Randy Bartz asked Darcy Leech:

What made you decide to sit down and actually start something?

Darcy Leech o I wrote often when my mother was in the hospital, but my writing went silent shortly after she passed. I threw myself into daily life and tended to my infant son trying to forget the beeps of the oxygen monitor. My mind wouldn’t rest, and eventually neither would my pen. I shared parts of my story online. One of my mentors and college professors told me I should apply for a Lana Jordan Aspiring Artist Grant with the Salina Arts and Humanities Commission. I did and won a fully funded grant. The grant funding gave me the resources and confidence I needed to land a contract. So, writing for healing is what started me, then the support of people who had read parts of the work helped me finish. The writing was painful. At times I wanted to quit, but I knew there were readers out there who deserved the story. I wrote for them.

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