Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Writing About the Unheralded Strength of Women in a Time of War
Writing about the Unheralded Strength of Women in a Time of War Juliet Greenwood I loved writing The Last Train from Paris, published by Storm Publishing on 23rd October 2023. The novel was largely inspired by family stories I’ve heard all my life, as well as childhood memories of my mum’s family and friends in […]
Paralysed and Podcasting about Books
Silence enveloped the room, occasionally disrupted by the soft splutter of a cough. Mostly, it was my inner turmoil, urging me to break the silence with words—any words. This was the daunting experience of public speaking, an unconventional beginning for a podcast centred on mental wellbeing and life skills. One night, after a decade of […]
Gray Divorce – Fact or Fiction
Gray Divorce – Fact or Fiction Reese Witherspoon, 47, Sofia Vergara, 51, Sophie Gregoire Trudeu, 48, and Christine Baumgartner 49, are all at or nearing the half-century mark. But they also share another life trait: This year, each of them announced their divorce. Gray divorce. Diamond divorce. Silver splitters. Whatever the latest tag, in recent […]
Have Fun: Inspiration, Process, and Approach
Have Fun: Inspiration, Process, and Approach In 1653, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle —‘Mad Marge’— wrote that woman’s intelligence was equal to man’s, therefor women learned as easily.(1) She argued that the only difference was that men had more opportunities to educate themselves. In 2nd and 3rd grade, Cindy Myers, Denise Wallenstein and I played […]
Excerpt from I’m Speaking: Every Woman’s Guide to Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly
I’m Speaking: Every Woman’s Guide to Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly I’m Speaking is every woman’s guide to creating a clear, confident voice that is authentically hers and then using it fearlessly. Full of effective, efficient, brain-science-based ways to make positive changes to your voice, in your head and coming out of your […]
The Long and Winding Road from Moments to Memoir by Judy Reeves
The Long and Winding Road from Moments to Memoir Judy Reeves Mid-point in draft four in my second novel, something interrupted my work and told me it was finally time to write a memoir. I say “something” because what do we call that urge that sends us in a direction we didn’t know we needed […]
On Writing She’s A Killer by Kirsten McDougall
My novel She’s a Killer is set in Wellington, New Zealand, a few years from now when climate change has made many people’s countries unliveable, forcing them to flee to New Zealand, survivalist-style. That makes it sound gloomy and dystopic. This is why I tried to write in as many jokes and funny lines as […]
The Joy of Older Characters by Susan McCormick
The Joy of Older Characters by Susan McCormick Murder mystery protagonists come in all flavors, and my favorite is the elderly detective. While underrepresented, Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, Elly Griffiths The Postscript Murders, television’s Only Murders in the Building, and my Fog Ladies cozy murder mystery series all feature loveable, complex older characters […]
Suzanna Welby: On Publishing Rufus in Rabitannia
When I was 21 and newly married, I found myself living in the wilds of Lincolnshire with dogs, horses and very many wild rabbits. The garden was pretty non- existent so they were perfect adornments rather than the pests so despised by proper gardeners. I discovered, when I grew up and had a garden – […]
Sarah Layden: On writing
Many years ago, while commuting to my MFA program in creative writing, I made a habit of seeking out an old windmill along my route. It was both a landmark for the distance I had yet to travel, and a reminder that I was back home again in Indiana after years away. Now that windmill […]
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