“Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music” reviewed by Yvonne Perry at Authors Den
Read Yvonne Perry’s (Writer in the Sky) review of “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music” on Authors Den.
Read Yvonne Perry’s (Writer in the Sky) review of “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music” on Authors Den.
You know those pesky tasks that sink to the bottom of your pile only to rise again as the project moves forward? Everything worth doing in life has them. When most folks think about the Creative Life, they imagine endless visits to a cafe smoking foreign cigarettes (for writers); days spent in sun-filled studios (for…
Jeffrey L. Buford Jr. is my guest today on Riehlife. He grew up on the banks of the muddy Mississippi River on my father’s property. He’s a growing writer and musician. Here is our conversation. –Janet ____________________________ Riehlife: Tell us about your writing path so far. Jeffrey: Through writing about history and politics I found…
Title: Interview with Scott Kidd, part 3 Description: Stages 2 & 3, editing and technical (disc numbering and mastering) How Janet went from clueless on how to produce an audio book and started doing it. Topics:1) Further into a description of the 7-stage process. 2) Moving from recording (stage 1) into editing and technical side….
One of the better side benefits from dedicated blogging is that you make friends. Sometimes, very good friends. If you aren’t a pro-blogger, you meet others similarly involved in this labor of love. I’ve been lucky in the friends Riehlife has attracted to our village. Two such friends, as yet unseen, are poet Stephen Kuusisto…
I have a wonderful set of friends who I make sure to visit when I’m in Lake County. Daniel Holland is my chauffeur and host. He takes me back and forth to the Sacramento airport–about a 2 hours drive. Now that’s a friend! I caught a break in the weather–paradise. We ate on Daniel’s front…
I met Naomi Silver at the Friends of African American Art seminar on Black Artists and Abstraction at the St. Louis Art Museum this January. Here’s what Culture Surfer says about Naomi and her award: Naomi Silver, a native of St. Louis, is the creator of CultureSurfer.com. Her years of experience as a political consultant…