Author Archive: Women Writers, Women's Books
Women Writers, Women, Books was started in 2011 to offer another way-station on the Internet by, for and about women writers, writing, publishing and marketing. "Interweaving the Conversations, Deepening the Connections." Write editor@booksbywomen.org after reading Submission Guidelines to query.
Giveaway – Revolt by Qaisra Shahraz
Qaisra Shahraz’ Revolt Giveaway – Completed November 20, 2013. Between November 16 and 19 2013 we invited our friends on Twitter to: EITHER 1. RT our giveaway tweets with #WWWBGiveaways OR 2. Leave a simple comment below On November 20 we announced the winners CONGRATULATIONS to our Five Winners of Qaisra Shahraz’ […]
Slavery, Race, Feminism and Literature
WWWB’s Anora McGaha asks a few more questions of Professor Elaine Neil Orr of NC State University, author of Gods of the Noonday and A Different Sun. Although Elaine Neil Orr’s novel arises in the context of a Southern slave owning family in the 1800s, she shines a light into highly relevant dimensions of race […]
Impulsivity, Fear and Flash
Impulsivity is something that doesn’t really work in the publishing world. We are wisely warned to be patient, to practice and hone our craft, to ask for as much feedback from other writers and editors as possible before pressing send or wrapping our bundle into a FedEx envelope. And yet, three weeks ago I felt […]
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Under “A Different Sun” – with Elaine Neil Orr
US Author and Professor of English at NC State University, Elaine Neil Orr [ENO] answers WWWB’s Anora McGaha’s [WW] questions about A Different Sun her first novel telling the story of a US slave owner’s daughter who marries a missionary and moves to Africa, where her worldview is turned upside down. – Anora McGaha, Editor […]
Do You Write Poetry and Prose?
Do you write poetry and prose? When we write both prose and poetry, how do these different ways of writing inform each other? Is poetry your first love? How does it inform your prose? Is prose your primary style, but you sometimes write poetry? What do you notice in shifting forms? Would love to have […]
14 Words for Love: Write and Do Good by Jodi Barnes
Seven months ago, in early 2013, almost a thousand people posted 14-word poems during a social media event I began called 14 Words for Love. I’d always thought that Valentine’s Day should be repurposed into something more generous: love for people we don’t know, people we might pass by and not see or choose to […]
Oops! My Mistake
I’m working on our newsletter and subscriptions and I created a post instead of a page, so all of you who are subscribed received an Unsubscribe post. Please ignore it. It’s a landing page for those who unsubscribe. No making progress without making mistakes. We’ll have some more things to work on for sure, so […]
MariJo Moore: A Woman Writer’s Interview
MariJo – It was a pleasure to connect with you on Facebook today over the photo of the Red Tailed Hawk. I’m glad we interacted enough for me to look at your website, and you to look at Women Writers, Women Books. And thank you very much for your interest in participating, it’s especially timely […]
The Writer Who Began Quilting
I inherited my need to create from my mother. During the 1950’s she wasn’t content to sit quietly crocheting doilies or knitting sweaters; she Tolle-painted our TV trays and flocked our Christmas tree pink. As a teenager in the late sixties I played and wrote desperate love songs on my twenty-five dollar guitar and when […]
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