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Shakira: "Sé lo que los latinos estamos pasando, lo injusto que es" | CNN

Tras menos de dos meses del comienzo de la séptima gira de conciertos en estadios de su carrera, Shakira ya está rompiendo récords de asiste

Exclusive interview with Shakira for CNN.

[interview-with-a-creator]

Cosplay: GreenRiderGlen

Thank you again for the amazing response. I’m now up to 41 interviews! Enough to move up my posting schedule! Remember, the interview is still open for any creator still on the fence. 

For those of you who have answered, I’ll be picking the interviews through random selection, so please don’t get discouraged if you don’t see yours pop up right away!

Now, without further ado, on to one of our newest (returning) members of our fandom!

Author/Artist Name *

GreenRiderGlen

What content do you create? (If more than one applies, please select your main focus) *

Cosplay

What other content do you create?

Fanfiction

Where can fans find your content?

greenriderglen.tumblr.com, AO3 account once activated (05jan) (Account is now active!)

How did you find Gundam Wing?

I started watching Toonami from the day it began. The initial teaser trailers piqued my interest and I started watching it as soon as it began playing on the afternoon block. Once it started playing the midnight sun block, I watched it unedited (gasp! Blood and mild swearing, how racy!) and never looked back.

How long have you been writing or drawing/painting in this fandom?

16 years. I made my first Duo cosplay or Halloween in 01. No pictures survive, it was a scorched earth policy on old costumes. My first OZ uniforms, Treize and Une, were made in 06. I wrote a few absolutely awful fics when I watched in high school and college, but its been well over 10 years since the last fic.

How long have you been in the fandom? (Not necessarily creating for it)

17 years at large in the world, about one year on Tumblr

What has kept you in the fandom? Or kept you coming back?

The fandom has been a massive part of my life. My first Treize was a guy I dated for several years, and the show was a part of our relationship (costumes, friends made through mutual love of the series, evenings watching it and arguing over interpretation of characters, etc.) After an extremely bad breakup, I was in a Very Dark Place. I didn't want to stop cosplaying but had no idea how to find the passion for it again. So, like Lady Une, I soldiered on alone to conventions trying to find my way. At one show I  met a group of pilots who became solid friends. They helped me put my life back together and move on from the wreckage that it was. I’ve met so many good people through this fandom. It really just feels like home, that's what keeps me coming back.

Is there a go-to fic or art piece that never gets old? What is it?

Past Tense by Ginnybag    Lifeaftermeteor  @lifeaftermeteor 

Its one of the high points of my Saturday reading

Please recommend one fan work you believe everyone should see.

I don’t have the URL, maybe someone can help me here. There’s an art piece of Quatre, holding a machine gun, he looks sad, but resolved. His father and Iria are in the background.  Its powerful and sobering. We have spent so much time breaking down, building up, telling our own stories of the series, but this sad determination of a kind hearted boy doing what he feels he must. It just gets a reaction from me and makes me remember the boys were likely scared at times, but were doing what they thought was right.

What piece of advice would you offer your younger self, in terms of creating?

Just get it all out on the paper now. Keep going. You can always edit later.

What type of content do you create?

Costumes, serious writing, maybe with a bit of humor. I'm so new to writing i don’t have a favorite type yet

What programs do you use?

Google docs, memo on my android, voice to text programs so I can get an idea down while I'm commuting to work.

Describe your work process.

Scattershot at best. I try to do one creative thing a day. Sometimes that's sewing for an hour, sometimes it's opening a program and writing a paragraph. Then there are the rare times I get a whole day to sit and write or sew.

What challenges have you encountered while creating your piece?

I'm my own worst enemy. I will pick every word apart until I decide it all looks AWFUL and has to be started over again. I try to not delete it, but start on another new document. I'm not always successful there.

How long, on average, does it take to complete your work?

Cosplay? 3-4 weeks if i block out time to do it daily. The majority of the time is spent doing hand sewing details.  I’m still new enough to writing I don’t have an average

Are you self taught or attend schooling/classes?

Mix of both

Do you feel your works receive more or less attention than the more common fanfiction and fan art?

Difficult to say

Is it more or less difficult to receive feedback and/or comments on your work?

I love feedback. I want to know if I'm doing something right or if I should go back to just reading and not creating.

How can fans reach out and/or comment on your work?

Tumblr, AO3 once it's active 

Cosplay Examples:

His Excellency Treize

Treize Detail

Lady Une

Favorite pizza?

Margherita!

Do you ride roller coasters?

Yes

Pet peeve?

Chewing with an open mouth and inconsiderate jerks who talk on a phone through the checkout line.

What do you do to relax?

Go to the farm and climb on a tractor or ride a horse. Also mermaid swimming during the summer months.  You have to be unplugged to do any of that.

Name one cool/fun fact about where you live or somewhere nearby (if you don't want to be specific).

The Natchez Trace tracks behind my property. There's this massive waterfall that people love to take photos of. I love it too, but get a laugh at the fact my great grandparents used to do their laundry on the rocks where people are taking their engagement photos.

Which of the Seven Deadly Sins best describes you, and why? (Pride, Sloth, Lust, Envy, Greed, Gluttony, Wrath)

Sloth. If I don’t constantly prod myself to get up and do something,  I'll easily slip into "I’m going to sit here and scroll through Facebook" and that’s a rotten way to spend your life.

@thisweekingundamwing @greenriderglen

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An Interview in the Labyrinth

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Interview with Steve Anc

 Orville: Tell me about yourself:

Steve: I am Steve Anc, son of Ajuzie Nwaorisa, a Nigerian-born poet.

 Orville: How long have you been writing poetry?

Steve: I wrote my first poem on March 29, 2018.

 Orville: Why do you love poetry?

Steve: I love poetry because it evokes a kind of emotion that can't be explained with ordinary words. And it has been my wish when I was young to be called a poet.

 Orville: What was your first poem and which year?

Steve: My first poem was Life A Moving Vehicle, written in the year 2018.

 Orville: What is your favorite poem?

Steve: I have written many poems and I can't say I have a favorite poem.

 Orville: What prompted the idea of your first poem?

Steve: It was stress. I found myself in a stressful situation when the idea of the first poem prompted my mind.

 Orville: How many books have you published?

Steve: I have published five anthologies of poems

 Orville: Are your books self-published or traditionally published?

Steve: Four of my anthologies were self-published but the recently published anthology was traditionally published by Prolific Pulse Press LLC

 Orville: Where can the reader find your books ?

Steve: All my books are on Amazon and also in prolific pulse press and other online stores such as lulu, epub, etc

http://amazon.com/author/steveanc

https://prolificpulse.com/steveanc

 Orville: What makes your writing unique?

Steve: I can't discuss my writing, because it may sound like self-praise, but I know that I have mastered the art of metaphor and I direct my words to the heart.

 Orville: What are your hobbies outside of writing?

Steve: Listening to music and fishing, if I have the time to do so.

 Orville: Who was the greatest influence in your writing career?

Steve: Robert William Service is a Canadian-born poet.

 Orville: Do you have a favorite quote?

Steve: The sun will rise today, we will try again.

 Orville: Tell me about your work

Steve: I have written lots of poems and they are in five anthologies. I write about what life had taught me and what I learned from others too.

 Orville: What genre do you write in?

Steve: Poetry.

 Orville: What are your book titles?

Steve: (1) I am fine: don't read this poem

(2) I wrote this for you

(3) The filthy hands and other poems

(4) The children of none: read the power of simple words

(5)  What the ant saw: read a poem and thirst for two!

 Orville: Is your work on Kindle Unlimited?

Steve: Yes

 Orville: What are you currently working on (when will it be available)?

Steve: I am working on a chapbook with the title: the 36 poems in Nigeria, and a complete poetry anthology titled: the fragments of my mind

 Orville: Who is your target audience?

Steve: Writers and readers communities. I am targeting those that appreciate poetry and also readers and writers of all classes.

 Orville: What advice would you give a young person planning a writing career?

Steve: Writing is not a bed of roses. Don't write for the money, but if money comes...

 Orville: Do you think there are writing underrepresented themes?

Steve: Yes, I think the poetry, as a genre is underrepresented. I will encourage poets to continue writing so we would defend the walls of poetry.

[themocd]

The MOCD is excited to present this exclusive interview and amazing track "i wish it would rain" from up and coming German producer Moritz aka club medd. When did you start making your own music? “I started when I was around 17. Recently started uploading my music about 6 months ago. It was mostly ambient and drone music recorded with this free software called audacity. I started getting into production when I recorded a krautrock/psychedelic pop ep on my own. I have always been open to all kinds of music but mainly stayed within an indie/rock direction because all of my friends were making similar music. I really started getting into production when I first heard "lovesick fuck” by mura masa. That song really blew my mind and really made me want to get into electronic music.“ How did you get the moniker club medd? "Oh wow, that is a very good question… haha. My mum used to work for club med. I had a real hard time settling for a name and had so many different ideas. One day, after I had just finished my first beat tape I realized that I wasn’t uploading any music because I didn’t have a name for the project yet so I just took the first thing that came to mind.” Any strong musical influences that really helped shape your current sound? “I have definitely been obsessed with Soulection producers in the past couple of months, although this release sounds nothing like it. And before that, I was really into lo-fi hip-hop. I tried to move away from lo-fi because I felt like it was becoming formulaic and I wanted to try something new, but I think I made most of these tracks before discovering this warm/jazzy LA sound so it’s still kinda dark. This maybe explains why a lot of the tracks still have this sort of lo-fi melancholy feel. I steal a lot of my drums from producers that I dig and looking at the sample folder of this ep, I feel like the samples tell a lot about the musicians that I loved when making this ep (Cashmere Cat, Odesza, Childish Gambino, and Swell)” Have you always been a solo artist or have you been a part of musical groups or collaborations? “I always played in bands. Most of them were indie rock bands but later I got more experimental with some noise/krautrock/psychedelic projects. I released a lot of ambient and drone music as a solo project before getting into beat making” What was your main inspiration for the latest album too heady? (like was there a storyline, or narrative you followed? Or did it just arrive organically as a song by song experience?) “The storyline only came in later. At first I was just making beats without any idea of where I wanted to go. When I showed the beats to my girlfriend she said that she liked them but that they sounded kind of "heady”. When I started to contact some of the blogs that I follow, they responded with the same thing. I really don’t know. Maybe this was just the place that I was in at the time. I definitely want to try to make warmer tunes in the future.“ What has been the most challenging experience for you musically? "The most challenging thing was, and still is, to find my own sonic identity. I’m like a dog in that I get super excited by everything: One day I discover someone doing house music on SoundCloud and that’s all I want to do for the rest of my life and the next day I discover something else and I get really excited about that. When I look at the folder of beats that I made in the last two years there are so many different genres and there is very little coherency. I feel like the songs that I am working on right now have a clearer sonic character but they are still all over the place. Man, I just get bored so easily and find it very hard to do the same thing for very long.” What are some of your greatest aspirations for club medd in the future? “I definitely would love to work with vocalists in the future; anything that’s about community really. Making music can be a really solitary affair so I am really looking to connect with other people.I would love to find a label as well, nothing fancy, just some people who are genuinely excited about music that I could hit up if I have a question. My biggest wish definitely is to get noticed by the producers that inspired me to get into beat making, But for now, I just want to get better and make tunes that I can be proud of.” What music is currently filling your ears? (Music you play on repeat) “I really have been digging emawk (who I discovered on The MOCD). That Mac Ayres record has been on repeat for weeks. I just downloaded Ivan Ave’s new album but haven’t had the time to listen to it yet (but his ‘running shoes’ track is by far my favorite song of 2017). Also, I discovered a SoundCloud podcast/radio show called ‘soft focus’ some weeks ago and I really love their warm/jazzy selection.” I would like to thank Moritz for his time and talent in this latest original, ,"i wish it would rain" for its optimistic light-hearted charm is simply enchanting. Most definitely keep your ears tuned in for more music from this young talented producer. Posted by: MsGem