by Editor | Nov 8, 2016 | Interviews, Written
By Susan L. Roberts Q. When I read your book, I am Jane Goodall, I felt welcomed into her world and inspired to be myself. Since then, I have explored several other of your books, and they have a similar feel to them. Tell me how you came to write these “hero”...
by Editor | Oct 27, 2016 | Interviews, Written
By Susan L. Roberts Q. I fell in love with your art when I read your book, Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost his Groceries, Changed his Plans, and Helped Cook up the National Park Service. How did you come to illustrate the book? How long did it take to develop and...
by Editor | Oct 25, 2016 | Articles, Short Stories
By David Finkle — FOREWORD — In presenting the following manuscript, I’m asking you, the reader, to recognize as true a series of (almost entirely) serendipitous incidents that will strain credulity to the breaking point, and possibly far beyond it, as far beyond as...
by Editor | Sep 30, 2016 | Articles, Writer to Writer, Writing Process
By Mary Dingee Fillmore When the fifth course of antibiotics failed, I began to wonder. In the mirror, my cheekbones looked much too much like a supermodel’s, and my ribs were showing. I threw up anything I tried to eat. The normally cheerful nurses who had cared for...
by Editor | Sep 23, 2016 | Articles, Cooking by the Book
By Heidi Komlofske-Rojek Photo credit: Heidi Komlofske-Rojek September rolls around, the kids go back to school, and Fall is suddenly in the air. Or, if you live in Northern California, like I do, it’s still in the 90s, but you know it’s Fall everywhere else. And that...