Truth is Stranger than Fiction
A firm believer in the fact that truth is stranger than fiction. Putting yourself out there and being vulnerable on the page is challenging. Yet, this same vulnerability allows you to connect with millions around the globe and reassure them they aren't alone in this world. Sometimes writing truths about your life can be nerve-wracking and painful. Once it's on the page, you feel as though someone has lifted a weight off your shoulders. No wonder it is said writing is cathartic.
Interviewing authors has been an incredible learning experience for me as a reader and writer. Hearing about an author's journey right from their struggles, writing practices, inspiration, and success, is reassuring, and invigorating in many ways. My biggest takeaway from interviews is learning to be patient, persevering, and diligent.
Select Publications
Non-fiction memoir: ‘A Turbulent Mind – My Journey to Ironman 70.3’, TheWritePlace, 2020
The Writing Life with Swetha Amit
2022
Book Review of Sea change, The Masters Review
A Conversation with Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, The Masters' Review
Interview with Venita Blackburn, Atticus Review
A Conversation with Andrew Porter, Atticus Review
Interview with Jaime Cortez, JMWW journal
Interview with Monica West, Black Moon Magazine
Interview with Vanessa Hua, Fauxmoir Lit Magazine
A Conversation with K.M. Soehnlein, Fauxmoir Lit Magazine
A Conversation with Ingrid Rojas Contreras: Fauxmoir Lit Magazine
A Conversation with Doug Henderson, Fauxmoir Lit Mag
A Conversation with Emma Fedor, Fauxmoir lit mag
You Are Your Only Competition, The Write Launch
A Conversation with Natalie Maclean, Fauxmoir Lit Mag
A Conversation with Nina Schuyler, Fauxmoir Lit Mag
2023
Conversation with Gina Chung, Atticus Review
Conversation with Rebecca Turkewitz, Atticus Review
Conversation with Henry Hoke, Atticus Review
Conversation with Devi Laskar, Fauxmoir Lit Mag
2024
Rallying around the kitchen, The Under Review
Conversation with Farah Ali, Atticus Review
Conversation with Mahdis Marzooghian, Atticus Review
Bleeding During Math Period, awfully hilarious: period pieces anthology (print/ebook; contributor listing)
A Conversation with Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, Full Stop
Conversation with Francine Witte, Bending Genres
You Are Your Only Competition, SugarSugarSalt (reprint; originally in The Write Launch)
Conversation with Grace Loh Prasad, The Masters Review
Conversation with Nina Schuyler, Your Impossible Voice
Conversation with Mandira Pattnaik, Bending Genres
Conversation with Katie Flynn, Whale Road Review
2025
Conversation with Lewis Buzbee, Oyster River Pages
Conversation with Bonnie Tsui, Oyster River Pages
Conversation with Ben Davies, The Masters Review
Conversation with Patricia Q. Bidar, Bending Genres
Conversation with Francine Witte, Bending Genres (her second interview, about Some Distant Pin of Light)
2026
Conversation with Josh Dale, Bending Genres
Conversation with Laura Toland, Whale Road Review
Conversation with Preeti Vangani, Bending Genres
Conversation with Beth Sherman, Bending Genres
Conversation with Beth Winegarner, Bending Genres