Writing is Breathing
An Interview with Linda Rader Overman
Linda Rader Overman holds a Ph.D. from Lancaster University in Lancashire, UK, and an M.F.A in Creative Writing from California State University, Chico. She is an adjunct professor of English at California State University, Northridge. Her work has appeared in a variety of anthologies and is featured on her website at http://lindaraderoverman.com. She has also blogged about it at http://profloverman.blogspot.com.
Why do we write?
I write because it’s like breathing. I cannot live without it nor the written word on the page of my life. Even now after the untimely death of our daughter writing is my comfort, my therapy, my friend, sometimes my enemy, but an ever constant and indifferent companion to my struggles to put word to page. It is merely there waiting for an outcome — any outcome that puts font on the screen, or ink on an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper in my journal — showcasing my need to release all those syllables, words, sentences, silent-screams, raucous laughter, and stories within me.
Why is storytelling important?
Without storytelling we would not have the litany of human endeavors and frailties of the universe, of humankind, of the quotidian moments of experience that persist and continue through…
