The writer talks honestly and openly about the beauty of writing when the stakes are really high, writing big versus writing quietly, and the intense and focused work of promotion and publicity. ♦ Allison Winn Scotch is the author of The Department of Lost and Found, and the New York Times Bestseller, Time of My

Five More Questions With Allison Winn Scotch

When you consciously think about being creative, making something, writing something, it’s scary, and it’s my personal theory that this is where writer’s block comes from: the fear.

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Denise Schipani

When I look up and find that I am giddy and self-conscious with delight at my own little participation in the project, and see, joyfully, that I have been tricked or seduced into this condition and eager, finally to see the writing succeed and scared that it won’t, well, that’s what has to happen.

Stories that move readers: Andrew Tonkovich, Editor of Santa Monica Review

The more time I have the less writing I seem to get done.

stuck/unstuck: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and her Pen on Fire philosophy

The author and chef discusses how memory sparks creation, staying true to what she loves and the unexpected benefits of uncertainty.

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Monica Bhide

The screenwriter, author and therapist talks about writing what you love, building a tolerance to rejection and inviting in the shadow side. ♦ Dennis Palumbo is the author of Writing from the Inside Out: Transforming Your Psychological Blocks to Release the Writer Within—one of my absolute favorite books on writing (I have an autographed copy).

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Dennis Palumbo

The writer talks about trusting intuition, never trying to please the crowd and writing in rooms with beds in them. Lynn Isenberg is the author of the The Funeral Planner (Red Dress Ink Novels) which Booklist called “. . . a hilarious comedy of love and fulfillment in unexpected places.” She also wrote The Funeral

The 5-Question [Screenwriter] Interview: Lynn Isenberg

The author contemplates chaos and rumination, and generously answers questions about process, fear and his truth on pushing forward versus hitting a stride.

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Tod Goldberg

“If you can learn not to take rejection personally—and hopefully to learn something about yourself or the piece of work in the process—it’s a boon.”

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Kayt Sukel