Editor’s note: Sadly, Iconic acclaimed author, poet, columnist and massage therapist Yvonne Zipter died Feb. 10 due to complications from
My one true desire has never wavered: to become a published author—and briefly an archeologist, because I thought dinosaurs were
Let me be clear from the outset, I am probably the last person who should give advice to an aspiring
You get an idea; you write. Sounds simple. However, for many who have thought they could write a book, the task of beginning suddenly becomes enormous. Even though I taught writing for years in public school, I honestly never thought I’d be able to write an entire novel, much less as many as I’ve published over the years. So, here I offer an easy guide. Or not so easy, as the case may be, but it might be helpful…
I consider myself a survivor thanks to my writing. I wouldn’t have survived certain situations and experiences in my life
I’ve loved traveling for as long as I can remember, but rarely had the means to do it. My first
Like a lot of writers, I would often think, while dashing off a poem or wrangling with some plot twist
When I think about being a gay author and why I feel it’s essential to hear gay stories, my mind
My first book was The Radical Act of Community Storytelling, a memoir/how-to/advocacy for the power of storytelling. I wrote it
Every time I visit a museum, no matter how keenly focused I am on what I’ve gone to see,
Whenever I’m developing a main character for a work of fiction, certain traits jump out at me immediately, as they
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, every other Monday at around precisely 6:35 pm, a group of about seven to ten writers gather
I remember a writing teacher who began her class by saying there is an as-yet-unidentified part of the psyche that
