Category: Contemporary Women Writers
When A Story Just Won’t Let Go Of You
Or how I claimed a place for a story no one thought would ever sell I’m not entirely certain where the stories I write come from. I know they’re often inspired by research I’ve done long ago or more recently—something I’ve read, a historical figure I’ve never known about, a chance encounter with an image […]
Writers, Let’s Talk About The F-word: Finances
Writers, let’s talk about the F-word: finances When you come face-to-face with death, fears leave you. You know your time is up, and you stop fighting. There is a feeling on the inside…which is more real than anything else … that is about acceptance and surrendering. No matter how many TV shows and movies make […]
The Best Books Of Summer 2019
The Enlightenment of Bees by Rachel Linden At only 26, Mia West believes she has her entire future planned out. But then her boyfriend announces he needs time apart and everything she knows about her life is thrown into chaos. Leaving her heartbreak behind, she agrees to travel the world with her roommate and a group […]
The Provence cliffs that inspired Carol Drinkwater’s new novel
Cobalt skies, a stunning rocky coastline and the Mediterranean sea provide the backdrop to Carol Drinkwater’s latest book The House on the Edge of the Cliff. My new novel, The House on the Edge of the Cliff, is set, or predominantly set, in the South of France. Think cobalt skies, lapping waves, a rocky coastline, […]
It’s a Rocky Road To Publication
So, where does it start, this road to publication? A few minutes on the internet suggests some authors pick up the trail around the time they start to write, others only when a manuscript is ready to submit to publishers or agents. Stories come from deep within us, partly from nurture, partly from nature. Mine […]
When a Character Has More to Say
In Virginia City, Nevada, a woman walks into a bar. When she tries to pay for her drinks, none of her credit cards work. “They all have different names,” says the bartender. “You got any ID?” “I’m Lianna Dru!” the woman cries. “I’m here for the Boom Town Days and the cast reunion for […]
Stumbling Into a Dream
I never thought I would be a writer. As a young girl, I dreamed of winning the Olympic Gold Medal as a figure skater. I even spent three years living away from home at a training camp in Colorado Springs. When I was sixteen and my talents fell short, I looked for a new dream. […]
Truth or Fiction: Does it Really Matter?
I believe it was the brilliant, and often quotable, Anna Quindlen who once said: if you are writing fiction, many will believe that what you put down on paper is actually true. Of course, on the flip side, if you profess your work as factual: perhaps in a memoir highlighting tales of a harrowing youth, […]
How To Handle Being Hit With Deconstructive Criticism
The Wrecking Ball How to handle being hit with deconstructive criticism By Susan K. Hamilton I jumped onto my Twitter feed recently and a Tweet slapped me in the face. It was from a woman—an aspiring writer—who tweeted that she felt “so broken” because her father had just told her to give up writing, that […]
The Importance Of History
Have you ever wondered why it is that when we hear that old almost forgotten song, we can remember every single word? Thirty plus years later, the song is as fresh in our minds as when we first heard it. Whether we can hold a tune or not, we sing happily along with it and […]
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