In Conversation with Sue William Silverman
Sheila talks with award-winning memoirist Sue William Silverman about her career in writing and teaching and her newest memoir, The Pat Boone Fan Club.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with award-winning memoirist Sue William Silverman about her career in writing and teaching and her newest memoir, The Pat Boone Fan Club.
Continue reading →Sheila speaks with poet Gayle Kaune.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with Barbara Stahura about her work as a novelist, translator, and creative nonfiction writer.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with Barbara Sjoholm about her work as a novelist, translator, and creative nonfiction writer.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with fiction writer Susan Wingate about writing and promoting one’s work.
Continue reading →Sheila speaks with writer David Reich about his memoir in progress.
Continue reading →Sheila speaks with journalist and online publisher Glenn Fleishman.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with the heads of The Rainier Writers’ Workshop about low-residency MFA programs.
Continue reading →Sheila speaks with Tina Tessina, who as a psychotherapist and author of 13 books, works and writes about couples and romance.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with Ruth Folit, creator of LifeJournal software (which includes an add on for writers) and founder of the International Association for Journal Writing.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with writer and editor Julie VanPelt.
Continue reading →Sheila speaks with journalist Carolyn Kortge about her nonfiction work, The Spirited Walker: Fitness Walking for Clarity, Balance, and Spiritual Connection.
Continue reading →Sheila speaks with poet Susan Rich about her collection Cloud Pharmacy and teaching poetry.
Continue reading →Sheila talks about writing and publishing with Terry Persun, author of over a dozen books of fiction and poetry.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with poet Judith Skillman about her new books of both poetry and lessons for poets.
Continue reading →Sheila speaks with fiction writer Pam Houston about her book Contents May Have Shifted, the Port Townsend, WA 2013 Community Read.
Continue reading →Sheila speaks with Centrum Foundation’s Port Townsend Writers’ Conference program manager Jordan Hartt about his writing and project of the heart Writing Across Borders.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with Cheryl Merrill about the writings in her memoir-in-progress about several trips to Africa to walk with elephants.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with author and poet Ellie Matthews and her husband Carl Youngman about their work with the Madrona Writers and how prompts facilitate writing.
Continue reading →In her book, Marry Your Muse, Jan Philips writes about a day at a mountain cabin when she and her partner were spending time writing. Jan’s cousins, ages 10 and 12, showed up at the door. When Jan told the … Continue reading →
Sheila talks with Jeannine Hall Gailey about her life in poetry.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with Michael D’Alessandro about his poetry and his small poetry press project, bedouin books.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with creative nonfiction writer Brenda Miller about her work and teaching.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with feminist fiction writer Kathryn Trueblood about her work and the publishing world.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with poet Elizabeth Austen about her work as a poet and her tenure as WA State Poet Laureate. Visit Elizabeth’s website here or find out more about her books.
Continue reading →Sheila speaks with writer Christi Killien Glover about her blog and novella.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with poets Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano about their work encouraging each other’s writing as well as creating their book, The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts for Your Writing Practice.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with author and publisher Midge Raymond about her fiction, non-fiction and Ashland Creek Press.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with chaplain Stephanie Tivona Reith about writing contemporary psalms.
Continue reading →Sheila talks with the late David Speck, co-founder of the JewelBox Theater in Poulsbo, WA and two poet guests about presenting poems to audiences.
Continue reading →The following is the 2013 foreword I was honored to write for the anthology Times They Were A’Changing: Women Remember the 60s and 70s, edited by Linda Joy Myers, Amber Lea Starfire and Kate Farrell. Paying tribute to the vibrant decades during which I was a college student and next a mom to two young children was certainly a … Continue reading →
What follows is Chapter Five from the forthcoming updated edition of Writing In A New Convertible with the Top Down: A Unique Guide for Writers. In 1992, Christi Killien Glover and I began an exchange of letters to explore and articulate our writing processes. We wanted to help new writers invest in the magic of … Continue reading →
Glenn Fleishman’s expertly executed and moving personal essay about the his mother’s death and the last time he saw her will resonate with any of us who are striving to write the details of loss and our lives at the time of our loss. Notice the mix of medical information and terminology, with personal medical … Continue reading →