I think I’ve always written because I want to understand something about the world and something about myself in it that I couldn’t otherwise figure out.
A Conversation with Michael Copperman
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Annie Scholl
Annie L. Scholl, an Iowa native and University of Iowa graduate, is a writer based in Greensboro, N.C. In addition to being Sunlight‘s Artists on Craft editor, she is a contributing editor for Spirituality & Health: A Unity publication. She’s written for HuffPost, Brevity and Past Ten, among others. Learn more about Annie at anniescholl.com.
A Conversation with Tom French
A writer friend gave me fantastic advice. He said, ‘Send out 70 query letters and expect 69 deafening silences or rejections.’
A Conversation with Dorothy Roberts
But writing her memoir only deepened her understanding of her father’s love for her family and lasting influence on her.
A Conversation with Tiffany Graham Charkosky
Writing a memoir is an excellent way of understanding who you are. You can’t turn away from it.
A Conversation with Shannon Luders-Manuel
I love reading a book and thinking, wow, I never had the words to express that, or someone really gets it. Maybe I can grow from it too.
A Conversation with Bailey Gaylin Moore
For someone to slow down and read your book and to feel a connection with you, it’s kind of ineffable how that makes you feel. It’s overwhelming and it’s super humbling.
A Conversation with Betsy Lerner
I probably always wanted to be a writer, but I didn’t connect that somebody from my family could become a published author. To me, the Grand Canyon was between those two things. They were that far apart.
A Conversation with Suzette Mullen
I knew that there were many people, particularly women at midlife, who felt like they hadn’t lived fully or there was something more for them. It feels scary to leave the safe and the known. I wanted to write a book for those readers.
A Conversation with Julie Chavez
I didn’t know enough to stop. I wasn’t afraid to be a beginner. I wasn’t afraid to try, and I wasn’t afraid to fail.
A Conversation with Melanie Brooks
When we open space with our stories for other people to enter in with theirs, we’re giving them companionship—somebody to walk alongside them.
A Conversation with Author Abigail Thomas
You just have to write and keep writing—and be willing to leave your ego in another room while you write.
A Conversation with Author Joseph Earl Thomas
The Sunlight Press is excited and grateful to feature Annie Scholl’s interview of author Joseph Earl Thomas.