1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer, and what has your path looked like to get here? We started writing short stories and poems in our early teens, then moved on to songs, plays, musicals, screenplays, and articles for publications such as...
1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer, and what has your path looked like to get here? As a pre-teen, I was inspired by The Diary of Anne Frank. Diaries and poetry became my earliest forms of self-expression. Eventually, I branched into...
Book: Such Good People Author: Amy Blumenfeld Review Written By: Stacey Ebert I loved Such Good People, a summer smash hit by Amy Blumenfeld. Capturing those special relationships, trusted friendships, all things adulting, and how an individual’s character and...
By Wendy Wong Sue William Silverman is an essayist, poet, memoirist, writer of creative non-fiction, and a teacher of creative writing. She shares some of the most personal and vulnerable life experiences in her writing. Her first book, Because I Remember Terror,...
Dear book lover, storyteller, creator, writer, or secret dreamer, What will you find at this year’s festival? You may have seen the phrase—over 100 speakers, 50 stellar events, one day—or heard about inspiring entertainment, including The Naruwan Taiko Drummers, DJ...
Interview by Diane Gottlieb Diane: Congratulations on your wonderful book “All the Bad Girls Wear Russian Accents” and on your winning the 2024 San Diego Writer’s Festival Poetry Collection of the Year! You’re a woman of several countries and languages. In the...
