When people ask me what I would be if I wasn’t a journalist or novelist, I stare at them blankly and think, Someone trying to be a writer? A screenwriter? A songwriter? A poet?

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Camille Noe Pagán

The writer talks about obsession, finishing and a certain something she is completely powerless over. And the art of being one’s own editor. Gina Frangello is the author of the short story collection, Slut Lullabies (a must-read according to Vanity Fair and More) just out from Emergency Press and the novel My Sister’s Continent (Chiasmus

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Gina Frangello

The writer shares his views about taking it slow, starting from a place of strength and how writing is like a puzzle.

The 5-Question [Writer+Editor] Interview: Andrew Tonkovich

The writer riffs on pain and inadequacy, alchemizing fear and images that begin a story.

The 5-Question [Writer] Interview: James R. Spring

The writer and stand-up delivers on storytelling, not abandoning or complicating ideas, and the challenge of one too many words.

The 5-Question [Creative] Interview: Craig Mattes

Finishing a book is certainly exciting, but lately I have come to dread it, because it means I will soon have no more novel to write. That dead period in between novels is uncomfortable for me.

The Writer’s [Inner] Journey Interview: Jennifer Haigh

“I would have to say that “stuckness” is often a result of being too attached to what comes next.” —Jordan Rosenfeld Jordan E. Rosenfeld is author of the book Make a Scene, and with Rebecca Lawton, Write Free: Attracting the Creative Life.  She is a co-editor of the new online literary journal Milk & Ink:

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Jordan Rosenfeld

The lesson none of us wants to learn is that our work was rejected because it wasn’t good enough.

The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Susan Henderson