Friday Feature: @paintingskies

When she's not cranking out gut-wrenching lines that are dripping with emotion and wisdom well beyond her years, Samantha Fain is "the girl that sells overpriced popcorn and soda" at a small theater in Connersville, Indiana.

We are pleased to feature her in this week's Proser Showcase.

Known here as @paintingskies, "Sam" has a stylistic voice that is as pronounced as it is profound.

P: What is your relationship with writing and how has it evolved?

S: As a child, I'd always been into writing silly poems and (frankly terrible) song lyrics, but I didn't really get super interested in writing until about four years ago.

Due to some personal issues, writing became my outlet. I started off on an app where my love for reading and writing grew daily. The community was (and still is) so welcoming, and I made so many lifelong (although far-away) friends that inspired me to continue writing and helped me stay strong. I couldn't be here without them (you know who you are: thank you).

Now, writing is my passion. It's as necessary as breathing.

P: Briefly discuss the value that reading adds to both your personal and professional life.

S: Reading helps me get through the day, and reading everyone's posts on networks like Prose. really helps me. It's nice to know I'm not the only one with baggage.

P: How would you describe your current literary ventures and what can we look forward to in future posts?

S: I wouldn't call what I write "literary ventures". That makes me sound like

I'm a professional, when I'm really just a seventeen year-old streaming-Netflix-and-eating-poptarts-on-the-couch kind of girl.

Right now, I'd describe my writing as introspective and schizophrenic, but it's basically just my stream of consciousness. I write how I feel and think.

You'll definitely be seeing more from me, but I have no idea what I'll be working on in the future.

P: What does Prose. mean to you?

S: [It] means the world to me. I've encountered so much support and love from everyone here. Prose. is practically synonymous to a friend.

P: Where else can we find you and your writing?

S: As with Prose., you can find loads of my new and older pieces on Opuss, @paintingskies. You can also find me on Twitter at @slf97 and Instagram at @sammyleelee.

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