Category: Contemporary Women Writers
From Mechanical Engineer to Romance Author: My Journey to Writing Sweet Contemporary Romantic Comedies
By Camilla Isley Ever since I was a child, books have been my sanctuary. I remember the thrill of flipping through pages, getting lost in fantastical worlds, and forming connections with characters who felt like friends. As a teen, I was swept up in the Harry Potter craze, eagerly anticipating each new release. Those moments […]
How I Accidentally-on-Purpose Ended Up a Co-author, and You Can, Too!
By Tiffani Angus As writers, we tend to be solo workers, so to many of us, the idea of writing with someone else…? Bite your tongue! Being a co-author can be scary and mean losing things: a say in your story, power over what’s written, or even yourself under a pile of words you didn’t […]
How Did the Bread of Dreams Come To Be?
by Dorette Snover In my upcoming companion cookbook, The Bread of Dreams, I have an alluring stuffing for Roman duck, a wonderful savory dish which uses rye berries. But before rye berries there was Laramie, Wyoming and Trolls, and Black Rye Bread. The story of this recipe traces the season of rye from flour back […]
The Paris Widow – Character Interview
The Paris Widow – character interview Kimberly Belle A dream vacation turns deadly when secrets from the past catch up to a married couple in Paris in this new edge-of-your-seat thriller from USA Today bestselling author, Kimberly Belle. When Stella met Adam, she thought she had finally found a nice, normal guy—a welcome change from […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Lee Upton
About Tabitha, Get Up: Tabitha, Get Up is a comic novel about an ambitious but perpetually out-of-luck biographer trying to create her own story. In an effort to restore her self-respect and pay her rent, Tabitha leaps at the chance to write two biographies during the same summer: one about a stunningly handsome actor; the […]
What Men Whisper in the Green Room at Literary Festivals
In this piece, acclaimed writer Deanne Stillman talks about obstacles she still runs into, in spite of her extensive credits and numerous awards. “That’s very ambitious,” an editor said recently, in reference to my description of a new book I’m working on. Why not a throwaway compliment such as “sounds great”? I wondered to myself, as I […]
Kernels of Truth in Tangle of Lies by C. J. Carmichael
I always chose the settings for my mysteries carefully. They are the “kernel of truth” that lies at the heart of the story. The setting of Tangle of Lies (my new mystery with Tule Publishing) is fictional Tangle Falls on the border of British Columbia, and the state of Washington. Like all my settings, this […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Janet Stilson
What if your child has special powers and can get people to do almost anything? What happens if the child is abducted? Izzie and Tristan were never mere humans. They are Charismites, with almost god-like powers of magnetism. And they couldn’t be more different. Izzie is a reckless, playful megastar whose popularity far exceeds that […]
What Called Me to Write Not You, My Memoir by Megan Harris Madramootoo
What Called Me to Write Not You, My Memoir Megan Harris Madramootoo I love writing and I love helping others. I worked with bone marrow transplant patients for almost 19 years as I took care of my children and finished college. Now I write and teach, and through those I am able to fulfill my […]
April: Reading With Rochelle Weinsten
Hello Readers & Friends, No April fools here, only fabulous reads from some super-talented authors. Read on for my April wrap-up. She’s Not Sorry, Mary Kubica, Audible A nurse fixates on a young patient which leads her on a path to secrets and self-destruction. What to expect: Kubica’s signature suspense with lots of twists and […]
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