Author, Lauren Ysaguirre, kindly agreed to be interviewed ahead of A Wild Run‘s release date. For those who don’t know, A Wild Run is a multi-genre short story anthology due out in September. Lauren’s contribution is a short story entitled Fetch.
Tell me a little about yourself.
Hello! I’m Lauren, I’m 26, I’m working to get my bachelors degree in psychology and hopefully after go back for my masters and eventually get my license for counseling. I have always wanted to write! I have so many stories in my mind that I want to get down and actually write!
How did you get involved with the anthology?
I get involved with the anthology because of my lovely sister who introduced me to her wonderful friend Mel! I followed her on Instagram and saw that she was looking for authors and I took my chance! I thought the idea was so cool and I was so excited!
What’s your story about and what inspired you to write it?
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Fetch is about the love between a girl and her dog! And about the fact that love overcomes fear. Also a sort of things might not be what the seem situation. I was inspired to write Fetch because of my dog, Apollo! He’s the same breed as the dog in the story! When I sat down to think about the story I spread out my computer on my dining room table. Underneath the table my puppy Apollo was playing with his big brother who was much larger than him at the time, Apollo chased for my attention while bullet his brother whined and jumped up and down trying to get apollos attention and I thought hmm that’s interesting! The theme was running through the woods and I thought what if I made a story about a creature who looks scary and dangerous but is actually trying to play with a dog. I liked the concept that the humans in the story are freaking out because of how monstrous this thing is and the monster is just omg a puppy! The monster just sees the humans as obstacles or play things for the dog and him to use and abuse. I’m not sure if I was able to convey that but it’s what I was trying to convey haha!
Does it tie into an existing story you’ve written?
At this point Fetch doesn’t tie into anything I have now I’d love to go back and tune it up maybe without a word limit it could have been better.
What else are you working on?
Currently I have two stories I’m working on but I don’t see either of them being done soon. But I’m really excited for both of them. one is the story that I’ve thought about basically my whole life, it’s changed as the years have passed but I love it nonetheless. The second is a siren inspired story that might just stay as a personal story but I would love to expand it to maybe get it published.
What’s been your favourite experience of contributing to the anthology?
My favorite experience has been not only the writing but also the mesh of ideas and discussions in the author chats.
What’s next for you in the future?
Next for me at the moment is hopefully completing my last year for my bachelors. And continuing to expand and most importantly write my stories. The experience has really shown me that I need to start writing. It’s the only way to get better. I think all writers and creators have a bit of perfectionism in each of us and that can sometimes freeze the progress of a project.
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