Leslie Sommers holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Fiction Writing from Montclair State University. Leslie was born and raised in New Jersey and inherited her love of reading from her mother. Janice Sommers holds a B.S. in Education from Seton Hall University. Her passion for books was passed on to the next generation of her family. Both Leslie and Janice currently live in New Jersey with their cat, in a busy little town, and they couldn’t think of a more perfect setting for their heroine. Brighde Reborn is their first young adult novel.
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Pass-the-Baton Interview # 29 is the twenty-ninth in a series of Instagram Live interviews where contributors to Word Improv challenges (by @wordsleuth) interview one another so that the Word Improv community and our audience learn about Word Improv writers and their work. The interviewee for one interview becomes the interviewer for the next! (hence, “Pass-the-Baton”).
A Word Improv challenge is where participants are asked to incorporate a set of six “difficult” words into a broadly defined “story”, which includes a short story, poem, skit, song, etc. Participants include authors, poets, screenwriters and anyone else who is a storyteller of some kind. Each challenge kicks off after a set of six words is posted (over a period of several days) on the @wordsleuth page.
For Pass-the-Baton Interview # 29 (via Instagram):
@authorjeanneesacken interviews @lj_sommers
@thewordywoman20 is Alternate
by @wordsleuth
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