Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Excerpt from I’m Speaking: Every Woman’s Guide to Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly
I’m Speaking: Every Woman’s Guide to Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly I’m Speaking is every woman’s guide to creating a clear, confident voice that is authentically hers and then using it fearlessly. Full of effective, efficient, brain-science-based ways to make positive changes to your voice, in your head and coming out of your […]
The Long and Winding Road from Moments to Memoir by Judy Reeves
The Long and Winding Road from Moments to Memoir Judy Reeves Mid-point in draft four in my second novel, something interrupted my work and told me it was finally time to write a memoir. I say “something” because what do we call that urge that sends us in a direction we didn’t know we needed […]
On Writing She’s A Killer by Kirsten McDougall
My novel She’s a Killer is set in Wellington, New Zealand, a few years from now when climate change has made many people’s countries unliveable, forcing them to flee to New Zealand, survivalist-style. That makes it sound gloomy and dystopic. This is why I tried to write in as many jokes and funny lines as […]
The Joy of Older Characters by Susan McCormick
The Joy of Older Characters by Susan McCormick Murder mystery protagonists come in all flavors, and my favorite is the elderly detective. While underrepresented, Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, Elly Griffiths The Postscript Murders, television’s Only Murders in the Building, and my Fog Ladies cozy murder mystery series all feature loveable, complex older characters […]
Suzanna Welby: On Publishing Rufus in Rabitannia
When I was 21 and newly married, I found myself living in the wilds of Lincolnshire with dogs, horses and very many wild rabbits. The garden was pretty non- existent so they were perfect adornments rather than the pests so despised by proper gardeners. I discovered, when I grew up and had a garden – […]
Sarah Layden: On writing
Many years ago, while commuting to my MFA program in creative writing, I made a habit of seeking out an old windmill along my route. It was both a landmark for the distance I had yet to travel, and a reminder that I was back home again in Indiana after years away. Now that windmill […]
Bertha Benz takes the Wheel of this Biographical Fiction
Bertha Benz takes the wheel of this biographical fiction By Penny Haw At its best, biographical fiction brings historical characters to life, conjuring names from the past into vital, multifaceted individuals with emotions, motives, virtues and flaws. In some cases, it introduces readers to exciting characters they might otherwise never have encountered. To me, the […]
Kelly Elizabeth Huston: On Writing
I don’t remember learning to write. And I certainly don’t recall learning to write the way my children have been brow beaten in public school, but perhaps it’s like childbirth—something you block out after you’ve survived it, so maybe, just maybe, you’ll do it again someday. Becoming a writer came late to me. I’d often […]
The House On Sun Street by Mojgan Ghazirad: Excerpt
The House On Sun Street by Mojgan Ghazirad A young girl grows up in a family uprooted by the terror of an Islamic Revolution, where her culture, her gender, and her education are in peril. For the curious and imaginative Moji, there is no better place to grow up than the lush garden of her […]
On Writing A Survival Guide for Women Who Feel Stuck in Their Marriage, Should I stay or Leave?
A Survival Guide for Women Who Feel Stuck in Their Marriage, Should I stay or Leave? My name is Rebecca and I work as a Relationship Therapist for Relate Leeds, Bradford, UK. After seeing a recurring pattern in the therapy room of many women feeling lost and confused in their marriage / relationship, I decided […]
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