Director Jay Cheel’s debut film, Beauty Day, introduces audiences to the lively and entertaining Ralph Zavidil. Better known to Canadian audiences as his alter ego Cap’n Video…
Reel Life: Beauty Day, directed by Jay Cheel
Category: Articles
Review: Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
“They are my world. How do I make them dead?” This is Sonali Deraniyagala’s thought after losing her husband Steve, their two sons, and her parents to a tsunami.
Craft: Getting to There by Risa Nye
Every story, every essay we write is a journey. It starts here, goes along for a while, and ends where we say it ends. But what if we start this journey with no idea where it’s going?
Interview: Ken Ilgunas, author of Walden on Wheels
In my interview with Ken Ilgunas, author of Walden on Wheels, we talked about frugality, sacrifice, dating, liberal arts and, of course, his book.
Interview: Susan Steinberg, author and professor
I like to tell writers in my workshops that they should first learn the rules and then break them. Author Susan Steinberg considers that corner her metaphorical home.
The Writing Life: Patterns in the Splatter by Lisa Ahn
Once upon a long-ago, I hurled high school algebra against the wall. It’s the only time I’ve ever thrown a book.
Craft: Commence(ment) by Donna Steiner
Although many of my friends are accomplished writers, I am most often around young writers, beginning writers.
Craft: One Famous Fowl’s Trek into Traffic and What the Writer Can Glean from It
Ah, that famous chicken, the one that crossed the road! We never really find out why it did what it did.
Interview: Kristen Johnston, author of Guts
Writers are complex creatures as are the characters that fill our pages. Actress and author Kristen Johnston knows this all too well.
Craft: Back to the Beginning by Risa Nye
Last time, I wrote an essay about endings—and for this issue I decided to write about beginnings. Topsy-turvy thinking, or all part of my careful plan? Let’s go with the topsy-turvy thinking. But I have a great excuse for going in reverse order: once again, I’ve been given food for thought by some excellent writers.
