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Nobody interviews writers with quite the same enthusiasm as Susan Henderson at LitPark.

Over the course of a typical author's feature, Henderson includes: family pictures, first-person memoir, book graphics, imaginary conversations, and random stories about her family. When she reads a book, Henderson wraps the writer up in her own personal story. We need to follow her example.

Give your favorite writers some space to live inside your brain. It will change the way you write forever. If you need some inspiration, read this week's interview with  Hillary Carlip ("editor of Fresh Yarn, author of GIRL POWER: YOUNG WOMEN SPEAK OUT (Warner Books, 1995), and an NPR commentator for shows like ALL THINGS CONSIDERED").

Here's an excerpt from the madcap interview. Check it out:

"I always wonder if the artist’s soul is something we’re born with, and we either fight or follow that calling. Or maybe it’s born of the experience of feeling like an outsider. I was talking to [Mr. Henderson] about this recently, and about why struggling writers and painters and actors won’t give up despite all the rejection and the long odds - and he said, it’s because the soul won’t be told no."