Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Pandemics Make Strange Bedfellows By Jean Copeland
Pandemics Make Strange Bedfellows By Jean Copeland “There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe, “The Masque of the Red Death” Among all the insanity happening in the world during […]
Tamarillas Press: Keeping it in the Family
I’m CJ Morrow and I’m the co-founder of Tamarillas Press. Who/what are we? A small family of authors who write under the imprint Tamarillas Press. We’re two sets of sisters, that’s me, my sister who writes as Marina Johnson/Joanne Ryan and my daughters Belle Henderson and Amelia Watchman. In 2013 I released my first book, […]
The Blogging Writer: Why Running A Successful Blog Benefits Every Writer
So maybe you’ve heard the dirty and unsettling news; survival as a writer these days depends on a platform. I used to shudder upon hearing those words. Like many beginning writers, I had a tendency towards introversion and the mere thought of putting myself, or my work, out into the world seemed very perilous. However, […]
Authors Interview Characters: Neely Tubati Alexander interviewing Serena Khan
About LOVE BUZZ A wretched maid of honor. A hangover from hell. Raucous Mardi Gras crowds. There isn’t much Serena Khan is enjoying about this four-day New Orleans destination bachelorette party for her semi-estranged cousin, the bride-to-be—until sparks fly with a handsome stranger, who, like her, is also from Seattle. After their conversation is cut […]
SETTING RESEARCH: WHEN YOU DIDN’T WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW
SETTING RESEARCH: WHEN YOU DIDN’T WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW A woman floats peacefully in a swimming pool at night, a spangled view of the city behind her. The image wouldn’t leave my head, and over time turned into a central scene in my debut romance novel, PAINTING CELIA. Naturally, my character needed a house with […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Meryl Ain
Interview with Bronka Lubinski from SHADOWS WE CARRY by Meryl Ain Meryl Ain, the author of Shadows We Carry, interviews Bronka Lubinski, the book’s protagonist. The novel explores the experience of navigating deeply held family secrets and bloodlines, confusing religious identities, and the scars of World War II in the wake of revolutionary societal changes. […]
Seasons in Fiction
I’m British and married to a gardener: two reasons why I’m always talking about the seasons and associated weather patterns. They’re my life’s backdrop. They’re a backdrop in fiction, too: a gift to writers aiming to evoke a mood, echo a theme, foreshadow tragic events or mirror character traits. Let me share examples. Get ready […]
You’ve Recorded a Podcast Interview: What You Do Afterward Makes All the Difference
You’ve heard it before: podcasts are the next best book tour for authors. Usually free or low-cost for authors (not so for the podcaster, but that’s a different story!), it takes a bit of time to get your query ready, prepare for the interview, and participate in the conversation with the podcaster. And boom! There […]
On Writing The Campbell Sisters
When I envisioned The Campbell Sisters, I thought it would be a continuation of my novella, The Crossing. Not a sequel, since it would take place twenty-five years later, but a continuation of their story. The original was titled, Three Sisters. I set it in the early 1900s and the two main characters had known […]
Inspiration Behind TELL ME LIES by Teresa Driscoll
Inspiration behind Tell Me Lies, the sixth psychological thriller by two million copy bestselling author Teresa Driscoll Ideas for books always take time in my world. Sadly, I’m not one of those authors who can give my editor a list of five ideas and say – pick one. Between us, my process is a bit […]
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