In my younger years, I did not write stories. Rather, I wrote feelings.
Interview: Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow, memoir writer
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Interview: Becky Aikman, author of Saturday Night Widows: The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives
It’s said that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes, but I’d like to add one more: good friends who are there when you need them.
Interview: Natalie Goldberg, author of The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language
I have a shelf-full of books about the technical aspects of writing; books on creating characters, how to plot a novel, how to market your book. But it has always been author Natalie Goldberg who has brought us down to earth and made writing real in her renowned Writing Down The Bones: Freeing The Writer…
Interview: Beth Kephart, author of Handling the Truth, on the writing of memoir
When I talk about vulnerability I’m really talking about letting down your guard. To let the past seep into you.
Interview: M.E. Thomas, author of Confessions of a Sociopath
As a society, we’ve come a long way in our views of mental illness — yet there is still somewhat of a shame, a misunderstanding, a fear towards those who circumvent “normalcy.”
Interview: Mary Evelyn Greene, author of When Rain Hurts
Mary Evelyn Greene’s book, “When Rain Hurts” is the story of her quest to find healing for her son damaged by fetal alcohol syndrome.
Interview: Donald Anderson, author of Gathering Noise from My Life: A Camouflaged Memoir
I’d never thought that someone prepared for war might be open to artistic endeavors until a writer friend of mine – a Vietnam veteran – put aside his inner demons …
Interview: Susan Steinberg, author and professor
I like to tell writers in my workshops that they should first learn the rules and then break them. Author Susan Steinberg considers that corner her metaphorical home.
Interview: Kristen Johnston, author of Guts
Writers are complex creatures as are the characters that fill our pages. Actress and author Kristen Johnston knows this all too well.
Interview: John Elder Robison, author of Look Me in the Eye and Raising Cubby
Imagine growing up and knowing there’s something wrong with you. You feel different; you are different. You’re fine physically, but socially you’re an outsider, alone and sad. Then imagine the relief decades later when a name is given to how you feel, and do, and act.
