Deborah Davitt

We Are All of Us, fiction, Issue 51, June 2020

Deborah L. Davitt was raised in Nevada, but currently lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and son. She’s worked as a technical writer on contracts involving nuclear submarines, NASA, and computer manufacturing.

Her poetry has received Rhysling, Dwarf Star, and Pushcart nominations and has appeared in over fifty venues. Her short fiction has appeared in Galaxy’s Edge, Compelling Science Fiction, and Flame Tree anthologies. For more about her work, including her Edda-Earth novels and her poetry collection, The Gates of Never, please see www.edda-earth.com.

When did you start writing?

My first feeble stories and poems were written in fourth grade.

When and what and where did you first get published?

I actually had a fanfiction that garnered me 25,000 emails from across the world, then I moved on to my Edda-Earth self-published novels, which have gotten some very kind reviews from critics, including Kirkus. My first professional publication was a poem released in Star*Line; my first professionally published story appeared in InterGalactic Medicine Show.

Why do you write?

Because my characters demand it, and to entertain others.

Why do you write Science Fiction and/or Fantasy?

Science fiction and fantasy are what I've always loved reading, so it follows that I enjoy writing it, and contributing to its canon.

Who is your favorite author? Your favorite story?

Terry Pratchett, to be honest. He managed to sneak so much depth and social commentary into his humor, it continuously astounds me.

What are you trying to say with your fiction?

That the past lives with us, and we need to be aware of it.

Do you Blog?

Infrequently. I'm trying to be better about it:https://www.edda-earth.com/blog

If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say?

She didn't go gentle into that good night--she went kicking and screaming.