Boston-area rock ensemble The Hands Off Love Affair came together as a form of music therapy in the wake of a painful personal loss. Guitarist Ross Charpentier was nice enough to discuss with me the band’s unusual beginnings, recent successes, and future plans.

Last week we featured an interview with Brooke Lemke, one of the co-founders of the all-female production company Silent-But-Deadly Productions. I also had the opportunity to interview the company’s other founder, actress and screenwriter Rachel Grubb.

I had the opportunity to ask singer/songwriter Ashlyne Huff some questions about her background, her future aspirations, and what it’s like to be an up-and-coming female pop star. You might be surprised by some of her answers.

Paige talks to independent actress/director Brooke Lemke, co-founder of Silent-But-Deadly Productions, about the all-female production company.

I had the opportunity to ask Shiny Toy Guns keyboardist and bassist Jeremy Dawson a few questions about the electronica/indie/rock band and their latest album, Girls le disko, which was released this past December.

I recently had the chance to conduct an e-mail interview with Joseph LoDuca, the composer of the Leverage soundtrack (among many other soundtracks, including Evil Dead, Hercules, Xena, and Legend of the Seeker) about what it’s like to score the hit TV show.

Tobias Hill is the author of a tale set in modern day Sparta where terror never died. The Hidden made it to the number 2 spot on the recent Best Books of 2009 list for a good reason: you’ll be thinking about it long after you’ve finished reading. I had the opportunity of asking Mr. Hill a few questions about himself and his work.

Tails is a webcomic about Ethan Young, a young man who has problems just like the rest of us, and some problems on top of that. (…)

Reading with Pictures is an organization that supports early childhood literacy through comic books. I had the opportunity to ask founder Josh Elder a few questions about his organization, and I also want to share with you what you can do to help them continue working towards getting comics into the hands of children.

Get Well Gamers is an organization that furnishes children’s hospitals with video game consoles and games. Having spent some time in the hospital as a youth, founder Ryan Sharpe experienced firsthand the benefits video games have in recuperation and, now that he is older, wants to make sure that more children have the same access he did.