Interview Friday with SFC Assistant Fiction Editor Roxanne Werner

VS: I want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to be my guest here on The Writing Mama today Roxanne. I know we both have been writing for the past few years, but to start  and to let my readers get to you a bit better, here is the first question…

How many children do you have and what are their ages?

Roxanne: I have one son, James and he is going to be nineteen this summer.

VS: I can’t believe he’s that old already. Wow, how the time flies. Now as a mom, what do you do to help balance your writing life with your family life? I know your son and family are always first on your list.

Roxanne: I really didn’t have to do much juggling because I started writing for publication when Jim was fourteen. We had always read together and he was a supportive yet critical audience for me. He has a great ‘ear’ for writing. I’ve often told him he should think about becoming an editor or writer himself.

VS: Maybe one day he will follow in your footsteps. Okay, I know the answer to this one already, but for my readers…how long have you been writing?

Roxanne: I’ve written since I was in elementary school. I’ve always loved writing stories, but I didn’t try to write for publication until about five years ago.

VS: You know after all the years I’ve known you and manuscripts we’re shared, I’ve never really asked you what inspired you to write?

Roxanne: I actually started writing again as a hobby. I knew my son was growing up and I didn’t want to have ‘empty nest syndrome.’ I decided to take a writing course and chose the ICL correspondence course to get my feet wet.