where did you do most of your writing for this memoir?  And please describe in detail.  I’d written this memoir exclusively in my late husband, Patrick’s original office, which has been my…… Continue reading #53 The Magnification of One Memory in Memoir A SKY OF INFINITE BLUE- A JAPANESE IMMIGRANT’S SEARCH FOR HOME AND SELF by Kyomi O’Connor

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 linked stories in All the Ruined Men in September 2016 and I made the last edits submitted to my publisher (St. Martin’s) on September 17, 2021. Five years of…… Continue reading #321 Inside the Emotion of Fiction Short Story “Dog is Not a Palindrome” from the short story collection ALL THE RUINED MEN by Bill Glose

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 began drafting this poem in my head, the yin and yang of it, while navigating a particularly beautiful but totally harrowing roadway, alone, in a country where I didn’t…… Continue reading #381 Backstory of the Poem “Transport” by Elaine Sexton

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1940’s magazine ad. What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? THE TOBACCO WIVES started as a short story in 2000. It was inspired by my grandmother, who was a hairdresser for the wives of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco…… Continue reading #320 Inside the Emotion of Fiction “The Tobacco Wives” by Adele Myers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”