Stacy Julin

ORP: What inspired you to begin writing or creating? Has that source of inspiration changed throughout your life?

Stacy Julin: My Maternal Grandmother read books of beautiful poetry to me when I was a child. I developed a love for it early on. Now, I think that nature, memories, and the people around me are a great source of inspiration.

ORP: What does success as a writer or artist mean to you?

SJ: I've had the experience of being in a bookstore or a library and picking up a poetry book to read a little bit and see if I like it. Then becoming almost oblivious to everyone and everything around me, because I am so carried away by the poem. I would like someone to feel that way about my work.

ORP: What would you say is your most interesting writing and/or artistic quirk? Do you have any habits that you believe help or hinder your creativity?

SJ: Looking back on my time writing, I think that writing at night has helped me create many good poems. Sometimes being tired lets my thoughts flow, to go more places with my ideas.

ORP: What do you hope readers (or your audience) will take away from your creative work?

SJ: I hope others will relate or connect to some of my work. I love the idea that I can read a poem that was written a hundred years ago, in a different part of the world, and it feels so personal and relevant in my own life.

Stacy Julin’s work has been published in Pirene's Fountain, Sky Island Journal, Southern Quill, Word Fountain, borrowed solace, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is the author of three poetry chapbooks, "A Pebble Thrown in Water" by Tiger's Eye Press, and "Visiting Ghosts and Ground" and "Things We Carry," both from Finishing Line Press. She lives with her family at the base of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains.

Read Stacy’s Poem “Dreams iN metaphors” FROM ISSUE 8.1 Here.