Category: Contemporary Women Writers
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 […]
Rebounding from Rejection: A How-To Guide To Survive the Emotional Turmoil That Is the Writing Business
Rebounding from Rejection: A How-To Guide To Survive the Emotional Turmoil That Is the Writing Business By Jen Braaksma Rejection sucks. It’s a given in writing, of course. Everyone—even the most famous among us—has had their brilliant work rejected by agents and publishers. Stephen King’s Carrie was rejected more than 30 times. Agatha Christie couldn’t […]
Sarah J. Makowski: On Language and Writing
Since childhood, I’d dreamed of living in England, the birthplace of my literary heroes. I’d walk through Bath arm-in-arm with Anne Elliot. I’d run into the Pevensie kids on the train to London. Like Bridget Jones, I’d get a publishing job, commuting daily from my thatched Tudor cottage nestled inside a secret garden. Who knows? […]
Writing Midlife Emergence: Free Your Inner Fire
Midlife Emergence: Free Your Inner Fire By: Jen Berlingo, MA, LPC, ATR After two decades of guiding my psychotherapy and coaching clients through life’s major transitions, I experienced my own profoundly transformative passage in my early forties. At the time, I heard an inner call I could not deny, asking me to live more fully […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Emily Franklin interviews Isabella Stewart Gardner
Isabella Stewart Gardner, was a daring visionary who created an inimitable legacy in American art and transformed the city of Boston itself. In the new novel, THE LIONESS OF BOSTON (April 11, 2023, Godine), Emily Franklin paints a portrait of a courageous soul who shattered society’s expectations, living life on her own terms. By the time Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her home as […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Marcia Bradley, The Home for Wayward Girls
About THE HOME FOR WAYWARD GIRLS Growing up in the 1990s, Loretta escapes her abusive parents–and the “ranch” they run for “bad” girls—eventually becoming an advocate for teen runaways and a foe of today’s Troubled Teen Industry where teens are sent to programs in isolated locales and wilderness camps. This heartfelt novel offers hope despite […]
MUSCLE MEMORY: Essay by Claudia Hinz
My mother hobbles into the kitchen. Her gait is a wide, see-sawing lurch, reminiscent of my children as toddlers who barreled headlong into everything. I watch helplessly, certain this is the moment she crashes into a table or snags the edge of a rug and hits the ground. This morning, her flannel nightgown is crusted […]
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