Erika Malinoski discusses her debut novel, Pledging Season, which brings to light the inequalities of sexism and gender discrimination in a gripping alternate reality where gender norms are turned on their head in a powerful matriarchal society.

We like to sit down with our authors as often as we can to hear more about their process in the hopes that it’s helpful for other writers. No two processes are alike, and writers continually evolve their method. Here’s a peak into the way Richard Seltzer, a prolific writer, has managed to spin yarn after yarn.