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MIDDLE: Laura Hunter in April of 2022. Credit and Copyright by Laura Hunter 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 Summer of No Rain in 2015. I finished the novel in 2021. LEFT: Laura Hunter with her…… Continue reading #0296 Inside the Emotion of Fiction “Summer of No Rain” by Laura Hunter.

What is the date you began writing this memoir and the date when you completed the memoir? I began writing in 2000 and finished up in 2004. Where did you do most of your writing for this memoir?  And please describe in detail.   I wrote this memoir in my study in my house at the…… Continue reading #040 THE MAGNIFICATION OF ONE MEMORY IN MEMOIR “The Road Washes Out In Spring” by Baron Wormser

In June 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry (Obergefell v. Hodges). Reaction to the decision was strong and immediate, and many who opposed the ruling cited scripture to bolster their arguments. At that time, author Susan E. Lindsey penned this essay examining the scriptures most commonly…… Continue reading Guest Blog Post by Susan E. Lindsey “Judge Not”

#039 THE MAGNIFICATION OF ONE MEMORY IN MEMOIR “Ivy Lodge A Memoir of Translation and Discovery” by Linda Murphy Marshall What is the date you began writing this memoir and the date when you completed the memoir? I began writing my memoir in June of 2014 and completed it in June of 2020. It began…… Continue reading #039 THE MAGNIFICATION OF ONE MEMORY IN MEMOIR “Ivy Lodge A Memoir of Translation and Discovery” by Linda Murphy Marshall

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 outline in late January 2021 (BELOW) and began Chapter 1 around mid-February 2021. I took a slightly different drafting approach than I had with my first novel. Instead of…… Continue reading #295 Inside the Emotion of Fiction DEAD RECKONING by Jacob Moon

LEFT: Doug Holder. RIGHT: Lawrence Kessenich. What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? Well, I wrote this in the 80s, but I really didn’t get back to it for about 40 years. It was originally a short story, titled the…… Continue reading #294 INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION “The Patient” by Doug Holder and Lawrence Kessenich.

LEFT: Toni Ann Johnson in her L.A. home office. March 2022. What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? It was so long ago, I don’t actually remember the exact date. I wrote the piece back in late 2012 or early…… Continue reading #293 Inside the Emotion of Fiction: the short story “Time Travel” from the short story collection LIGHT SKIN GONE TO WASTE by Toni Ann Johnson

What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? The beginning and end of the writing of my first novel What Sammy Knew is a bit complicated because the book actually grew out of memoir that I wrote previously and never published. …… Continue reading #292 Inside the Emotion of Fiction WHAT SAMMY KNEW by David Laskin

What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? I wrote in my first note that the idea of my novel (The War of the Witches) goes back to February 2019. It began with news saying that a number of Russian witches…… Continue reading #291 Inside the Emotion of Fiction WAR OF THE WITCHES by Fadhil Qaradaghi

What made you decide to write this memoir? When I found out my fourth child was transgender, I was in shock.  I looked for help, and the obvious first step was therapy.  Therapy didn’t work for me.  I found social media groups and even books for parents of transgender children, but they all seemed to…… Continue reading #038 The Magnification of One Memory in Memoir When He Was Anna: A Mom’s Journey Into the Transgender World by Patti Hornstra

MIDDLE: Mike Cobb standing on the balcony of his condominium apartment, located in the Biltmore Building in Midtown Atlanta. March of 2022. Credit and Copyright by Mike Cobb. 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 DEAD BECKONING…… Continue reading #290 Inside the Emotion of Fiction DEAD BECKONING by Mike Cobb

LEFT: Leslie Connor in March of 2022. Copyright by. Leslie Connor What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? Most of my work on my title, Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?, took place from November 2019 to November 2021. Leslie Connor in…… Continue reading #289 Inside the Emotion of Fiction ANYBODY HERE SEEN FRENCHIE? By Leslie Connor

Lannie Stabile in March of 2022. Copyright by Lannie Stabile 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? Originally, Good Morning to Everyone Except Men Who Name Their Dogs Zeus was strictly about Zeus and his violent and…… Continue reading #355 Backstory of the Poem “I Can’t Talk About It” by Lannie Stabile

“Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection” –Marilyn Monroe ***No part of this feature may be used in any shape or form without the specific permission from Susana H. Case and/or Margo Taft Stever. LEFT: Susana H. Case. RIGHT: Margo Taft Stever Once a person becomes a part of public history,…… Continue reading Christal Ann Rice Cooper Feature on I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU: POEMS ON MARILYN MONROE “Marilyn Walks in Our Shoes”

RIGHT: Jonathan Evison in 2022. Copyright by Jonathan Evison. What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? I broke ground on the novel September 26, 2018 (the eve of my 50th birthday) and completed the book in February of 2020 (shortly…… Continue reading #288 Inside the Emotion of Fiction SMALL WORLD by Jonathan Evison.

MIDDLE: Neil S. Plakcy in February 2022. Copyright by Neil S. Plakcy What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? I write over my files every day, but the earliest drafts I have for the book that would become Dog’s Waiting…… Continue reading #287 Inside the Emotion of Fiction DOG’S WAITING ROOM by Neil S. Plakcy

Middle: Linda M. Kurth in September of 2021. Copyright by Linda M. Kurth. What is the date you began writing this memoir and the date when you completed the memoir? That’s a difficult one to answer. About a year after my divorce in 1999 I began to transcribe the journals I’d kept during the last…… Continue reading #037 The Magnification of One Memory in Memoir: GOD, THE DEVIL, AND DIVORCE: A TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY OUT OF EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL ABUSE by Linda M. Kurth.

Dion Lissner O’Reilly in February 2022. Copyright by Dion Lissner O’Reilly 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 knew I wanted to write a poem about Barbie for Limp Wrist’s Barbie issue. I’d sent them a…… Continue reading #354 Backstory of the Poem “Bubble Cut Barbie” by Dion Lissner O’Reilly

RIGHT: Linda M Kurth with Rex one year after they married. Copyright by Linda M. Kurth. What is the title of your memoir? Welcome to the Land of Enchantment: A Short Memoir of a Young Marriage. It’s about my first marriage beginning at age twenty and is a prequel to God, the Devil, and Divorce.…… Continue reading #036 The Magnification of one Memory in Memoir: Welcome to the Land of Enchantment: A Short Memoir of a Young Marriage by Linda M. Kurth.

Rupert Fike in February 2022. Copyright by Rupert Fike. 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 started a few years ago when I organized a marathon Ginsberg reading, “Howl-A-Thon,” and heard Kral Majales (King of May) wherein Ginsberg is…… Continue reading #353 Backstory of the Poem “Near the End of the Famous Czech Novel” by Rupert Fike

Middle: Pamela M. Topjian on March 5, 2022. Credit and Copyright by Pamela M. Topjian What is the date you began writing this memoir and the date when you completed the memoir?I started in 2018 and finished December of 2021. Pamela M. Topjian in 2018; and in December of 2021. Copyright by Pamela M. Topjian…… Continue reading #35 THE MAGNIFICATION OF ONE MEMORY IN MEMOIR “I Didn’t Come This Far To Only Come THIS Far” by Pamela M. Topjian

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 love telling the story of the penultimate poem in my most recent collection, THE QUEEN OF QUEENS. The poem, “The Challenger,” recounts the speaker’s response to the Challenger disaster…… Continue reading #352 BACKSTORY OF THE POEM “The Challenger” by Jennifer Martelli

Diana Y. Paul’s THINGS UNSAID was published on October 13, 2015 by She Writes Press. To order THINGS UNSAID from She Writes Press click on the link below https://shewritespress.com/portfolio/diana-y-paul/        Psychologist Jules Foster has two siblings: sister Joanne Grant, who is favored by her parents over her two siblings, and brother Andrew, but she is…… Continue reading Christal Ann Rice Cooper Analysis on the fiction novel THINGS UNSAID by Diana Y. Paul.

What is the date you began writing this memoir and the date when you completed the memoir? I started writing my first memoir in 2014, but at the time, I never dreamed I’d be writing a full book. It started out as more of a way to document some of my adventures and to help…… Continue reading #34 The Magnification of One Memory in Memoir: SUMMERS OF FIRE: A MEMOIR OF ADVENTURE, LOVE, AND COURAGE by Linda Strader

From LEFT to RIGHT: Randall’s father Mickey; Randall in February of 2022; Randall’s father Mickey with his sister Vivian. Both Vivian and Mickey committed suicide. Copyright by Randall Gilliland What is the date you began writing this memoir and the date when you completed the memoir? I began about a year ago and am 20,000…… Continue reading #033 The Magnification of One Memory in Memoir: BANG by Randall Gilliland