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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #24

July 9, 2024February 11, 2024 by James M. Fisher

Featuring Sherry Pringle, Kevin Bickford, Pierre Arseneault, and Vanessa Hawkins

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Off the Record Edited by John Metcalf

January 18, 2024 by Heidi Greco

In Off the Record, John Metcalf encourages six writers to reveal what one rarely discusses in polite society: how they became writers instead of radio announcers or cabinet makers.

Categories Essay, Essays, Non-Fiction Tags Editing, Essays, Writing advice, writing life

Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #22

May 28, 2024January 15, 2024 by James M. Fisher

Featuring Niloufar-Lily Soltani, Danila Botha, Donald Bourque, and Trena Christie-MacEachern

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #21

May 28, 2024January 1, 2024 by James M. Fisher

Featuring Lisette Meuse-Manuel, Karen Kelloway, and John P. Portelli

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Why I Wrote This Book Issue #20

May 28, 2024December 9, 2023 by James M. Fisher

Featuring Alice Walsh and David Kingston Yeh.

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #19

May 28, 2024December 7, 2023 by James M. Fisher

Featuring Trevor Atkins, Ivanka Fear, and Ariel Gordon.

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #18

May 28, 2024October 23, 2023 by James M. Fisher

Featuring Sophia Devi, James O. Weeks, Carmela Circelli, Elana Wolff, and Brian Van Norman.

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #17

May 28, 2024October 9, 2023 by James M. Fisher

Featuring L. P. Suzanne Atkinson, Jake Swan, Pan Bouyoucas, Lynn Tait, Colleen Brown and Patti Grayson.

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #16

May 28, 2024September 25, 2023 by James M. Fisher

Featuring Steven Mayoff, Jerrod Edson, Cait Gordon, and Melia McClure

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #15

May 28, 2024May 22, 2023 by James M. Fisher

Featuring Aaron Tucker, Mariam Pirbhai, Ivanka Fear, and Aaron Schneider.

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The Future is Wow: an Interview with Bob McDonald

May 22, 2023 by Cathalynn Labonté-Smith

An interview wit

Categories Interviews Tags Bob McDonald, environment, green technology, Interview, journalism, nonfiction, writing life, writing tips
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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #14

May 28, 2024May 1, 2023 by James M. Fisher

Featuring Lisa Brideau, jan Fancy Hull, Cameron alam and Angela Ford

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #13

June 12, 2024April 17, 2023 by James M. Fisher

Featuring Wendy McGrath, Sean Paul Bedell and Heather McBriarty.

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On Writing and Failure by Stephen Marche

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 by Heidi Greco

On Writing and Failure describes the defining role played by rejection in literary endeavors and contemplates failure as the essence of the writer’s life.

Categories Non-Fiction Tags rejection, Writing advice, writing life
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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #12

June 12, 2024February 26, 2023 by James M. Fisher

Featuring Rebecca Hirsch Garcia, Anne Smith-Nochasak and Damhnait Monaghan.

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