The Writer’s Journey “Mary Mackey Interviews San Francisco Witch Starhawk” is the title of Mary Mackey’s blog post today. Starhawk is a novel-writing Witch who trained with Victor Anderson of the Feri Tradition. They formed Reclaiming Tradition with the purpose to bring together deep magic, personal and collective healing, political action, and practical earth healing. […]
Interview with Writer Sheila Bali
In yesterday’s post, I asked if anyone’s protagonist had a pet. Sheila Bali answered, “Yes, a Westie.” I didn’t know what a Westie looked like so I found this picture on the internet. Sheila, this one might not look like yours, but it gives us an image. They are very cute dogs. Sheila Bali has […]
Interview with Carole MacLean
Carole MacLean wrote an essay tor my anthology, Written Across the Genres. It’s titled “A New Season”. The first line is “Every Super Bowl season reminds me of what I miss most about my parents.” She goes on to tell about loyalty to their hometown teams after they moved to California and their loyalty […]
Musician Sam Baker
Terry Gross from Fresh Air on NPR broadcasted her interview with musician Sam Baker this last week. He didn’t start writing music until after he came close to death in 1986 on a train in Peru traveling to Machu Picchu. Since I’ve been on that train in 2000 and 2002, I stopped my car to […]
Writer Interview with Camille DeFer Thompson
Camille DeFer Thompson has an essay and a novel excerpt in my anthology, Written Across the Genres. She has stories in other collections such as Clash of the Couples, Not Your Mother’s Book On Working for a Living, Not Your Mother’s Book On Home Improvement, Encore Voices of the Valley, and several years in the […]
Writer Interview with Linda Todd
Linda Todd has a short story called “A Marriage Blessed” and an essay titled “Tuesdays with Julaina” in my anthology, Written Across the Genres. She helped me with the editing and prep of the anthology for the press. The book includes two collaborative stories, “Dock Story One” and Dock Story Two.” Both stories had the […]
Writer Interview with Sharon Lee
Sharon Lee has a short short story and a memoir essay in my anthology, Written Across the Genres. The short short is called “Coming Home” and is filled with sensory details of a cold winter day. The memoir essay, “Hide and Seek”, is about helping her five year old brother hide in an ice box […]