Valerie Hardin - Crimson Kisses
© Linda Suzane
Valerie Hardin casts a wide shadow across the world wide web. Enter her name
in Google and you'll find a long list of interviews, eBooks, poetry, audio,
zines. She even has her own fan club. An award winning gothic poet, she has
published both in paper and digitally. She has written a vampire novella, Crimson
Kisses, which is available from Deadendstreet. http://deadendstreet.com/genres/gothic.h...
She is an artist. She is also writes children stories, which
include I'm With My Mom on Sunday, a finalist for an Eppie Award 2001.
You can read one of her children stories online, Grow your own Gargoyle
http://www.pacificnet.net/~cmoore/gargoy...
Her official web page Glitter, Glitter, Glitter http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/...
Her fan club is http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/fansofvaler...
She is also at AuthorsDen http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.a...
You can subscribe to her newsletter Glowing
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/glowing
She is also the editor of The Write Charm, a newsletter of interviews with writers and other artists. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thewritech...
She has written six chapbooks of Gothic poetry.
She recently republished and illustrated her poetry chapbook Ugly Girls Guide
to the Galaxy, which is now available for free from her website. http://www.geocities.com/crushedangels/f...
More of her poetry and vampire short stories can be found at
Black Rose Poetry Archives http://www.crosswinds.net/~darkblackrose...
Vampire Junction http://www.afn.org/~vampires/authorsspot...
INTERVIEW
First, tell us a little about yourself?
I first started getting published in 1992 with underground zines. In 1996 I
went to the net with the hopes of getting my name out there more and publishing
eBooks. I had submitted my first book to an eBook publisher before I even had
access to online. It was just sending to another publisher.
I have been a vegetarian since 1992. I do eat dairy and eggs and I am not vegan. I did try to go vegan when I first started but I misses cheese and eggs so much more so than meat.
You call yourself a Gothic poet. Define what you mean by the terms Gothic
Poet.
Gothic to me is something that struggles between horror and spiritual
radiance. Its about striving for goodness in the mist of haunting life. Its also
cheap therapy.
The artwork in Crimson Kisses is very nice, is that some of your artwork? If not who is the artist and where did you find it?
The publisher chose the artwork; I was not the artist. I am an artist, but my art is off-kilter made with clay. Sometimes I am allowed to choose the artist, sometimes not. I have worked with great artists such as Anne O'Konski and Kym Jones.
Some samples of my artwork are at http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/...
You can also find a free gothic poetry eBook and some of my art and poetry at
