We authors have it tough, don’t we? Challenges range from writers block to rejections, and there’s always something to, well, write. So when some “expert” recommends putting together a digital author press kit, many of us tune out. That’s a mistake. The media is drawn...
American Confidential, Tennessee Williams, and the Role of Place By Deanne Stillman My books are generally place-based stories of war and peace in the real and mythological West. In my view, the personal isn’t just political, as the saying goes, it’s geographic as...
1. Use strong verbs. Question every appearance of the verbs “to be,” “to do,” or “to have.” 2. Substitute an Anglo-Saxon (shorter, punchier) word for a Latinized (longer, more abstract) one, when possible. 3. Question all transitional phrases. Is it...
T. Greenwood, author of SUCH A PRETTY GIRL, interviewed by Leslie Ferguson, for the San Diego Writers Festival, April 2023: 1. What inspired your historical novel, SUCH A PRETTY GIRL? I grew up in the 1970s and have wanted to write a story about what it was like for...
Interview with 2022 Kowit Award Winner Julia B. Levine by Tania Pryputniewicz 1) Congratulations on your beautiful 2022 Kowit Award winning poem, “The Extra Angels.” Can you tell us about the poem and your process of writing it? Thank you for the congrats and support...
Interview with San Diego Poet Laureate Ron Salisbury by Tania Pryputniewicz 1) Congratulations on serving as San Diego’s first Poet Laureate. What did you find the most challenging and rewarding about being San Diego’s Poet Laureate? There is no instruction...
