Do you write full time, or do you have another full-time job? What is your educational background? Yes. I’m a full-time writer. Until recently, I worked full-time as a School Media Specialist or School Librarian. I have a Master’s Degree in Library Service from Clark Atlanta University. What genre(s) do you write in, is thereContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – ALICIA MCCALLA”
Category Archives: Black Speculative Fiction Writers
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – SUMIKO SAULSON
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? When I was five years old, my dad asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said, an artist, a writer or a veterinarian. MyContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – SUMIKO SAULSON”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – EDEN ROYCE
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? I wanted to be a writer since I was about five years old, but I didn’t pursue it seriously until I was in my mid-thirties. For me, being aContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – EDEN ROYCE”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – DAVID F. WALKER
How long have you been writing comic books professionally and do you work for an outside comic book company/studio, freelance or own your own company/studio? I’ve been making my own comics ever since I was a kid, but the first time someone actually paid me for my writing was 2005. I had a good careerContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – DAVID F. WALKER”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – JOE ROBINSON CURRIE
At what point in your life did you discover that you were destined to be a comic book writer? Hmmm destined, I’ll say this. There was a Comic-Con I had just attended in Chicago. It was my first one and it was like going to Disney World. I had never seen anything like it. TheContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – JOE ROBINSON CURRIE”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – LINDA ADDISON
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? The first time I held a book in my hands in elementary school and the teacher read the story and I followed the pictures I knew I wanted toContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – LINDA ADDISON”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – VALJEANNE JEFFERS
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? As a young girl I wrote stories and poetry. But life got in the way, and I didn’t return to writing until I was in my forties. Discovering OctaviaContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – VALJEANNE JEFFERS”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – BALOGUN OJETADE
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? I realized I wanted to be a writer when I was five and vowed to write stories like Wild, Wild West, but with a Black protagonist. To be aContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – BALOGUN OJETADE”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – NISI SHAWL
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? I first realized I *could* be a writer in the 1970s, after reading a bunch of feminist SF. I realized if Suzy McKee Charnas got away with saying whatContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – NISI SHAWL”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW: DERRICK FERGUSON
Q: When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? A: I honestly can’t remember when I didn’t want to be a writer. Way back in the 6th grade I wrote Edgar Rice Burroughs inspired stories using myContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW: DERRICK FERGUSON”
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