Interviews

It doesn’t always go the way you plan. That was true for children’s book author, Allison Crotzer Kimmel. Since 2014, Allison has published three books for children through Capstone Publishing, all of them nonfiction. “They were each so interesting to write but all were a surprise as I think of myself primarily as a fiction writer,” […]

Not all writers are introverts. Take Herb Benham for example. Herb is a columnist for the Bakersfield Californian newspaper where he writes 3x/week. His personal stories reach 70k+ readers and have earned him a bit of local celebrity. It’s a role he’s comfortable in if his speech at the Bakersfield Writers Conference where I met him is […]

This is part five of the anticipated five-part Sonia Nazario Series for Writers. Read the rest of the series for writing insights from this Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and author. #1 Become an Investigative Journalist at an International Publication Using This Inside Track You Didn’t Know You Had Writing is very hard. It’s a very lonely, […]

This is part four of the five-part Sonia Nazario Series for Writers. Read the rest of the series for writing insights from this Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and author. Mandy: You’ve said that Enrique wasn’t always forthcoming with his story because it was emotionally traumatic. Do you have any tips for future reporters? How do you persuade interviewees […]

This is part three of the five-part Sonia Nazario Series for Writers. Read the rest of the series for writing insights from this Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and author. When I spend time with people, I have to do it for long enough that they forget that I am there. They start to behave and do […]