WIP Blog

  • UnCensored Ink Interview – Demi Michelle Schwartz

    UnCensored Ink Interview – Demi Michelle Schwartz

    Today I am with Demi Michelle Schwartz from Pittsburgh, PA. Represented by Michelle Jackson at LCS Literary. She holds an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, along with BAs in Creative Writing and Music. Currently, she is a publicist at Wild Ink Publishing, the host of Literary Blend: A Publishing Podcast, and… Read more

  • UnCensored Ink Interview – Nicole Smith

    UnCensored Ink Interview – Nicole Smith

    Today I am with Nicole Smith from just outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is an advocate for mental health and body acceptance. Recently she was published in the Pennsylvania Bards Western PA Poetry Review 2023. If Nicole isn’t writing poetry, you can find her with her nose in a book. Read more

  • UnCensored Ink Interview – D. S. Lerew

    UnCensored Ink Interview – D. S. Lerew

    Today I am with D. S. Lerew from Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. She lives with her husband, two teenage sons, and black lab, too far away from the river to enjoy walking along its banks, but still able to enjoy books and stars. D. S. Lerew has written a poetry chapbook called Stars in a Jar. As… Read more

  • UnCensored Ink Interview – Kelly Webber

    UnCensored Ink Interview – Kelly Webber

    My piece for Uncensored Ink, “Alexandria Again,” is an essay reflecting on the role of libraries in our world. I couldn’t possibly say everything I want to about this topic in one essay, but I made sure to include a combination of key historical moments in library history, up-to-date statistics on censorship, and some of my own… Read more

  • Everything Is Copy: Nora Ephron Inspires Taylor Swift and Me.

    Everything Is Copy: Nora Ephron Inspires Taylor Swift and Me.

    Though I didn’t become a published writer until my late 30’s, those voices inside my head, voices we writers tend to hear, have kept me company since childhood. Because I can’t climb inside other writers’ minds, I have no way of knowing how much of what they put on the page is rooted in their… Read more

  • UnCensored Ink Interview – Victoria Holland

    UnCensored Ink Interview – Victoria Holland

    Today I am with Victoria Holland from Massachusetts. She is a Pushcart Prize-Nominated Author for her work in I’m Not the Villain, I’m Misunderstood, as well as Lead Anthologist for The Carnation Collection. She has also published in multiple other collections including Into the Mirror and The Magical Muse Library Vol. 1 & 2. She… Read more