The Authors Road is a

project of Willamette Writers


Salli, George & Ella in the doorway of Hardscribble Hacienda

"Easy reading is damned hard writing." Nathaniel Hawthorne

Tom Robbins, George Mason, author interview
George interviewing Tom Robbins

We know writers by their work, their impact, or their awards and reputations – but we know little about why writers write, how they write, and what they see as the future of this art.

The Authors Road explores these topics and the art of writing in a series of interviews with working and respected writers and others involved in the world of letters. We hope to learn what inspired them, how they do it, and how technology has changed the craft.

INTERVIEWS
Sinclair Lewis
Lois McMaster Bujold
Patricia C. Wrede
Ernest Hemingway

Audrey Niffenegger
Haki Madhubuti
Jo Harvey Allen

Frederick Turner
Terry Allen
Laura Chester
Michael Blake
Jim Harrison

Mort Rosenblum
Juanita Havill

Philip Caputo

R.C. Matheson

Jim Fergus

Diana Gabaldon

Larry Engelmann

Mark Twain

Laurie R. King

Carola Dunn

Lawson Inada
John Steinbeck
Jack London
Karen Cushman
Tom Robbins
Robert Dugoni
Dennis Stovall
Paulann Petersen
Cynthia Whitcomb
Verlena Orr

We are doing this because we are avid readers and writers, love to travel, and are curious about the dynamic changes in today’s writing and publishing scene . . . .

The Authors Road is a journey of discovery. We are writers, artists, parents, travelers and documentarians, and along with our dog, Ella, a truck named “Rocinante Tres” (after Don Quixote’s horse and John Steinbeck’s camper-truck), and an RV named “Hardscribble Hacienda” (after the home of an old friend, writer Hugh Mulligan), we are on the road.

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Why subscribe?

1. It's FREE and you'll be the first on your block to learn of new interviews.

2. A nice note and a link to a new interview with an interesting writer will be delivered right to your in-box every few weeks.

3. You can travel along with us through our photos and travel essays.

4. And you'll bring us joy, because the more subscribers we have, the more likely we are to attract a sponsor or two to help keep us going, or get a little better. And it costs you nothing. (Although there are other ways to support The Authors Road.)

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We are doing this to honor one of America’s greatest natural resources — its writers.

Ella the interviewing dog - Authors Road
Ella at her first interview.
She was a goooooood girl!

We hope you enjoy the wit and insights of these writers, and are perhaps inspired to take up pen or keyboard and share in humankind’s most personal and enduring art – storytelling.

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