Please welcome Pat Henshaw, today’s player! You can eat only one ice cream flavor for the rest of your life. Which is it? Chocolate chip Cherries Garcia. And, yes, I know I made that up. But it’s for the rest of my life, so I’m calling special priviledges. You have just won a lifetime supply …
It’s been a busy few weeks. The end of May is always crazy for me anyway because it’s the end of the semester, which means exams and papers to grade and panicky students to deal with. But this year has been extra nuts. My older daughter graduated high school. Yay! Now we need to get her ready …
Please welcome today’s player, Tia Fielding! One of your characters comes to you for advice. Who is it, what does he ask, and what do you tell him? I think it might actually be Joshua from One Step Forward and the conversation would be about depression in general. After all it’s a subject we’re both …
Please welcome Jenna Kendrick! Somebody gives you $10,000 with the proviso that you can’t save it and you can’t spend it on anything altruistic or practical. What do you do? If I couldn’t use it on anything charitable or practical, I’d buy a plane ticket to Australia. I’ve always wanted to visit, and that might …
Welcome this week’s player, Kelly Jensen! If you were forced at gunpoint to sing Karaoke, what song would you choose? I’m going to begin my answer with a story which should serve as a warning. My family LOVES playing Guitar Hero. Even after everyone else packed their dusty guitars away, we kept playing. Daughter on …
Please welcome our newest player, Hunter Frost! What is the most useless or frivolous thing you’ve ever bought? Can I admit I already love these questions? Okay, I’ve probably bought tons of frivolous things in my nearly 40 years on this earth, but I believe if it makes you happy, why not? Within reason, of …
Cody Kennedy joins us for Interview Roulette this week! What’s your writing style—slow and steady or full speed ahead? I have four writing speeds: It’s full speed ahead through the first draft without regard to traffic signals, stop signs, yield signs, medians, curbs, bike lanes, crosswalks, people walking pets… and pets walking people. In the …
In case you were unaware, LGBT people–gay men in particular–are being persecuted in Chechnya. Reliable reports say they’re being detained, tortured, and murdered. You can read a summary here. In response, a group of writers, readers, artists, and publishers are raising money for organizations that are seeking to evacuate potential victims out of Chechnya. Some authors …