‘I certainly never intended to become a full-time author; it just grew into that.’
#Author Alan R Warren speaks to #LiteraryHarbinger about true crime, Charles Manson, old-time radio, historical #storytelling, and why #writers should always write for themselves.
Drema Deòraich has been #writing for as long as she can remember, but it was only in 2014 that she decided to pursue the #craft with renewed seriousness.
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https://literaryharbinger.com/2026/05/26/inside-the-imaginative-worlds-of-drema-deoraich/
#Author Emilio Iasiello always liked creating stories from an early age. ‘My Grade IV teacher in school was instrumental in encouraging creative #writing, and I took to it immediately,’ he says, speaking with #LiteraryHarbinger in an exclusive interaction. ‘She was my first big inspiration,’ he states, adding that later, he used to write for the school paper, which was more like a five-page stapled mimeograph that came out every Friday.
I have two quotes that I live by, or at least try to live by. As someone deeply interested in #philosophy, I have read many of the ancient Stoic philosophers, and two quotes have stayed with me like a child clinging to its mother’s umbilical cord. One, attributed to Seneca, goes: 'We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.' The other, 'A man who suffers before it is necessary suffers more than is necessary,' is also attributed to him.
https://literaryharbinger.com/2026/05/18/controlling-the-controllables/
Author Maurice Perkins wrote short stories at school in the 1960s and had others published during the 1980s. Nevertheless, he says writing was never his primary profession for most of his life. ‘My writing career for many years was limited to business development and submitting tenders for contracts,’ he lets on, speaking with Literary Harbinger in an exclusive interaction.
https://literaryharbinger.com/2026/05/16/writing-beyond-retirement/
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Tony DiGerolamo has been writing since childhood although not quite in the way most literary careers begin. 'When I was in first grade, the school had a short story contest for a McDonald's hamburger,' he says, beginning his interaction with Literary Harbinger. 'I kept winning until the school asked me to stop entering so one of the other kids could win,' he adds.
https://literaryharbinger.com/2026/05/14/if-you-want-to-write-do-it-push-through/
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Author C R Helix knows well the distance between an idea and a finished novel. ‘It took me twelve years to get Sanguine from an idea into a publishable form,’ they tell Literary Harbinger, reflecting on a writing journey shaped as much by persistence as imagination.
https://literaryharbinger.com/2026/05/12/c-r-helix-on-writing-worldbuilding-and-survival/
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Author Gavin Prinsloo did not begin writing with publication in mind. Writing emerged instead from a deeply personal struggle during one of the most uncertain periods in recent memory. ‘I started writing in 2020 with the pandemic after suffering a mental health challenge,’ the South African poet tells Literary Harbinger.
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Author Randi-Lee Bowslaugh began writing long before the idea of publication took hold. ‘I have been writing for as long as I can remember,’ she says, opening up in an exclusive interaction with Literary Harbinger. Childhood for her was filled with writing plays and getting cousins to perform them. But writing took on a deeper role during adolescence.
https://literaryharbinger.com/2026/05/06/i-follow-my-dopamine-with-writing/
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Right here where tough deodars burgeoned for years
With blooming flower beds and brazened beasts,
I now behold concrete blocks with my peers
And swirls of dust rising upon tarred streets;
Devouring canned foods, wolfing salted beets,
We think about the time that has flown by
During which woods that proffered meaty sweets
Have got replaced by stores that sell baked pies.
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