In Their Words is a monthly feature where Steve Delia and Mike Cohen interview poets from the Mad Poets Society and beyond to get their perspective on art, poetry, and life.
A few years ago, Mike and Steve sat down with poet and novelist Alice Wootson to discuss romance novels, poetry, and much more.
Click the picture to watch the first part of their interview. To view the full interview visit Mike Cohen’s YouTube channel. Thanks for watching!
Alice Greenhowe Wootson is a retired teacher and award-winning author of thirteen published novels. She is also a prize-winning poet. She’s a member of the Mad Poets Society, Romance Writers of America and The Authors Guild.
After reading many novels for years, Alice decided to try her hand at writing one. The result was her first novel, a romance. Why write romance novels? Because she likes happy endings. ‘Snowbound with Love’ was that novel. It received many positive reviews. She still receives positive comments about it from readers.
Her last three novels are romantic suspense. Two of them, ‘Border Love’ and ‘Border Danger’, are inspirational romantic suspense novels featuring Border Patrol Agents stationed in Brownsville, Texas on the Texas/Mexican Border. Alice’s fourteenth book, ‘Love Thine Enemy’, is an historical suspense novel set at the height of the Civil War. It is the story of Faith who escapes from slavery and heads north. The release date has not been announced yet.
Alice teaches writing workshops concerning various aspects of the writing process and has presented workshops for The Philadelphia Writers Conference, chapters of Romance Writers of America, The Learning Tree, Abington YMCA, a Wildwood, NJ writing conference and library branches in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas.
Alice is a member of several ministries at her church: Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia.
She uses any spare time she can find reading, traveling and spending time with her husband, her sons and grandchildren. She is always working on her latest novel.
Steve Delia and Mike Cohen have worked collaboratively and independently as poets and supporters of the arts in the Greater Philadelphia area. Mike Cohen helps to run the Poetry Aloud and Alive series at the Big Blue Marble Bookstore, and has had his fingers in many poetic ventures over the years. Steve Delia is the author of 6 chapbooks of poetry, and has read in a variety of venues, including the Philadelphia Writers Conference and on WXPN. Steve and Mike have also appeared throughout the Philadelphia area as the Dueling Poets.