Today, I am with Melissa R. Mendelson, from New York. She is a poet, a horror, science-fiction and dystopian author. She has been published by Sirens Call Publications, State of Matter Magazine, Altered Reality Magazine, Transmundane Press, Owl Canyon Press, Wild Ink Publishing, The Horror Zine and The Yard: Crime Blog. She is the author of a self-published sci-fi novella, Waken. She is also the author of the prose poetry collection, This Will Remain With Us published by Wild Ink Publishing.

Today I am with Helen Z. Dong from Washington. She is a Chinese-American author, product manager, and game writer. In 2018, she received a Silver Key for her writing portfolio in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and her debut game, Wake Up, was released in May 2023. Since 2022, she has been sharing her writing journey on social media to over 12,000 followers. 

Today I am with Mitra De Souza from California. She has loved to write for as long as she can remember. In elementary school, she used to tape her short stories to the back of her chair for her classmates to read. She is drawn to stories that encourage people to view the world from a new perspective. Mitra resides in San Diego County with her husband, two kids and two big rescue dogs who think they’re still puppies. Her favorite banned book is Jay Coles’ Things We Couldn’t Say.  

Today I am with Ryan Ginsberg from California. He is a writer of poems, short stories, and novels. His first collection of short stories, "The Crumbling of a Nation and Other Stories," will be released on June 28th. He is the father of three beautiful dogs—Brother, Midas, and Shadow—and the husband of one beautiful wife, Teresa

Today I am with Christopher DeWitt from Arizona. He lives with his wife Christine, son Alex, three dopey but lovable dogs, and a weird, vegan cat. When he isn’t writing and reading, he is exploring the beautiful and sometimes eerie Superstition Mountains and the haunts of Tombstone. A United States Air Force veteran and licensed pilot, he loves anything that flies and earth-bound racing machines that go very, very fast. 

Today I am with Abigail F. Taylor  from Texas. She is an award-winning author from Texas. She lives with four cats, two small dogs, and one sassy rooster. 

Today I am with Dana Hawkins from Minnesota. She is a contemporary romance author of sparkly stories. When not searching the country for the perfect cup of piping hot Americano, she spends her time chasing her kids and rewatching ’90s movies. After living for twenty years in Seattle, she recently trekked back to her hometown. She is a huge romance-genre book nerd and borderline obsessed with happy-ever-afters.

Today I am with Eric Diekhans from Illinois. His fiction has appeared in Etched Onyx and Jelly Bucket magazines, and the collection Unforgettable (Walkabout Publishing), His screenplays won the Chicago Screenwriters Network and Illinois/Chicago Screenplay competitions, and he is the recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Screenwriting. Diekhans received a BA in Comparative Literature from Indiana University and an MA in Film from Northwestern.

Today I am with Earl Carrender from Indiana. He is a poet and writer who earned his BA in English at Marian University and his MFA at Butler University. His fiction and poetry have appeared in The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Journal, Punchnel’s, Clever, Scissors and Spackle and BullshitLit among others.

Today, I am with Shaelynn Long from Michigan. As well as being a current small-town English instructor, she has previously published Fury’s Fate, Ache, Blur, Work In Progress, and Dirt Road Kid, as well as appearing in a previous Wild Ink anthology: The Carnation Collection. Shaelynn can usually be found with her nose in a book and covered in Corgi fur.