A listing of member interviews I did with members of my Book-in-a-Week writing group.
BIW Member Interview Miriam Sonn Raabe is a retired nurse living on Whidbey Island in Washington State. She has a Ph.D. in Sociology which she hasn’t used much and is a registered nurse. She has been married to the same man for 33 years and has two grown sons – one living in Hawaii, the…
BIW Member Interview Vicki Kissinger lives in Erie, Pennsylvania with her best friend and husband James, his four cats and her two German Shepherd Dogs. Burned out after working eighteen years as a registered nurse she started a new career as a canine obedience instructor working with pet dogs and problem behaviors. Recently disabled due…
BIW Member Interview Cynthia Hudson is a freelance writer and novelist originally from New England. She has completed two fiction novels, dozens of short stories, and several non-fiction articles that can be found on the web. She is also working on an online novella that will be completed this fall. Moe: When did you know…
BIW Member Interview Jerry Ackerman shares a townhouse in northern Virginia with two cats. When not doing the bidding of his feline owners, he spends time with his fiance’ watching old movies and reading. His alter ego, Alistair Kimble enjoys writing fantasy and science fiction. Moe: When did you know you wanted to be a…
BIW Member Interview Nancy Evertz is a romance writer living in the Land of 10,000 Lakes – Minnesota. She has five children scattered around the country – and sometimes around the world. She is a gardener, cook, singer, golfer, dancer, skier and avid reader. Moe: When did you know you wanted to be a writer?…
BIW Member Interview Amy Krasnansky works part-time as a software engineer. When she’s not tracking down bugs in cyberspace, she enjoys quilting and gardening. She ranks writing as slightly less odious than coming up with something for dinner, and almost pleasant compared to cleaning her house. She lives in Baltimore with her husband, two children,…
BIW Member Interview Betty Wong is an ordinary person who writes because she thinks people actually want to read what she’s got to say. When she’s not writing, she’s usually singing, because she thinks people actually want to hear her when she sings. Fortunately for the people around her, she also enjoys reading, and so…
BIW Member Interview Dawn Compton, from Bellville, TX, writes that, “Living in Texas on a ranch is my best motivation to write. My family is kept busy with many animals that my son shows at all the major state livestock shows. Since I do the hauling and dead time before the shows, my favorite place…