Inking Ink 2 – an interview with Liziantus-Marantus

In my daily decorum at my small and humble bookshop, I often get into conversations with my customers. One can “almost” figure the personality of a person by what they read. I, personally, write, mostly fiction, which requires imagination. I don’t shed too much of “my person” on the internet. Tonight, in “Inking Ink 2” interviewing, Liziantus-Marantus. I find her conception and genesis of style amazing.

Question 1:Do you ever use AI in writing?

Answer: At one point I used AI to get a good title for my poetry if I had no ideas on what to name it, but that’s about it, the rest I make up myself and myself only.

Question 2:Do you have a favorite novelist or poet?

Answer:I have no favorite poets or novelist, but my favorite authors are Stephen King, Rachel Gillig, and Stephanie Garber as I love their works

Question 3:What is your forte when writing, prose or free verse?

Answer:I personally find it easier to do free verse, as there are fewer limits to what I can add or white in it.

Question 4:What are your feelings towards censorship?

Answer: And sometimes, yeah, I feel like censorship is needed, not everyone likes explicit or bloody/disturbing content.

Question 5:Do you have an obsession to write or choose a time of night to do so?

Answer:As for the time I like to choose to write, for me, it’s usually in the early morning, after I have a proper breakfast, do my routine, and get a few things done, then I write my poetry on paper, and then transfer to digital form.

Question 6:Do you ever have a nemesis such as writer’s block or feel ambushed when you can’t get the words out?

Answer:Of course, nobody likes art block, or writing block, I often have it too. So I write down a few ideas at a time to use in the future, one after another to stay inspired, whether it’s my own prompt, or by a topic or song.

Question 7:Do you save the bones of words to use over, and what are three words that you use often?

Answer:I am not sure if I reuse the bones of words in my poetry, I feel like sometimes I do, but I can’t specify which ones, as the words depend on the poem’s topic, aesthetic or theme. I do like to repeat or recycle if needed. Most of the time, I wing it, but one time I wrote a piece about owls, so I had to do research on some facts about them to add in.

Question 8:Do you wing-it or research when writing?

Answer:I wing it, but one time I wrote a piece about owls, so I had to do research on some facts about them to add in.

Question 9:How would you best describe your writing?

Answer:I would describe my writing best, as unique or deep, sometimes darker or more deep in thought, depending on the theme or prompt, I can find beauty in everything, even death or darkness, and so I add it in and describe it in my own whimsical way.

Question 10:How long have you been writing online?

Answer: I have been writing online since 2018, when at the time I started out on a forum for poetry called Deep Underground Poetry, which shutdown like a while ago in May, I recall, it was really sad to see it go. And after it shut down, I came on here – on Stars Rite.

Question 11:Does the spirit (emotion) move you or do you have a muse?

Answer:I don’t have a muse, no ,but I really like to add symbolism of celestial bodies,such as suns and moons, as they remind me of somebody in my life who I love, and sometimes write poetry for, describing them as the moon in my poetry, they love it.

Question 12:Can you write if there is background noise, such as music?

Answer:I often write with background music, or background noise, as long as there is no words, then I am perfectly able to, otherwise it’s just distracting for me, I prefer stuff like lofi beats, while I write or read.

Question 13: Do you or have you written, using pseudonyms?

Answer:As for if I have written using pseudonyms before, yes, I probably have at one point while trying to rhyme in the poem the best I can, switching words and using wordplay to make it truly unique and flowy for the reader as they read the piece.