April will arrive sooner than we think, but it’s still not quick enough for those of us that can’t wait to pick the festival authors’ brains about living the writing life. To satisfy that craving, Get Lit! asked some of the festival authors to blog about what keeps them going. Each response to the question “What Keeps You Writing?” was as unique as the authors themselves. Take our Cyber Author Panel tour of these writers’ blogs:
Kelly Milner Halls writes about being a single mom and keeping your kids in college, but adds that her motivation includes “…a burning curiosity. I was born with an unyielding need to discover the who, what, when, where, why and how of virtually any topic that crosses my field of vision….”
Activists and keeping the fight going inspires Claire Rudolf Murphy to stay at her keyboard, while Midge Raymond describes what it’s like stay motivated as a “writer who is still ‘emerging’ after a decade of slowly but surely getting published stories into the world amid my various day jobs.”
For some, the drive to write is always present. Martha Silano describes writing as something that, “…gives me permission to be silly, absurd, childish, sarcastic, ironic, grave, witty, ponderous, ambivalent, obfuscating, someone else. Who doesn't want to be some or all of these?”
Brandon Schrand acknowledges the hard work but also the reward of realizing that “not only have you placed words in a place where they had not previously existed, but you have done it in a way that affords new ways to see the world, new modes for accessing meaning.”
Many thanks to these fine writers for participating. Visit their blogs, leave them comments, and don’t forget to meet up with them again during our festival! Click on Event Details in our Blog Category list in the right navigation panel to view our festival schedule or visit the Festival Event's Calendar on our new website to find out when and where they will appear.
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