by NH Authors Directory | Aug 19, 2026 | Author interview, Authors, NH author interview, Writers
What themes or messages do you hope readers take away from your books? Because I write mostly poetry, I seldom consider theme. I write the poem that is coursing through my body at that moment. It is only later (often years later), as I look back on the collection of...
by NH Authors Directory | Aug 12, 2026 | Author interview, Authors, NH author interview, Writers
Q. What inspired the settings you use in your books? A. The York beaches, Cape Neddick, and Kittery, Maine, along with Downtown Portsmouth, NH, are locations that fill my soul. As a child, I’d travel from Ohio to see family each summer; then after graduating, I moved...
by NH Authors Directory | Aug 5, 2026 | Author interview, Authors, NH author interview, Writers
Q. What inspired you to become a writer? A. I never had any interest in becoming a writer. In college I was a math major, not an English major! For my final humanities requirement to graduate, I had the opportunity to take Creative Writing (at Keene State College),...
by NH Authors Directory | Jul 29, 2026 | Author interview, Authors, NH author interview, Writers
Q. Do your personal experiences influence the stories or subjects you write about? A. Absolutely! I come from a large family (eight kids). Although our parents weren’t particularly strict, they had high moral standards- honesty, integrity, respect, compassion… and...
by NH Authors Directory | Jul 15, 2026 | Author interview, Authors, NH author interview
Q. What has been the most rewarding moment in your writing journey so far? A. Winning eight awards for Beautiful and Terrible Things that represent different aspects of the novel: Indies Today named it Best Literary Book of 2024 and it won awards for LGBTQ fiction and...
by NH Authors Directory | Jun 17, 2026 | Author interview, Authors, NH author interview, Writers
Q. Are you more of a planner when writing, or do you discover the story as you go? A. Through most of the writing I’ve done, I’d consider myself a “pantser,” I just start and see where the story takes me. In more recent writing efforts, I’ve definitely needed to be...
