Welcome to WOLF NOTES, where interview questions stray from the rest of the pack. It’s nice to know the usual stuff like where an author gets their inspiration and why they write, but sometimes we need a little fun in our lives.
Meg Eden’s work is published or forthcoming in magazines including Prairie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, Crab Orchard Review, RHINO and CV2. She teaches creative writing at Anne Arundel Community College. She has five poetry chapbooks, and her novel “Post-High School Reality Quest” is published with California Coldblood, an imprint of Rare Bird Books. Find her online at http://www.megedenbooks.com or on Twitter at @ConfusedNarwhal
Wolf: If you could be any animal in the universe, what would it be and why?
Meg: A bird. I’ve always wanted to fly.
Wolf: I like the idea of flying as well. At least as long as I’m not actually flying. (Ask my kids about me on a plane.) What is the strangest food you’ve ever eaten?
Meg: Coagulated pig’s blood soup in Thailand.
Wolf: Can’t say as though I’ve tried that one. If you had to pick a weapon, what would it be and why?
Meg: I always pick archers in my strategy games, so probably a bow and arrow. I love long range weapons and the idea of being able to hide in a tree instead of being in close combat.
Wolf: That’s my pick too. I love archery. What is the nicest thing you’ve ever done to your characters?
Meg: I don’t know if I’ve done much of anything nice for my characters… >_>
Wolf: Do you consider yourself a cat person, or a dog person?
Meg: I used to be all the way a dog person, anti-cat and all too, until I got married and we got a cat. Now I’m a non-discriminating animal lover J
Wolf: While walking in the woods you come across…
Meg: An abandoned theme park!
Wolf: Fun. If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Meg: Time travel! Writing is the closest I get to this, but I’d love to go back in time and watch history happen.
Wolf: The world is about to end. What is the first thing you do?
Meg: I feel like my instinct would be to pack my bag full of non-perishables like crackers and power bars. Old habits die hard.
Wolf: Which of your characters is your favorite?
Meg: Whichever MC I’m currently writing. J
Wolf: What story are you working on now?
Meg: I’m currently rewriting the novel that got me my first agent! It’s an old project that needs a lot of work, but it’s fun to see how much it’s changing and how I read it differently after all this time!
Wolf: What do you like to do when you’re not writing?
Meg: Playing video games and watching game playthroughs, doodling, scrollsawing, walking.
Wolf: Thanks for stopping by. You can learn more about Meg Eden at these link:
Facebook: Meg Eden Writes Poems
Twitter: @ConfusedNarwhal
Ann Quinn’s poetry was selected by Stanley Plumly as first place winner in the 2015 Bethesda Literary Arts Festival poetry contest and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her work is published in Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Beechwood Review, Haibun Today, and Snapdragon, and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. The daughter of a Naval Aviator who went to elementary school in Pax River, several of Ann’s poems in “Final Deployment” reflect on that time. Ann lives in Maryland with her family where she teaches music and plays clarinet with the Columbia Orchestra. Her degrees are in music performance; she fell in love with poetry in mid-life. Her chapbook, “Final Deployment,” was published by Finishing Line Press in 2018. Please visit online at 
Janis Wilson is a former newspaper reporter and retired trial lawyer. After leaving her law practice, she began researching the world’s most compelling cold case, that of Jack the Ripper. He became the subject of her first novel, Goulston Street. Then, she taught a course on Jack at Temple University, where she attended law school. Her next Ripper venture was to co-create RipperCon, a conference for students of the crimes and investigation into the Ripper. She will be a panel moderator and principal speaker at this year’s RipperCon in Baltimore April 7-8. Wilson is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America and Maryland Writers Association. Wilson is the author of The Devil’s Triangle, printed in Death Knell V, available through Amazon. She lives, without incident, with her husband and two rescue cats in Baltimore.
