Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Writing Tough Stuff: Five Tips to Make it Easier
Writing Tough Stuff: Five Tips to Make it Easier Last summer and winter I tried (and tried) to write a short memoir essay about a short stint of living and working in a London pub during the late 1980s. The opening scene of the essay, in which, on my very first night there, I wake […]
Your Reader Needs You to Dive Deep By Melanie Dickerson
Your Reader Needs You to Dive Deep By Melanie Dickerson As a writer, don’t save anything, don’t pull any punches, and don’t protect yourself or hold back your emotions. If you want your reader to remember your book, to fall in love with your story and your characters, you must leave everything on the page. […]
Writing a Novel for Adults: One YA Author’s Experience
Writing a Novel for Adults: One YA Author’s Experience A well-meaning friend called me recently to tell me how much he’d enjoyed DEADLY SETUP, my latest young adult novel. “You know,” he said, “you’re such a good writer that I bet you could write a book for adults someday.” My friend meant this as a […]
I Am a Woman, Jewish, and Gay by Melissa Giberson
I Am a Woman, Jewish, and Gay. Melissa Giberson Martin was soft-spoken and had touched a soft spot in my heart. I didn’t know much about him, but I knew he was mourning the recent death of his mother. I knew his injury, the reason he sought my services as an occupational therapist, prevented him […]
Inspiration to write Sisters of Wartime England
Inspiration is magic. I have always been fascinated by the achievements of women. Authors such as Jane Austen who wrote six novels in the early 19th century. Two hundred years later they are still giving millions of readers pleasure. Mary Shelley, at only eighteen, wrote Frankenstein. One of my favourite authors is 20th century novelist, […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: June-July
Hello Readers & Friends, I’m back! June and July brought some fantastic reads—debuts, thrillers, stories that had me in awe, old timers, and some not-yet-released, but all must adds to your TBR. We’re in the mountains of North Carolina where I’ve been reading while writing the next novel—working title THE INN. What’s great is the […]
THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS by Ann Garvin: Excerpt
We are delighted to feature this excerpt from THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS by Ann Garvin! THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS, Ann Garvin The show must go on” takes on a whole new meaning for one single mom in a witty and emotional novel by the USA Today bestselling author of I Thought You Said This Would […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Rachel Howzell Hall
“Rachel Howzell Hall does it again. What Never Happened blends blade-sharp writing and indelible characters with a suspenseful story that pulls you in and won’t let go, as a seeming paradise grows dark with storms, suspicion, and murder. I couldn’t put it down.” ―Meg Gardiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author WHAT NEVER HAPPENED It’s murder in paradise as a woman […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Dominique Gracia
Authors Interview Characters: Dominique Gracia Fans of JC Briggs and MRC Kasasian will love this new collection of twelve short stories featuring a wry female detective who just can’t seem to shake the investigative business. Alongside other Victorian greats, like Sherlock Holmes and Dorcas Dene, Meinir Davies investigates crimes from East London to her native […]
Excerpt from THE GIRL IN THE WHITE CAPE, Barbara Sapienza
THE GIRL IN THE WHITE CAPE Fifteen-year-old Elena lives in a church attic in San Francisco’s Richmond neighborhood, where she is cared for by her guardian, a kind Russian priest named Father Al. Six days a week, Father Al sends her out of Our Lady, across the meadows and ponds of Golden Gate Park, and […]
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