Ask the Author with Corinne Grainger
TT: How long have you been writing? What interested you about it?
CG: I’ve been writing seriously since 10th grade. I had one project where we picked a random object out of a hat and we had to write about it. I got a black rose. That started my work with short stories, and from there, I started taking creative writing classes whenever I could. It’s a way to express myself through completely made up content and people.
TT: What inspired you to write this piece(s)?
CG: The poem, “Ghostwriter”, was inspired by a story my mom told me. In my childhood home, there were four deaths of a father, mother, and their two children. When I was a baby, I’d wake up at 3:33am every night crying, and my grandma thought it was the mother thinking I was her baby. My mom said to leave me alone and let me sleep, and I never woke up at that time again. The short story, “The First Meeting” is actually a scene I wrote for a novel I want to write one day. It’s the first long-term project I ever started working on so it’s a story that means a lot to me.
TT: Is this similar or different to other things you’ve written? How so?
CG: “Ghostwriter” is very different from what I usually write. I’m not really into poetry, so it’s one of the few poems I’ve written. “The First Meeting” is a bit different from what I usually write. For the most part I stick to fantasy or dystopian, so writing a scene from a blossoming romance was very different for me.
TT: Who is your favorite author or writer? What do you like about their work?
CG: I would say my favorite author is Kendare Blake. She wrote my favorite book series, Three Dark Crowns, which has been a huge inspiration to a lot of my writing and is what piqued my interest in fantasy. Her worldbuilding and dialogue are amazing and is what made me love these specific aspects of writing so much.
TT: How long have you been writing? What interested you about it?
CG: I’ve been writing seriously since 10th grade. I had one project where we picked a random object out of a hat and we had to write about it. I got a black rose. That started my work with short stories, and from there, I started taking creative writing classes whenever I could. It’s a way to express myself through completely made up content and people.
TT: What inspired you to write this piece(s)?
CG: The poem, “Ghostwriter”, was inspired by a story my mom told me. In my childhood home, there were four deaths of a father, mother, and their two children. When I was a baby, I’d wake up at 3:33am every night crying, and my grandma thought it was the mother thinking I was her baby. My mom said to leave me alone and let me sleep, and I never woke up at that time again. The short story, “The First Meeting” is actually a scene I wrote for a novel I want to write one day. It’s the first long-term project I ever started working on so it’s a story that means a lot to me.
TT: Is this similar or different to other things you’ve written? How so?
CG: “Ghostwriter” is very different from what I usually write. I’m not really into poetry, so it’s one of the few poems I’ve written. “The First Meeting” is a bit different from what I usually write. For the most part I stick to fantasy or dystopian, so writing a scene from a blossoming romance was very different for me.
TT: Who is your favorite author or writer? What do you like about their work?
CG: I would say my favorite author is Kendare Blake. She wrote my favorite book series, Three Dark Crowns, which has been a huge inspiration to a lot of my writing and is what piqued my interest in fantasy. Her worldbuilding and dialogue are amazing and is what made me love these specific aspects of writing so much.