Interviews

“Dystopian literature especially appeals to me because it’s a genre that lends itself well to exploring what it means to be human.”            ~~Peng Shepherd   The Book of M   As I Wrote The Idea Grew An interview with Peng Shepherd by B. Lynn Goodwin   Author Peng Shepherd starts The Book of M with

“I thought that “real writers” didn’t need to rewrite and edit their work. Little did I know!” ~~Ann Steiner, Ph.D by B. Lynn Goodwinn   Make It Easy To Read   Have you ever tried to run a group and been faced with arguments and disagreements? You are not alone. Fortunately, Ann Steiner, Ph.D. has

 An Interview with B. Lynn Goodwin: Writer Advice Editor and Author of TALENT     Jill Hedgecock was the first person to interview me about my coming of age novel, TALENT. People wrote back. One, a writing peer, said she learned a lot about me. Another said she got insights into the way I think. I

An Interview with Sophie Hannah by B. Lynn Goodwin Seeing Things From a Different Angle   The what-ifs just keep coming in Sophie Hannah’s A Game for All the Family. This story tells a psychological thriller like none other. I expected the book to be about whatever pulled the narrator away from her career as

“I try to capture the sounds of their (the characters’) voices in the articles I write.”B. Lynn Goodwin An Interview with Jamey Bradbury By B. Lynn Goodwin When I Started Asking Questions   What makes a debut writer shine? Originality, for one thing. Unique characters driven by exceptional motives and objectives are important. The writing

“I thought that “real writers” didn’t need to rewrite and edit their work. Little did I know!”~~Ann Steiner, Ph.D An interview with Ann Steiner, Ph.D. by B. Lynn Goodwinn   Make It Easy To Read   Have you ever tried to run a group and been faced with arguments and disagreements? You are not alone.

An Interview with Shari Goldhagen by B. Lynn Goodwin Revision is Key Shari Goldhagen’s 100 Days of Cake is complex, sometimes funny, and sometimes disastrous, just like the life of almost any teenager. The narrator, Molly Bryne suffers from depression despite the fact that she often makes funny cracks and seems average. Frankly, she just wants

“There’s always hope for finding whatever you are looking for as long as you open yourself to new possibilities and are willing to compromise.”B. Lynn Goodwin An Interview with B. Lynn Goodwin By Carol Smallwood Writing is a Process   Since 1997,  B. Lynn Goodwin‘s Writer Advice has grown from a newsletter for writers into