Ten Questions for Ashley M. Jones
“I wish all writers the audiences they desire and the acclaim they deserve.” —Ashley M. Jones, author of Lullaby for the Grieving
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Ten Questions
Read weekly interviews with authors to learn the inside stories of how their books were written, edited, and published; insights into the creative process; the best writing advice they’ve ever heard; and more.
Ten Questions for Jeannie Vanasco
“When an impediment arrives, I try writing about it. This helps me remain patient.” —Jeannie Vanasco, author of A Silent Treatment
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Ten Questions for Patrick Ryan
“Stop telling yourself you can’t do this.” —Patrick Ryan, author of Buckeye
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Ten Questions for Austyn Wohlers
“[Y]ou can’t edit something into being good before getting it down.” —Austyn Wohlers, author of Hothouse Bloom
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Ten Questions for Raymond Antrobus
“I needed time away from text to indulge in paintings and drawings and collage art. I spent a lot of days in art galleries mulling over my memories and the text I was writing.” —Raymond Antrobus, author of The Quiet Ear: An Investigation of Missing Sound
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Ten Questions for Anne Waldman
“I like the idea of action writing, putting text on the floor and playing with arrangement like abstract expressionist painting.” —Anne Waldman, author of Mesopotopia
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Ten Questions for Xenobe Purvis
“But fear can be galvanizing; perhaps the novel would not have been written without it.” —Xenobe Purvis, author of The Hounding
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Ten Questions for Ed Park
“I just remember the miraculous appearance of story seeds, bursts of inspiration, and cloudless composition.” —Ed Park, author of An Oral History of Atlantis
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Ten Questions for Katie Yee
“I think every writer carries with them someone they wish they could’ve told all their stories to.” —Katie Yee, author of Maggie; Or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar
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Ten Questions for Issa Quincy
“I tend to work across these different forms, on different projects at the same time.” —Issa Quincy, author of Absence
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Ten Questions for Lawrence Burney
“Writing lends itself to filmmaking in terms of structuring a story, but I think filmmaking lends itself to more visually stimulating writing.” —Lawrence Burney, author of No Sense in Wishing
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Ten Questions for Rhoni Blankenhorn
“Notes/fragments help me relive moments that carry seeds, sparks, moments of import, humor, and beauty.” —Rhoni Blankenhorn, author of Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet
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Ten Questions for Fran Littlewood
“The research I did for this novel was so intriguing, looking at the psychology and science of siblinghood, memory, identity.” —Fran Littlewood, author of The Accidental Favorite
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Ten Questions for Shoshana von Blanckensee
“If you put the hours in, the work will work itself out.” —Shoshana von Blanckensee, author of Girls Girls Girls
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Ten Questions for Robert P. Baird
“[Y]ou should write, or at the very least revise, with a reader always in mind.” —Robert P. Baird, author of The Nimbus
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Ten Questions for Lucas Schaefer
“A book takes a long time to write, and a long time to publish. So, you know, take a breath!” —Lucas Schaefer, author of The Slip
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Ten Questions for Nicola Dinan
“But so much of the work is done in those gaps, when the book sits in the back of your mind with your subconscious untangling it.” —Nicola Dinan, author of Disappoint Me
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Ten Questions for July Westhale
“And while it is an expansive, strange book, it manages to feel contained and possible. I think that’s in part because it was written from a place of confinement.” —July Westhale, author of moon moon
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Ten Questions for Rickey Fayne
“Everything will take longer than you feel like it should, and this is a gift.” —Rickey Fayne, author of The Devil Three Times
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Ten Questions for Lisa Fishman
“The magnitude of space around me must have opened a kind of interior spaciousness where the writing came from.” —Lisa Fishman, author of One Big Time
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Ten Questions for Craig Thompson
“Stories that are planned are boring and flat and unlike life, which is messy and has its own logic.” —Craig Thompson, author of Ginseng Roots
Ten Questions for Marie-Helene Bertino
“Intuition is enough.” —Marie-Helene Bertino, author of Exit Zero
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Ten Questions for Julia Elliott
“The short story form offers me a way to indulge my obsessions and experiment with various genres and narrative modes.” —Julia Elliott, author of Hellions
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Ten Questions for Keetje Kuipers
“I’m a firm believer these days in discomfort on the page, whether it’s sonic, tonal, metaphorical, or imagistic.” —Keetje Kuipers, author of Lonely Women Make Good Lovers
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Ten Questions for Arthur Sze
“Write one poem at a time and resist knowing where you are going.” —Arthur Sze, author of Into the Hush
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