Today we sit down with award-winning author P. S. Bartlett to talk about her work, her other creative pursuits and her inspiration.

Please enjoy 20 questions with P. S. Bartlett

Q1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

That’s a tricky question. I’ve been writing stories and poems since I was a little girl, starting with homemade greeting cards and children’s books. The children’s books I would illustrate myself and bind them with construction paper and yarn. Obviously they didn’t last very long but as time went on, I went more in the direction of my art than my writing. I have always wanted to write a novel though. It just took me a lot longer to get around to it than I had planned.

Q2) How long does it typically take you to write a book?

FIREFLIES took me about six weeks of steady writing but…