Author Archive: Women Writers, Women's Books
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ArmchairBEA: Best of 2012 Books
What a time of books we’re in. Never before so many choices, so many new authors, so much variety and possibility. The best of 2012 that Women Writers, Women Books editor Anora McGaha has read: Born Under an Assumed Name by Sara Mansfield Taber, memoir Swagger by Lisa Bloom, non-fiction Listening to Africa by Diana […]
Media Ready Media Savvy by Alison Hill
Most writers feel that our work is to create the best book we can, and then we’re done, well, besides getting an agent or a publisher. But the success of that huge journey to write our best book is tied to your efforts in capturing the words and messages about your book that will create […]
ArmchairBEA: Introductions
On the week of the biggest book event in America, Book Expo America, a parallel event has developed, getting bigger every year, called Armchair BEA. With no charge for registering, book bloggers have one opportunity after another to make new connections, get the word out about their blog, win prizes, have giveaways, and a great […]
US American Poet Prudy Sutherland
Prudy Sutherland lived in the 20th century in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Florida. Born at the end of World War II with cerebral palsy, to a highly educated family, she became a writer of poems, short stories and essays, and likely would have published had she been born just 25 years later. As a young girl […]
Recommended Sites for Guest Blogging
One of the first rules of stepping out into the world as a writer and author is, “Get a Blog”. Many reasons for it. Many. Writing practice. Nothing like daily writing to hone our skills. Building content. Getting more content for people to find in searches. Developing a readership. Not as easy as it could […]
Most Common Edits on Women Writers, Women Books
We love getting your queries. Seeing what topics you’d like to share with our readers is exciting and interesting. 19 out of 20 guest posts have been well proofed and are a clean read, just needing a little tweaking. 1 out of 30 posts is perfect and ready for publishing right away. The most common […]
Meredith Sue Willis’ Re-visions – Book Review by Diane Simmons
The stories in Meredith Sue Willis’ new collection, Re-visons: Stories from Stories, will take you back to your Scripture, your Shakespeare and your Harriet Beecher Stowe. And when you do glance back at the stories that Willis here “re-visions” you might be surprised at the way in which women figure in these well-known works from […]
I Fell for 99 Artists – A Poem by US Artist Mariah Wheeler
I Fell for 99 Artists I fell hard for the 99, these dreamers who hungrily feed us their songs, whose hearts flow tenderpink, whose cup-shaped palms cry long hidden crimson tales, who yearn to say what must be said, reflect sun as does moon. These are brave pioneers and hard working hand weavers, who […]
When the Story Hurts too Much: Fakhra Younas’ Life and Memoir
When a woman tells her story, writes her memoir, she is writing her own history. She becomes visible to history; part of the human narrative. Telling her truth, her experience and wisdom, she leaves her legacy. When the life lived hurts too much… it’s hard to write, and hard to tell. And when the story told […]
Reason vs. Heart: Still Tugging
It’s mythic. And mundane. Heart battling Reason. Reason speaking for steady income, security, safety. Heart arguing for inspiration, energy, enthusiasm, vitality, passion. Reason boxing us in to the predictable and the unsatisfying. Keeping us, we hope, sheltered, clothed and fed. Heart allowing us to follow our life force, to create, imagine, stretch and play, experiment […]
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