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Thomas E. Kennedy, Interviewee 
Duff Brenna, Interviewee
David Applefield, Interviewer
Duff Brenna and Thomas E. Kennedy talk with Frank Editor David Applefield
Duff Brenna and Thomas E. Kennedy labored alone on their fiction for decades--Brenna in the American mid- and southwest, Kennedy in New York and Europe. A few years ago, when both reached fifty, they learned about one another´s existence through a mutual friend; they proceeded to read, admire, and talk about each other´s work. Through a series of on-going and online discussions on the process of writing fiction, both novelists admit that they have grown in their understanding of what they aspire for in their books and their lives--and equally important, to what degree as writers they resist the pressures of a mainstream literary market that is driven now more than ever by raw commerce. Frank editor, David Applefield, invited Duff and Tom to interview each other on these pages with the condition that Frank be able to interrupt the discussion and provoke the writers throughout the exchange to go further and say more. The following is what transpired in Frank´s first Literary Conference Call.
• Tuning-in to Duff Brenna
• Tuning-in to Thomas E. Kennedy
• The Role of Intuition
• Form and Rewriting
• Language Vs. Film
• Rejection and the Spiritual Discipline of Writing
• Inner Man: Behold Your Inner Woman
• Writing Tools
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