Press
TV
Radio and Podcasts
~ Although Samara wished she could have traveled to the Netherlands for the February 13, 2010 interview with Dutch Public Radio, she did it remotely from the U.S.
~ On January 28, 2010, Samara had the pleasure of being interviewed by the energetic Baltimore Sun columnist and radio host Dan Rodricks in his studio in Baltimore.
~ Kindred spirit Kimberly Wilson invited Samara to chat on her podcast—cleverly named Tranquility Du Jour—on December 14, 2008.
~ Click here to hear Samara’s October 30, 2008 interview on Journaling for a Better Life with author and host Kathleen Adams.
~ Samara chats with author and life coach Christine Hassler on Twenty Something Yak, August 21, 2008
~ Listen to Samara on the Craftsanity.com podcast with Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood, February 10, 2008
~ On a trip to California Samara was able to stop by Writers on Writing with Barbara Demarco-Barrett, September 13, 2007
~ Samara spent Valentine’s Day on NPR’s the Kojo Nnamdi Show, February 14, 2007
Online Articles
~ Real Simple: The Rare Handwritten Note, March 19, 2010
~ Fort Worth Star Telegram: How to start chronicling your life, for your eyes only, January 9, 2010
~ Felt & Wire: Letter Loving Lady, June 22, 2009
~ AOL: A Modern Take on Old-Fashioned Skills, June 2009
~ Phialdelphia Magazine: At Your Service: Letter Perfect, January 27, 2009
~ WOW! A Prescription for Positive Journaling, August 2008
~ GalleyCat: How-to-Journal Writer Gets Crucial Ex-BF Endorsement, July 2, 2008
~ The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: The pen is mightier than the computer, August 19, 2007
“Samara, people should let letters enhance their lives, particularly the ones they write.”
—Helen Gurly Brown
“Samara O’Shea is hilariously original, witty and imaginative, both in the hypothetical letters she sketches and in the ones she really has written or deconstructs for our benefit. For all of us left emotionally bereft in the age of the cursory email, O’Shea vividly revitalizes the magic potency of the letter. If only we were all so skilled with the pen.”
—Vicky Ward, Vanity Fair Contributing Editor
“For the Love of Letters could transform the most technologically addicted among us into old fashioned letter writers, and Samara O’Shea is the guardian angel of this almost lost art. Think Suze Orman and personal finance or Emily Post and etiquette. The name Samara O’Shea is destined to become synonymous with letter writing.”
–Samantha Ettus, Creator of The Experts’ Guide book series
“Samara O’Shea has outdone herself with her own passionate love letter to the written word. For the Love of Letters takes readers on a guided tour through epistolary history—including the author’s own—and shows exactly when and how to craft a letter that will get your every emotion across. Sensual and bold, O’Shea bares her soul in this book, serving up letters that will make you wish you’d received even one displaying such strong emotion. In our text-message-mad era, she revives what’s become largely a lost art.”
—Rachel Kramer Bussel, Village Voice “Lusty Lady” columnist