Ten Questions

“I write when I want to say something to someone in particular—but can’t.” —Aurora Mattia author of The Fifth Wound 

“You will never get rid of the self-critical voice in your head.” —Colin Winnette, author of Users

“I think the hardest part was finding an ending, specifically working against my own desire for neat resolution.” —Maggie Millner, author of Couplets

“I had to feel my way forward, wondering and wanting.” —Gabrielle Bates

“I need to live life to make art.” —Jamila Minnicks, author of Moonrise Over New Jessup

“I can control what I write and how much of myself I put into the manuscript.” —Evette Dionne, author of Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul

 “Let your sense of language dawn of its own accord.” —Will Alexander, author of Divine Blue Light: For John Coltrane

“The most challenging thing, for me, was believing that it could be done.” —A. J. Bermudez, author of Stories No One Hopes Are About Them

“The more you write, the more there will be to write about—so you’ve just gotta cut it off at some point!” —Franny Choi, author of The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

“Fixed ideas are always problematic when it comes to writing fiction.” —Dani Shapiro, author of Signal Fires