March 3, 2010

Medical care goes global

While politicians fiddle and patients get burned, Americans’ best bet for affordable, quality medical care right now is in [...]

February 16, 2010

The art of loving what you do

The art of loving what you do

by Tyree Harris

As broke college students, there isn’t a lot we won’t do for cash. From cleaning up after our peers at the EMU to standing for tedious hours at the mercy of a grocery scanning mecha-lord at Safeway (like me) — you name it, we’d probably do it.
It’s [...]

October 19, 2009

Deacon Demented

Stephen Sangirardi
Bard715@aol.com
Deacon Demented
 
   The Aspirants for the Diaconate were told to go to the Large Theology Room, and I was one of those who went. Adjacent to Large Theology stood the Small Theology Room, but being men who sought ordination we showed the proper obedience and filed into the Large and not the Small. Truthfully, [...]

September 12, 2009

After-School Sessions with Our Favorite Teachers: Robert W. Walker

The Teacher’s Edition:
After-School Sessions with Our Favorite Teachers: Robert W. Walker
By Ann Charles

 

Hello, everybody. I’ve set out to interview some of my favorite writing teachers and learn more about them as teachers, not just authors.

Today, I’m staying after class to talk with Robert W. Walker.

Robert W. Walker is a graduate of Northwestern University [...]

August 28, 2009

Question: Is Marriage Dead?

Tim Kellis, author of "Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage"

I’m half way through my two month blog tour on relationships.  The stops have generally been both interactive and productive.  I’ve particularly like the stops where the topics were questions related to relationships.

I wanted to share one in particular, at the Long Relationships blog. [...]

July 27, 2009

Irish Musings–Interview

 

The Writer’s Life

www.thewriterslife.blogspot.com

 

(Editor’s Note: The Writer’s Life is syndicated into USA Today, Reuters, Chicago Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, and other national [...]

July 10, 2009

Start a Business? Are You Ready?

 

    Do you plan to give up your job and start a new business of your [...]

July 5, 2009

Am I Ready to Start a Business? 10 personal questions to ask yourself before you commit

 

     No, we won’t begin with “Do you have a master’s degree?” Although education does matter, higher education is not a requirement for starting or succeeding in a new business. In fact, according to a 1992 United States Census Bureau report, [...]

July 5, 2009

Should I Write My Life Story?

Nearly 81 percent of people say they have a book inside them. It’s in their hearts, minds, and soul; but unfortunately, it never seems to develop in pen. Most of these people feel their life story or an event in their life is worthy of becoming a book—and they may [...]

July 2, 2009

An Interview of Robert and Miranda Walker by Bill Lynch

Below is an interview of Robert and Miranda Walker – by Bill Lynch of the Charleston Gazette – that we wanted to share with our viewers:

Partners in crime novels: Couple both published authors

By Bill Lynch
Staff writer

Chris Dorst
Robert and Miranda Walker show off the covers of their two latest books — her first, his 44th. The couple [...]

May 4, 2009

An Interview Conducted In An Imaginary Space

Interviewer: I’d like to begin this interview by confessing that after reading The Case, I found myself feeling more and more frustrated by the sex act. I’m wondering if this is a complaint you’ve heard from other readers?

Mel Nicolai: This is the first time I’ve heard that specific complaint. To tell the truth, most [...]

April 26, 2009

Really Cool Interview

I had the coolest interview by Juanita Watson with Reader Views. She is really good. It was like talking to an old friend or something. If only they were all like that. I remember this one time with this dude from the FBI….boy could he take lessons from Juanita. To listen to my really cool [...]

April 6, 2009

An Interview of Robert W. Walker by Jean Henry Mead

Below is an interview of Robert W. Walker by Jean Henry Mead – we felt our viewers would be interested in reading this interview.

A Conversation with Robert W. Walker
Author of The Edge and Instinct series, Robert W. Walker has also written the Inspector Alastair Ransom historical mystery series. His work has been created under four [...]

March 27, 2009

Rob Walker’s Interview of Jeffrey Cohen

The Jersey Devil Unmasked — Jeffrey Cohen Interview with Rob Walker

 

 An Interview at the Point of a Dog -
I virtually traveled to a place of which I had skewed images of from the Sopranos TV episodes. A somewhat stark insular place just across the river from New York-another of those “new” places up in [...]

March 26, 2009

Interview of George Polley by Aneeta Sundararaj

George Polley is a new contributor to the SWI site and he lives in Japan.  He was recently interviewed by Aneeta Sundararaj who lives in Malaysia.  We felt our viewers might be interested in reading George’s interview in the link below:

http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/byot/byot124.html

March 25, 2009

Interview of Tom Brown by Reader Views

Tom Brown is a consistent contributor to our SWI site who writes about his wife’s battle with cancer and related topics.  We felt our viewers might be interested in clicking on the link below to view Tom’s interview with Reader Views.
http://www.readerviews.com/ReviewBrownMenBleedToo.html
At the bottom of this article (link above) click on “Read interview with author” to [...]

March 25, 2009

Interview of Richard Geldard by Watershed Online

(Richard Geldard was one of SWI’s initial contributors – we felt our viewers might be interested in Richard’s interview, below, with Arthur Paul Patterson)

EMERSON SCHOLAR Richard Geldard has authored three books on Emerson. He was interviewed by Arthur Paul Patterson, editor of Watershed Online.
Watershed Online: Emerson started out as a minister in the Unitarian Church [...]

March 25, 2009

Interview of Paul Perry by The Argentimes.com

Paul Perry is a new contributor to our SWI site.  He grew up in Philadelphia, but in the 1990’s, moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina and has built a life there.  We thought our viewers might enjoy the interview The Argentimes.com did with Paul which is in the link below:

http://www.theargentimes.com/culture/balives/paul-perry-poet-/

March 24, 2009

Interview of Raff Ellis by Irene Zabytko

(Raff Ellis is a new contributor to the SWI site – we felt this interview would be of intereste to our viewers)

WMFE-FM’s Arts Connection literary contributor, Irene Zabytko had this conversation with Orlando author Raff Ellis:       

March 24, 2009

An Interview of Argentine Painter Ciruelo by Paul Perry

Paul Perry is a new contributor to the SWI site – he lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  The link below is an interview he did with a famous artist from Argentina by the name of Ciruelo who paints dragons.  Within the “International” theme of our site we felt our viewers would be interested in reading this [...]

March 24, 2009

Interview of Lloyd Lofthouse by Radio86

Lloyd Lofthouse is a new, and International, contributor to our SWI site.  Here’s a link to an interview, of Lloyd, that was broadcast and placed on the Internet recently from Europe/England. Radio86 works out of Finland, has a Website and broadcasts from real readio stations in several languages and countries.
http://www.radio86.co.uk/explore-learn/culture/9950/a-labor-of-love-lloyd-lofthouse-author-of-my-splendid-concubine

I thought our viewers might be interested [...]

March 24, 2009

Interview of John Joss by Julia Wood

Interview of John Joss by Julia Wood

 

John Joss posts to this website so I decided to interview him for the benefit of readers. Here is the interview, conducted in his office in the San Francisco area. (John is also one of SWI’s initial and most conscientious contributors so we felt posting his interview would be of [...]