This is the second story I wrote about poet Ted Kooser.  It followed the first one I did on him by several months. That earlier story is also posted on this site.  This second profile appeared in The Reader (www.thereader.com) and nearer the completion of his duties as U.S. Poet Laureate.  He’d enjoyed the position and the ...

Ted Kooser was already well into his term as U.S. Poet Laureate and had recently been awarded the Pulitzer Prize when I wrote two stories about him. This is the first.  It appeared in the New Horizons, and it ‘s based on an interview I did with him at his home in Garland, Neb.  Whenever I interview and profile a writer, particularly one ...

Roger Welsch is a born storyteller and there’s nothing he enjoys more than holding sway with his spoken or written words, drawing the audience or reader in, with each inflection, each permutation, each turn of phrase. He’s a master at tone or nuance.  New Horizons editor Jeff Reinhardt and I visited Welsch at his rural abode, and then into ...

Here is my cover story on Alexander Payne and his new film The Descendants, his made-in Hawaii feature starring George Clooney.  The film wrapped there the end of May and should be out in 2011.  For this piece, which originally appeared in The Reader (www.thereader.com), I interviewed Payne before he left for the islands and right ...

I am here in Detroit, Michigan. You can reach me through by email: fginger51@yahoo.com or visit Ginger's Blog Spot: gingerfernandez.blogspot.com * Ginger Fernandez - Window's Live at: http://fernandezginger.spaces.live.com * Writing for me comes as easy as breathing.  I write uncontrollably.  Just the other day I was having lunch at ...

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[by Andrew Flynn] I'm brand new to WriteLife...I'm very pleased to be on this site, and think online writing communities like this serve a great purpose for those with an inkling to be creative. That said, I'll share a piece I wrote last week which I originally posted on my FaceBook page. Your comments and questions are always welcome! Dear ...

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Hello, Paris here.  First to tell you a little bit about myself.  I am a 32 year African-American female.  I was born and raised in Akron, Ohio. This is where I currently reside.  I have been writing poetry and short stories since the age of 11.  My first poem was simple.  It goes like this. It is called:  Things ...