1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer, and what has your path looked like to get here? In fourth grade, I wrote a short story my teacher liked. I held on to that praise, but my father didn’t encourage me, even though he was a prolific reader who...
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...
A handsome physician. A devout Mennonite nurse. And an Argentinian activist. Welcome to CALLED… Against the backdrop of World War II, Nazi uprisings, political unrest in Argentina and Paraguay, and the scourge of leprosy left untreated, Dr. John and Clara Schmidt are...
Q & A with Summer Festival Sponsor Helga Conklin and San Diego Writers Festival SDWF: What inspired you to write The Trinity Knot? HC: I became curious about my ancestry and started reading about the UK. I already loved European fairy tales and Greek...
Q & A with Summer Festival Sponsor Jim Moreno and San Diego Writers Festival SDWF: Please tell us about the inspiration behind your collection of poetry Dancing in Dissent. JM: Over a period of time, I found myself becoming more alarmed about...
