Maryann Miller is one of those writers who labors for sheer love of the craft. It’s evident that she pursues a variety of creative outlets, while keeping the day job, as so many authors are forced to do. I first encountered her through our publisher, Five Star Publishing. We also share the experience of having a number of things not quite work out, but yet we struggled through it and persevere. There’s a lesson in there for struggling newbies. Just keep doing it. You’ll get better. Opportunities will appear. And your creative efforts will be rewarded.

Christopher Moore is one of those rare authors who writes what is essentially genre fiction but still manages to maintain a prominent place on mainstream fiction bookshelves. He is perhaps best known for his book You Suck: A Love Story, a vampire story that mixes humor, sex, and gore into a unique dish. After numerous NYT bestsellers, he has secured his place on those bookstore shelves, but still finds time to do answer fan mail and do interviews. He took time out from his European book tour to talk about his life as an author.

Occasionally, one encounters a short story that really strikes a chord, provokes thought, and evokes emotion. Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s story “Elites” did that for me when I heard it on Escape Pod a couple of months back. But that story is just the tip of this author’s creative iceberg. Kristine Kathryn Rusch is a long-time pro, with novel and short story credits that go on for miles not only under her own name but also under three successful pen names. She’s up for a Hugo Award this year for her novella, “Recovering Apollo 8,” which appeared in Asimov’s Science FictionContinue readingAuthor Interview Series #16 – Kristine Kathryn Rusch