Superstition Review: What is your position with Superstition Review and what are your responsibilities?
Michaela Stephens: I am the Submissions Coordinator. My job is to log in to our submissions and contributor spreadsheets information about…surprise, submissions and contributions! I post the work to the correct discussion board for the editors to read and then log their verdicts into the spreadsheet. I also notify submitters if their submissions did not conform to our guidelines. (Yes, I’m the bad guy who sends form letters.)
SR: How did you hear about Superstition Review and what made you decide to get involved?
MS: One of my coworkers in the Writing Center was interning with Superstition Review and she talked about what she was doing a fair amount. I decided I wanted to get involved because it sounded like it would be good experience and a very helpful addition to my resume. Also, I thought it might be very interesting.
SR: What are you hoping to take away from your Superstition Review experience?
MS: I want to take away a thorough knowledge of how the publishing world works and why things are done the way they are.
SR: Describe one of your favorite literary or artistic works.
MS: Only one? You want to ask a bibliophile to describe just one of her favorite literary works? Impossible! I cannot do it! I cannot choose only one!
Bible, Book of Mormon, Jane Austen, C. S. Lewis, L. M. Montgomery, Mark Twain, George Elliot, Orson Scott Card, etc.
SR: What are you currently reading?
MS: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. I haven’t had enough exposure to Dickens.
SR: Who would be the Superstition Review contributor of your dreams?
MS: Orson Scott Card. His stories are very psychological, but also very accessible.
SR: Do you write or create art? What are you currently working on?
MS: For the last few years I’ve been predominately a writer, but I do have an artistic strain as well. I did pretty well in a sculpture class I took in Austin, Texas, and I still have a mask project hanging on my wall that I made for that.
Right now, I am working on a piece of genre fiction about a spoiled prince who has to marry someone from a specific town or he won’t inherit the kingdom.
SR: Besides interning for Superstition Review, how do you spend your time?
MS: Doing homework, working at the Polytechnic Writing Center, blogging, reading, reading, reading. Throw in weekly cub scout den meetings, a visit to the temple, church attendance, church choir, and you’ve gotten a picture of most of my time.
SR: What is your favorite mode of relaxation?
MS: Undoubtedly reading, but after sitting down at the computer all day it is hard to sit and read some more, so then I either go running or I go for a walk with my husband.
SR: Where do you see yourself in ten years?
MS: I see myself as a published author of several novels, and a professional organizer. If children don’t come. If children come, I’ll be a stay-at-home mom who scribbles away in the early morning hours.
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“Right now, I am working on a piece of genre fiction about a spoiled prince who has to marry someone from a specific town or he won’t inherit the kingdom”
-This sounds interesting! Can’t wait to purchase your first copy Michaela 😉
We have the same name. Random..