WIP Blog

  • UnCensored Ink Interview – Bruce Buchanan

    UnCensored Ink Interview – Bruce Buchanan

    Today I am with Bruce Buchanan from Greensboro, North Carolina. He has been a professional writer for more than 25 years, as both an Associated Press award-winning newspaper reporter and, currently, the senior communications writer for an international law firm. He is the author of two previously published books and his debut YA fantasy novel,… Read more

  • UnCensored Ink Interview – Thom Hawkins

    UnCensored Ink Interview – Thom Hawkins

    Today I am with Thom Hawkins from Maryland. He has written books soliciting anecdotes from people on a particular topic (In Name Only, A First Time for Anything, Alphabetical Orders, Musical Madeleines)—as well as children’s books (The Yeti Made Me Do It, Baldwin, Two Kings, Claudine)—and has co-authored several poetry books (Thirty Placebos; O, DeJoy;… Read more

  • Kate DeMaio and Fiona and the Forgotten Piano

    Kate DeMaio and Fiona and the Forgotten Piano

    I wrote this book while many places were closed due to the pandemic (and before I had a baby), so I had a bit more time on my hands. I wrote after work most days and on weekends. It took me a few months to write Fiona’s story. Now, I have to be more purposeful… Read more

  • 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