Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Writing Putney
The inspiration for writing Putney began to take hold when my two daughters were teenagers. It was a time when the news brought apparently endless stories of men charged with child sexual abuse. Shocking numbers of these accusations dated back decades and especially to the 1970s – the era when I was growing up in […]
A Cheat Sheet To Writing A Novel In Suburbia
“How did you do it?” They look at me. Middle-aged, over-weight with a baby on my hip, twins holding onto my leg, bags under my eyes, grey strands of hair making their appearance, an office badge dangling from my neck, still clad in my business attire while attending a Cub Scouts function. “Really, how did […]
How I Wrote an Historical Novel Set in China
It seems that China has always beckoned to me. The process involved in writing my novel, The Secret Language of Women, Book #1 of the Wayfarer Trilogy, began way before I ever thought of becoming a writer. I was a child growing up in Brooklyn and became entranced by the Chinese family who owned the […]
My Mother’s Blessing To Be A Writer
It’s been eleven years since my mother passed away, eleven years since I last heard her voice. She was sixty-three years old, unquestionably too young. After she died, I began paying attention to the experiences friends had with similar losses. Some of them spoke of messages they believed their loved ones had sent – birds […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Sandi Ward And Lily The Cat
Sandi Ward writes books about love, family, forgiveness…and cats. Her shrewdly observed, funny, and wonderfully touching novel SOMETHING WORTH SAVING tells of a fractured family, a teenage boy, and a remarkable cat whose loyalty knows no bounds . . . We asked Sandi if she’d be willing to interview Lily, and to our utter delight, […]
Growing Up in a Golf Cart
My book was born on a golf course. Which may sound strange since the book has nothing to do with golf or sports of any kind. It makes more sense when you consider the hours I’ve logged with my family looping around golf courses from Miami Beach to Southern California. For all practical purposes, I […]
Learning How And When To Take Advice
I wrote my debut novel in six weeks. Okay, that’s not quite true. I wrote what I thought was my debut novel in six weeks, and then I revised, edited, and workshopped it for over three years before it was finally published this past November. As easily as the initial writing flowed, the refining and […]
New Year’s Writing Resolutions: Part Two
We asked some of our favorite authors to share their New Year’s Writing Resolutions with us! This is Part Two! Find Part One HERE Kaira Rouda, USA Today Bestselling Author I’m not good at New Year’s Resolutions per se, but since I am in the midst of my next work in progress, so for me, […]
I Resolve to Buckle Down…and Lighten Up
According to the History Channel, the ancient Babylonians were the first to make New Year’s resolutions around 4,000 years ago. The Romans did it too. Back then, it was more about appeasing the gods than self-improvement, but the basic premise is the same: atone for one’s faults and vow to do better. Lately, resolutions have […]
New Year’s Writing Resolutions: Part One
We asked some of our favorite authors to share their New Year’s Writing Resolutions with us! This is Part One! Lisa Barr, Award-winning author of THE UNBREAKABLES (HarperCollins, June 4, 2019). Write, Edit, Revise, SELF-CARE, repeat. Note: This year, 2019, I added SELF-CARE into the plot twist. As a Mom of three daughters, with a very […]
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