Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Excerpt from Beautiful Justice: Reclaiming My Worth After Human Trafficking and Sexual Abuse by Brooke Axtell
A story of healing and a guide to seeking justice after sexual abuse from Brooke Axtell, one of the foremost survivor experts on sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking When Brooke Axtell was seven years old, her nanny subjected her to sex trafficking. Today, she is a champion and advocate for women around the […]
Interview with Caroline Montague, Author of An Italian Affair
Caroline won her first National Poetry competition at 10 years old and from that moment dreamed of being a writer. After juggling motherhood with modelling assignments, she founded an Interior Design Company working on many projects in the UK and abroad. Her second marriage to the widowed Conroy Harrowby brought four stepchildren into her life, […]
The Story Behind Gill Thompson’s Debut Novel: The Oceans Between Us
I wasn’t expecting the phone conversation to be easy. The voice at the other end was ten thousand miles away. And it belonged to an eighty-six-year-old woman. I anticipated static… mumbling… confusion. But when the call came, the speaker could have been next door. And there was nothing confused about Joan Thorpe. She remembered the […]
The Witchcraft Of Writing, By Louisa Morgan
Every writer hears the question “Where do you get your ideas?” many times in their career. Different writers give different answers. The old joke response is “Cleveland,” but there are more serious ones, helpful ones, like long walks, showers, meditation, and so forth. My answer to the question is usually, “I don’t know.” My secret […]
Lessons From My Children…(I Mean, My Books)
Anyone who has more than one child knows the amazement that comes when you’re faced with visible evidence of how different your children are. One loves to run around outside, the other one only wants to curl up inside with the book. One loves everything pink and sparkly, and the other one wears nothing but […]
Writing from Rejection: Inspiration to Publication
My debut novel, My Sister is Missing, was born out of rejection. The first novel I plucked up the courage to submit to agents received three full requests, but all came back with a resounding NO. One lovely agent told me that she loved my main character, but the premise of the novel got lost […]
Interview with Dr. Lynette Louise
By: Tsara Shelton INTRODUCTION I confess that both my sister and I, who are the most voracious readers in our family, believe Dr. Lynette Louise (The Brain Broad) might be the most gifted writer we’ve ever read. I also confess that she is our mom. Now, before you go thinking our opinion is less valid […]
Where Kilted Men Fell
1987 seems like aeons ago! Back then I was in my early twenties, having travelled from Australia to the UK to visit relatives and then drove north and explored Scotland. When I arrived at Inverness in the Scottish Highlands I enquired about historical points of interest. The words Culloden and battle were reverently spoken in […]
Inspiration Behind The Little Book Cafe
Inspiration. It’s a funny thing. It comes in many forms. I’ve been inspired by conversations with friends, people watching and eavesdropping (got to be my favourite thing to do, preferably in a pavement café with a glass of wine in hand) snippets in the media, even dreams. Deadlines can prove to be very … erm […]
This Is Why You Need A Team To Support Your Writing
Writing is like raising a child. While you can try to ensure the kind of outcome you desire and imagine, you never how life’s twists and turns will take you in a direction you never expected. I had never held a newborn baby until the midwife put my daughter in my arms. I remember taking […]
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