I am featured on Johanna K Pitcairn’s “The Manicheans” Blog…
Click the above to find out what we talk about.
Today I was interviewed…I tell you about it here.
Today I took the interview chair with Dicey’s Blog…
We talked about full time writing, how being a writer can mean giving back or reaching out and the what’s and why’s of loving dystopian fiction.
You can read the full interview here.
Thanks Dicey! It was fun visiting with you on your blog.
Dicey is one of the authors/bloggers that I am co-hopping with in the exciting
Last week I spoke about my visit to Rachna’s Scriptorium.
This week Part 2 of the interview has been posted.
In this interview I talk about the critiquing process and my a bit more about my own writing process.
If you missed Part 1, it is under related articles at the bottom of this post.
Thank you to Rachna for the great questions and the warm welcome on her lovely Scriptorium.
A couple of weeks ago my good friend and one of my writing partners, Rachna Chhabria, asked if she could interview me on her lovely blog: Rachna’s Scriptorium. Rachna and I became friends through an online writers group called Scribblerati that we both belong to. Very soon we were Facebook friends and this year we became writing partners.
For those who follow my creativity blog, Dragonfly Scrolls, you will be aware that I am usually the one asking questions in the interviews. Asking the questions is the easy part. Rachna turned the tables on me this week and put me in the “answer” chair.
The interview will be posted in 2 parts. In this first part, posted today, Rachna asks me about my writing process and the NZ publishing scene. My thanks to Rachna for a lovely interview. If you have not visited her Scriptorium before, bookmark her blog because one visit will soon turn you into a fan.
Part 1 – My visit to Rachna’s Scriptorium.
I have decided to find the genie in the lamp. He has spent enough time parading around 1001 Arabian Nights with Aladdin and company. I need him stat, as they say in the medical dramas. I find that I need the magical ability to fit 48 hours into 24 hours and that I need this for every day for the next month. 24 Hours is just not enough anymore to get all the things done that I must get done, both writing related and day job related not to mention still fitting in normal life activities like eating and sleeping…
But I digress….enough with the wishes….
There are some exciting events happening in my writing life and my blogging life. April looks like it is going to be as Mad if not Madder than March. I have quite a few submissions due this coming month as well as quite a bit of editing to do.
As for blogging…Warrior Wednesdays is going to be interviewing some amazing authors and writers and I now have all interviews confirmed and locked in until the end of August. So I know where you will all be every Wednesday: sitting down with a cuppa and joining this girl with a quill as I interview some very talented people out there. As Warrior Wednesdays has gained a regular following I am going to start upping the ante as they say a bit…I am going to start digging even deeper into these Warrior Writers and Creative’s Psyche to get to the real secret veins of gold at the heart of their creativity. For this, I am going to ask for audience participation. That would be you dear readers and fellow creatives / bloggers. I need you to tell me what questions you really want answered from these writers. So in order to do this, I have set up two methods of dialogue and discussion.
This is the area I have created for Audience Participation. This is your area. You get to post a question here that you would like answered by each Warrior. Each week, starting on the first Wednesday of April I will pick a question from this page (it could be your question) to ask the Warrior.
This is a twitter chat room where you can tweet your questions. You can also discuss the previous interviews. I will be asking all the Warriors that I have interviewed already whether they can do a guest host on this tweet chat and you can delve further into anything you would like to know from them. I will let you know via here when we will be doing some guest hosting with the Warriors themselves.
This will allow you to not only read the interview but get you involved in the interview process. So starting this week, you have 1 week to post your questions.
Wednesday 30/03 Warrior
For this week’s Warrior Interview I have the very gutsy and sassy Leigh K Hunt in studio. I have already received her interview answers and let me tell you that this is going to be a Wowser of an interview. So watch this space tomorrow. You definitely want to be here for this interview.
Other Exciting Developments
This coming month of April is: Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention month. So in honour of this worthy cause I am going to have the honour of interviewing an Australian Author who is donating the April income from her new biography to this cause. This interview will be hosted on Friday, April the 1st this week. So watch this space for that interview.
&
In April I am going to be reviewing a pre-print new fantasy book. I just received the book today so will be letting you know a review date once I have read it. Let me just tell you the book looks like a very intriguing read.
So yes, April is going to be a Mad month again but there are some exciting developments coming up. I hope to see you all here.
Look forward to seeing you all participate…lets have some great blog discussions.
– Kim
Announcing my 3rd interview in the new series: Warrior Wednesdays.
This evening I will be posting the successful interview I had with YA and Children’s author Dee White. This is one not to be missed. I met Dee through Word Warriors – the online FB group started for NaNoWriMo20101 – and Scribblerati – the writing ning I belong to. I have gotten to know Dee very well through both these groups. From a stranger who writes as well, to a colleague and finally to a friend.
She is an avid supporter of any writers both published and pre-published. Dee herself is a published author. She blogs regularly with very useful writing tips.
I will not tell you anymore about Dee but watch this space for the interview. She will tell you more about herself as we sit down and have a cyber chat.
In this interview you will learn why I admire Dee so much. You will also learn the tricks and tools of being a YA and Children’s author. You will be as charmed and disarmed by Dee’s honesty and humility as I have been. This is one talented lady and more than that: a true Warrior of Words.
Join me in a few hours for our interview.
girl with a quill…
Stop the Blogging Press!
You heard it hear first!!
New Weekly Blog Post!!!
Announcing……
Drum Roll
Cymbals
Trombone
….
Warrior Wednesday
From next week, the 26/01, every Wednesday will be dedicated to a Warrior. These are writers and artists that I admire, that I call mentors and that I call friends. Each Wednesday will feature an interview with one of these amazingly talented people.
I already have my first two interviewee bunny rabbits (cuter than guinea pigs) for next week Wednesday.
The first interview will be with the Multi-talented Roz Morris aka Dirty White Candy. This will be a very special interview as this post will be my 100th blog post in this Blog.
My second interview will be with talented Australian Children’s Author, Sheryl Gwyther.
I am scheduling two interviews for the first Wednesday of this weekly post to celebrate the kick-off of this special weekly post and to celebrate my 100th and my 101st Blog Posts.
So, you heard it hear first. Now if you have any burning questions you would like me to ask either of these talented ladies or any future Warriors – please post them in the comments section of this post.
Watch this space
– Wednesday –
Warrior Wednesday
26/01
““If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.””
Carlos Castaneda quotes
“Writing is the most demanding of callings, more harrowing than a warrior’s, more lonely than a whaling captain’s-that, in essence, is the modern writer’s message.” Melvin Maddocks quotes
Kim Koning 