We’re pleased to present the second author Five Rivers published, Deb Salisbury, editor of Elephant’s Breath & London Smoke: Historical Colour Names, Definitions & Uses. Q: As a little girl, you used to make dresses for your sister’s dolls, which led to an adult love of historic fashion and the recreating of it, so that in 1994 you established Mantua-Maker Historical Sewing Patterns. Was that journey a conscious one, or something that simply evolved over…
As part of Five Rivers’ Profile series, we’re pleased to feature our first author interview, with the first author we signed, Paul Lima. Q: You’ve been writing and teaching about writing professionally now for over 25 years. My understanding is you started out as a copywriter for an electronics company? How does a writer make the leap from a steady, if boring, pay cheque to an independent and successful freelancer? Paul: A writer makes the…
As part of our continuing profile series at Five Rivers, we feature an interview today with Editor, and man of many hats and talents, Dr. Robert Runte. Q. When not working as an editor at Five Rivers you’re a university professor. Tell us a little about your day job, your personal life, and how you dovetail that with your role at Five Rivers. Robert: I’m an associate professor at the University of Lethbridge. A lot…
By way of introducing the team here at Five Rivers, we thought you might find of interest interviews we recently conducted. First in the lineup is Kelly Stephens, our Editorial Assistant. Kelly undertakes a great deal here at Five Rivers, from coordinating author events and assisting in the maintenance of our blog and upcoming Facebook Fan Page, to acting as our front line for submissions and editing manuscripts. Q: When not leaping tall buildings as…
Five Rivers Editor, Robert Runté, has an interview with Canadian SF writer Casey Wolf in the Feb 8 issue of Strange Horizons. Robert also has a review of Casey’s recent anthology Finding Creatures and Other Stories in the current issue (#18) of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine.