by Laura | Jan 22, 2015 | Nonfiction Related, Population Issues
When I was researching The Baby Matrix, I interviewed David Paxson, President of World Population Balance. We talked about how we thought the book, Man Swarm and the Killing of Wildlife, was a great book on overpopulation. Originally written largely for...
by Laura | Sep 22, 2014 | Book Publishing Topics
With the advent and innovations of print technology, there is a lot of talk about whether printed books are well on the road to dead. Author Alix Christie has an interesting view in the San Francisco Chronicle – check it out. She tells how, 560 years ago, a...
by Laura | Aug 19, 2014 | On a Personal Note
There’s nothing like a great true story. Sooner or later we all have one that may sound unbelievable, but it’s true. Tracing old steps in the Northwest recently sure brought one to mind from my life. It starts with a little cabin on the Sandy River at the...
by Laura | Jul 29, 2014 | Book Publishing Topics
I recently read a great interview on the site, Creative Nonfiction. Kristina Marusic interviews Emily Loose on the publishing business, secret ingredients to successful nonfiction and approaching agents. Loose has worked at big publishing houses, has taken seventeen...
by Laura | Jun 2, 2014 | Editing-Writing How To
Opera Legend Jessye Norman has new memoir out, and I caught a lovely interview with her by PBS Newshour’s Jeffrey Brown. In it, I was struck by how some of the things she said about finding the sound and feel of one’s voice relate to writers finding their...
