Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Writing Biographies For People With a Life-Limiting Illness
I am a writer. I am a counsellor. Ever since training in Death, Dying and Bereavement in my twenties, I have been interested in these issues and how we talk about them – or avoid doing so. More recently I read about Dignity Therapy, a set of skills particularly aimed at helping people at the […]
The Places and Pictures Which Inspire Me
Catherine Hokin My fascination with Germany – and in particular the history-soaked city of Berlin where my novels are set – began on a school exchange trip when I was a teenager forty years ago. So many memories were made on that visit but the most vivid of all was standing in the town of […]
When Characters Come Alive
When Characters Come Alive By Christina Consolino One of the most memorable characters in my debut novel, Rewrite the Stars, is Pickles Martin. A gray-haired retiree who volunteers at the Walloon Lake Branch of the Crooked Tree Library, she’s connected to several characters in the story, including a main character, Sadie, and her love interest, […]
WAITING FOR THE NIGHT SONG: Excerpt
Julie Carrick Dalton’s debut novel WAITING FOR THE NIGHT SONG was named a Most Anticipated 2021 book by CNN, Newsweek, Parade, and USA Today, and was an Amazon Editor’s Pick for Best Books of the Month. The paperback is out now! “Smart and searingly passionate…an illuminating snapshot of nature, betrayal, and sacrifices set in the […]
The Quest for Ideas
As I near the end of the first draft of my fourth novel, I’m often asked where I get my ideas. The answer is easy, and three-fold: from life, from long walks with my dogs, and from my job as an ESL teacher. Dog walks are my go-to when I get stuck on a plot […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Sophie Sullivan
A frothy, effervescent romantic comedy from the author of Ten Rules for Faking It, Sophie Sullivan delivers a slow-burn romance that will have you delighted from start to finish: HOW TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR (St. Martin’s Griffin, January 18, 2022, $16.99). “Sophie Sullivan’s writing feels like a warm hug.” ―Rachel Lynn Solomon, bestselling author of The Ex Talk Most Anticipated for […]
Finding the Funny in Your Mysteries and Thrillers
Finding the Funny in Your Mysteries and Thrillers Humorous Thrillers. That sounds like an oxymoron. How can there be anything funny about murder, mayhem, and mystery? Yet, finding the comedy in crime has rocketed true crime to the top of the podcasting world. As of this month, three of the top ten podcasts are in […]
An excerpt from LB Well’s new novel, The White Coat Effect
L.B. Wells is the pseudonym for a very successful Board-Certified Surgeon, an ambitious physician who made her way through the jungle of medical training while overcoming the resistance of the male-dominated world of surgery. Wells has written a novel that unleashes the ambition necessary for a woman to push through the long road to becoming […]
The Power of the Group: How a Writing Group can Support, Inspire, and Sustain a Writer
The year was 2002. Michelle Kwan had a devastating fall in her long program at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the Queen Mother died, and Michael Jackson briefly dangled his baby off a Berlin balcony. I was new to the city of Ottawa and didn’t know many people. In an effort to be more […]
Four Books into the Publishing Game, My Best Writing Tip is to be a Feminist
Four Books into the Publishing Game, My Best Writing Tip is to be a Feminist In 2014, when my first book came out, people would ask me how excited I was. While I certainly was thrilled, I was also mostly relieved, because no longer would I be a writer without a book. That year was […]
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