SunLit Interviews
In anthology “Blood Business,” editors sought to plumb the depths of desperation
Mario Acevedo explains how he and collaborator Joshua Viola found challenge in helping authors add that one crucial twist to their stories
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Author found inspiration to pursue her passions through family history that led to “Rush”
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This real-life Garden of Eden — in Kansas — offered a perfectly diabolical setting for a murder mystery
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Colorado River provided the perfect narrative for a key environmental exploration
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Evolution of a matriarchal “horse-tribe” provided inspiration for author’s fantasy world
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“What will drive someone to murder?” The bottom-line question that powers Barbara Nickless narratives
The author imagines several possibilities for the villain, but always tries to "play fair" with the reader
As author David Hicks wrote “White Plains,” the narrative got uncomfortably personal
In a story with autobiographical underpinnings, imagine writing a chapter -- honestly -- from the point of view of your ex-wife
How the editor of “Beautiful Flesh: A Body of Essays” constructed a “body of work” in her collection
Stephanie G'Schwind pieced together elements that represent not only anatomy, but family, anxiety and social class
SunLit Interview: An expert advised Peg Brantley that her book “Trafficked” shouldn’t take place “over there”
Brantley thought Colorado would provide sparse research for her novel, but she was sadly mistaken
Interview: How a grasshopper moved David MacNeal from novels to “Bugged”
His book on the insect world drew inspiration from an obvious source -- the film "My Dinner With Andre"
A writer explored Colorado’s rich UFO history and heard tales of lights in the sky, but his focus was on the people who saw them
The paramedic and author, Richard Estep, who often writes on the paranormal, sought humanity behind stories of alien life
Interview: “The Last Stand of the Pack” co-editor Andrew Gulliford views writing on wolves an “ecological necessity”
Decades after the last known wolf in Colorado was killed, the controversy over reintroduction rages on
Interview: Author Chris Goff used heavy research, current affairs to drive “Red Sky”
Her second tale featuring Raisa Jordan also had more to tell about the protagonist, a U.S. diplomatic agent with family ties to Ukraine
Interview: Author Margaret Mizushima confronts mental health through characters
Heroine Matty Cobb deals with repressed memories as she helps solve the series' self-contained mysteries
