Published at 17: An Interview With Ashley Barcroft
At just 17 years old, Ashley Barcroft, a high school student in New York, has published her debut book The Challenges We Faced, The Women We Became. Inspired by change-makers, Barcroft set out to gather and share incredible stories of prominent women making great strides in their fields and beyond. Her book is structured in a question and answer format that allows the interviewees to speak for themselves, and she offers her own input to solidify just how important and influential these seventeen women are.
A Rapid-fire Q&A With Camille Cabrera, Bestselling Mystery Author
Allow us to introduce Camille Cabrera: a bestselling self-published author of mystery and suspense novels.
She’s known for using cozy holiday settings to contrast the eeriness of the unknown, such as in The Mystery of Mistletoe Motel and the forthcoming A Very Coastal Christmas. In other books, most notably the Troublesome Trades series, she employs nuggets of fantasy to create larger-than-life stories grounded in haunting reality. For Cabrera, writing is a tool to bridge gaps and explore topics wholly new to her. While her novels are sure to give readers a thrill, Cabrera gets her thrills from touching her pen to an empty piece of paper, which is how her first drafts begin.
Since it’s October (or spooky season, to those who celebrate) we decided there was no better time to subject Cabrera to our very scary rapid-fire Q&A:
The Lessons I've Learned from Typewriters
I possess quite a fondness for typewriters. I’m fortunate enough to own several, with my favorite of the bunch being a bright red Olivetti Valentine from 1969. I do my most creative work when I’m sitting before its glossy black keys and rectangular figure.
What to Do When You Get Stuck: 13 Techniques to Combat Writer’s Block
Writer’s block is an inevitable part of the writing process, but it doesn’t need to be so frustrating and overwhelming. Everyone gets stuck sometimes. Instead of dreading writer’s block, embrace it. Not knowing where to go next is an opportunity to change directions, come up with new ideas, or rethink what you already have.