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Where is home? <\/em><\/strong>\nI live in Michigan with my husband and obligatory, yet very well loved, cats, but my heart will always belong to the rolling hills of Upstate New York.<\/p>\nDo you write full-time?<\/em><\/strong>\nI\u2019m a full-time writer, but I would be remiss if I didn\u2019t disclose that this is in part due to how hard it is to find a job right now, especially when you don\u2019t want to pursue the career you have work experience in.<\/p>\nWhat work do you do? Have you worked in a research lab?<\/em><\/strong>\nI\u2019ve worked in three different research labs with rats, mice, pigeons and monkeys. Since quitting that line of work, I\u2019ve done the proverbial one-eighty and am now an animal rights advocate.<\/p>\nWhat inspired this story?<\/em><\/strong>\nLong, sleepless nights in the white, florescent-lit halls of animal holding areas.<\/p>\nWhat other genres have you written in?<\/em><\/strong>\nI write fantasy novels but when it comes to short stories I\u2019ve written sci-fi, fantasy and mainstream.<\/p>\nWould you rather be a rat or pigeon?<\/em><\/strong>\nThat\u2019s tough because I\u2019ve always wanted to fly, but there are many ways in which rats are much smarter than pigeons. That isn\u2019t to say pigeons don\u2019t have their strengths, like a near-photographic visual memory and the ability to sense the earth\u2019s magnetic pull. Even though I like rats better and would rather have a rat as a pet, I have to choose pigeon because I can\u2019t pass up the chance to fly.<\/p>\nAre you working on anything right now?<\/em><\/strong>\nI just finished the first draft of a fantasy novel about two siblings torn apart by the machinations of a charismatic usurper, so I\u2019ll be editing that and writing something new. I\u2019m always writing something new.<\/p>\nWhere can we read more of your work?<\/em><\/strong>\nMy short story, \u2018Super Killer\u2019, will be in Aoife\u2019s Kiss<\/em> this summer. Updates on my progress as a professional writer will appear on my website, www.summerhanford.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[hana-code-insert name=’ArticleBlockOpen’ \/]<\/p>\nVianne Venter<\/h2>\n<\/em><\/p>\nVianne Venter<\/em> is a freelance writer and sub-editor for various South African publications. She served as story editor and sub for Something Wicked since its inception in 2005. She is also an artist and mother. She can communicate with inanimate objects, but only if they\u2019re feeling chatty. In her spare time\u2026 oh, who are we kidding? What spare time?<\/p>\n[hana-code-insert name=’ArticleBlockClose’ \/]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"interview by Vianne Venter\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve worked in three different research labs with rats, mice, pigeons and monkeys. Since quitting that line of work, I\u2019ve done the proverbial one-eighty and am now an animal rights advocate.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/a>\nIssue 18 (Feb 2012)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/a><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[63,163,164,109,100],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","tag-interview","tag-issue-18","tag-summer-hanford","tag-vianne-venter","tag-writers-cornered"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1885,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions\/1885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Do you write full-time?<\/em><\/strong>\nI\u2019m a full-time writer, but I would be remiss if I didn\u2019t disclose that this is in part due to how hard it is to find a job right now, especially when you don\u2019t want to pursue the career you have work experience in.<\/p>\nWhat work do you do? Have you worked in a research lab?<\/em><\/strong>\nI\u2019ve worked in three different research labs with rats, mice, pigeons and monkeys. Since quitting that line of work, I\u2019ve done the proverbial one-eighty and am now an animal rights advocate.<\/p>\nWhat inspired this story?<\/em><\/strong>\nLong, sleepless nights in the white, florescent-lit halls of animal holding areas.<\/p>\nWhat other genres have you written in?<\/em><\/strong>\nI write fantasy novels but when it comes to short stories I\u2019ve written sci-fi, fantasy and mainstream.<\/p>\nWould you rather be a rat or pigeon?<\/em><\/strong>\nThat\u2019s tough because I\u2019ve always wanted to fly, but there are many ways in which rats are much smarter than pigeons. That isn\u2019t to say pigeons don\u2019t have their strengths, like a near-photographic visual memory and the ability to sense the earth\u2019s magnetic pull. Even though I like rats better and would rather have a rat as a pet, I have to choose pigeon because I can\u2019t pass up the chance to fly.<\/p>\nAre you working on anything right now?<\/em><\/strong>\nI just finished the first draft of a fantasy novel about two siblings torn apart by the machinations of a charismatic usurper, so I\u2019ll be editing that and writing something new. I\u2019m always writing something new.<\/p>\nWhere can we read more of your work?<\/em><\/strong>\nMy short story, \u2018Super Killer\u2019, will be in Aoife\u2019s Kiss<\/em> this summer. Updates on my progress as a professional writer will appear on my website, www.summerhanford.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[hana-code-insert name=’ArticleBlockOpen’ \/]<\/p>\nVianne Venter<\/h2>\n<\/em><\/p>\nVianne Venter<\/em> is a freelance writer and sub-editor for various South African publications. She served as story editor and sub for Something Wicked since its inception in 2005. She is also an artist and mother. She can communicate with inanimate objects, but only if they\u2019re feeling chatty. In her spare time\u2026 oh, who are we kidding? What spare time?<\/p>\n[hana-code-insert name=’ArticleBlockClose’ \/]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"interview by Vianne Venter\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve worked in three different research labs with rats, mice, pigeons and monkeys. Since quitting that line of work, I\u2019ve done the proverbial one-eighty and am now an animal rights advocate.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/a>\nIssue 18 (Feb 2012)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/a><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[63,163,164,109,100],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","tag-interview","tag-issue-18","tag-summer-hanford","tag-vianne-venter","tag-writers-cornered"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1885,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions\/1885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
What work do you do? Have you worked in a research lab?<\/em><\/strong>\nI\u2019ve worked in three different research labs with rats, mice, pigeons and monkeys. Since quitting that line of work, I\u2019ve done the proverbial one-eighty and am now an animal rights advocate.<\/p>\nWhat inspired this story?<\/em><\/strong>\nLong, sleepless nights in the white, florescent-lit halls of animal holding areas.<\/p>\nWhat other genres have you written in?<\/em><\/strong>\nI write fantasy novels but when it comes to short stories I\u2019ve written sci-fi, fantasy and mainstream.<\/p>\nWould you rather be a rat or pigeon?<\/em><\/strong>\nThat\u2019s tough because I\u2019ve always wanted to fly, but there are many ways in which rats are much smarter than pigeons. That isn\u2019t to say pigeons don\u2019t have their strengths, like a near-photographic visual memory and the ability to sense the earth\u2019s magnetic pull. Even though I like rats better and would rather have a rat as a pet, I have to choose pigeon because I can\u2019t pass up the chance to fly.<\/p>\nAre you working on anything right now?<\/em><\/strong>\nI just finished the first draft of a fantasy novel about two siblings torn apart by the machinations of a charismatic usurper, so I\u2019ll be editing that and writing something new. I\u2019m always writing something new.<\/p>\nWhere can we read more of your work?<\/em><\/strong>\nMy short story, \u2018Super Killer\u2019, will be in Aoife\u2019s Kiss<\/em> this summer. Updates on my progress as a professional writer will appear on my website, www.summerhanford.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[hana-code-insert name=’ArticleBlockOpen’ \/]<\/p>\nVianne Venter<\/h2>\n<\/em><\/p>\nVianne Venter<\/em> is a freelance writer and sub-editor for various South African publications. She served as story editor and sub for Something Wicked since its inception in 2005. She is also an artist and mother. She can communicate with inanimate objects, but only if they\u2019re feeling chatty. In her spare time\u2026 oh, who are we kidding? What spare time?<\/p>\n[hana-code-insert name=’ArticleBlockClose’ \/]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"interview by Vianne Venter\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve worked in three different research labs with rats, mice, pigeons and monkeys. Since quitting that line of work, I\u2019ve done the proverbial one-eighty and am now an animal rights advocate.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/a>\nIssue 18 (Feb 2012)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/a><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[63,163,164,109,100],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","tag-interview","tag-issue-18","tag-summer-hanford","tag-vianne-venter","tag-writers-cornered"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1885,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions\/1885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
What inspired this story?<\/em><\/strong>\nLong, sleepless nights in the white, florescent-lit halls of animal holding areas.<\/p>\nWhat other genres have you written in?<\/em><\/strong>\nI write fantasy novels but when it comes to short stories I\u2019ve written sci-fi, fantasy and mainstream.<\/p>\nWould you rather be a rat or pigeon?<\/em><\/strong>\nThat\u2019s tough because I\u2019ve always wanted to fly, but there are many ways in which rats are much smarter than pigeons. That isn\u2019t to say pigeons don\u2019t have their strengths, like a near-photographic visual memory and the ability to sense the earth\u2019s magnetic pull. Even though I like rats better and would rather have a rat as a pet, I have to choose pigeon because I can\u2019t pass up the chance to fly.<\/p>\nAre you working on anything right now?<\/em><\/strong>\nI just finished the first draft of a fantasy novel about two siblings torn apart by the machinations of a charismatic usurper, so I\u2019ll be editing that and writing something new. I\u2019m always writing something new.<\/p>\nWhere can we read more of your work?<\/em><\/strong>\nMy short story, \u2018Super Killer\u2019, will be in Aoife\u2019s Kiss<\/em> this summer. Updates on my progress as a professional writer will appear on my website, www.summerhanford.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[hana-code-insert name=’ArticleBlockOpen’ \/]<\/p>\nVianne Venter<\/h2>\n<\/em><\/p>\nVianne Venter<\/em> is a freelance writer and sub-editor for various South African publications. She served as story editor and sub for Something Wicked since its inception in 2005. She is also an artist and mother. She can communicate with inanimate objects, but only if they\u2019re feeling chatty. In her spare time\u2026 oh, who are we kidding? What spare time?<\/p>\n[hana-code-insert name=’ArticleBlockClose’ \/]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"interview by Vianne Venter\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve worked in three different research labs with rats, mice, pigeons and monkeys. Since quitting that line of work, I\u2019ve done the proverbial one-eighty and am now an animal rights advocate.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/a>\nIssue 18 (Feb 2012)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/a><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[63,163,164,109,100],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","tag-interview","tag-issue-18","tag-summer-hanford","tag-vianne-venter","tag-writers-cornered"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1885,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions\/1885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
What other genres have you written in?<\/em><\/strong>\nI write fantasy novels but when it comes to short stories I\u2019ve written sci-fi, fantasy and mainstream.<\/p>\nWould you rather be a rat or pigeon?<\/em><\/strong>\nThat\u2019s tough because I\u2019ve always wanted to fly, but there are many ways in which rats are much smarter than pigeons. That isn\u2019t to say pigeons don\u2019t have their strengths, like a near-photographic visual memory and the ability to sense the earth\u2019s magnetic pull. Even though I like rats better and would rather have a rat as a pet, I have to choose pigeon because I can\u2019t pass up the chance to fly.<\/p>\nAre you working on anything right now?<\/em><\/strong>\nI just finished the first draft of a fantasy novel about two siblings torn apart by the machinations of a charismatic usurper, so I\u2019ll be editing that and writing something new. I\u2019m always writing something new.<\/p>\nWhere can we read more of your work?<\/em><\/strong>\nMy short story, \u2018Super Killer\u2019, will be in Aoife\u2019s Kiss<\/em> this summer. Updates on my progress as a professional writer will appear on my website, www.summerhanford.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[hana-code-insert name=’ArticleBlockOpen’ \/]<\/p>\nVianne Venter<\/h2>\n<\/em><\/p>\nVianne Venter<\/em> is a freelance writer and sub-editor for various South African publications. She served as story editor and sub for Something Wicked since its inception in 2005. She is also an artist and mother. She can communicate with inanimate objects, but only if they\u2019re feeling chatty. In her spare time\u2026 oh, who are we kidding? What spare time?<\/p>\n[hana-code-insert name=’ArticleBlockClose’ \/]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"interview by Vianne Venter\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve worked in three different research labs with rats, mice, pigeons and monkeys. Since quitting that line of work, I\u2019ve done the proverbial one-eighty and am now an animal rights advocate.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/a>\nIssue 18 (Feb 2012)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/a><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[63,163,164,109,100],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","tag-interview","tag-issue-18","tag-summer-hanford","tag-vianne-venter","tag-writers-cornered"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1885,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions\/1885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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