Category: Contemporary Women Writers
How Emotional Posture Came to Be By Dr. Colette D. Sinclair, PhD
The Events that Propelled me to Examine Energetic States to Create Inner Alignment By outward measure, I had done everything right. By the time I was twenty-seven, I was established, at the top of a career I had worked toward without pause. I had followed every prescribed rule, checked every box society handed me, and […]
Origin Story: From Fact to Fiction in How Long a Shadow by Cheryl A. Ossola
In any family history, secrets, murky half-truths, and even full-out fictions spiff up the stories one generation hands down to the next. How much we know about those truths and lies depends on how doggedly we dig—and how determined the truth-holders are to hide what’s real. In my family’s case, relatives banished to the shadows, […]
Surviving the Ever Changing World of Publishing by Sara Ackerman
I was that person who believed that once you landed an agent, and then a book deal, you had officially earned a golden ticket to success and forever book deals. Back in 2016, it was my fourth manuscript that got me an agent, and that book, Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers, released in early […]
The Inspiration Behind Rules for Mothers by Julie Swendsen Young
I was twelve when my stay-at-home, farmwife mother took a parttime clerical job in our small, very rural county. The decision for her to get a job wasn’t spoken of in front of my sisters and me, but it was likely for financial reasons. Our tiny subsistence farm provided all the food we needed but […]
AI Spams and Scams: Caveat Emptor by Jane Loeb Rubin
There is a particular, personal cruelty to scamming authors. Most of us have poured years of our lives — sometimes entire decades — into crafting stories, perfecting prose, and building the kind of literary reputation that might, just might, justify a seat at one of the country’s premier book festivals. We are not naive, but […]
My Journey Towards Writing “Leaving the Shore: Experiencing Poetry as Prayer” by Colette Lafia
One spring afternoon, I was browsing my inbox when an email from my agent popped on screen. The news was good. Monkfish Press had accepted my proposal for a collection of poetry that would include practices and prompts for deep reflection and prayer. At that point in time, I only had a handful of poems […]
I Almost Gave Up — Then at 83, I Got My First Publishing Deal By Brigid Carrick
I had almost given up on traditional publishing. After years of writing, redrafting and submitting my manuscript to publishers in Australia and Ireland, I was on the verge of self-publishing when an email arrived on a Sunday afternoon. It was from Ventura Press in New South Wales. “Could you send us the first chapter of […]
On Writing FRIENDSHIP SKILLS FOR NEURODIVERGENT ADULTS by Caroline Maguire
When I sat down to write Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults, I was not starting from a blank page. I was starting from decades of listening, brainstorming, and searching. Searching for answers that my clients share routinely after a tough conversation with a friend, or a confusing conversation with a coworker or a shameful moment […]
Interview with Adassa
Adassa—Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe recipient, platinum-selling artist, and the voice of Dolores Madrigal in Encanto—invites us into her personal story of achieving her musical dreams, battling a paralyzing illness, and having faith in divine timing. Born to immigrant Colombian parents with big dreams in their hearts but little in their pockets, Adassa learned early that […]
There’s More to Writing a Novel, than Writing What You Know: Knowing the Woman Who Broke My Heart
By Kate Clinch “Write what you know” is standard writing advice, but when I set out to write a novel about the life and legacy of Australian saint-in-waiting Eileen O’Connor, it was what I didn’t know that drove me. I hadn’t even heard of Eileen until a year or two before the inspiration came, but […]
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