Category: Contemporary Women Writers
On Writing A Memoir by Sandra CH Smith
Good grief…write a memoir? Unwrap all the little boxes and let the dark secrets out? Let them all know who I really am or was? You’ve gotta be kidding! No way, Jose! Well, that’s what I thought when someone suggested I write a book about the seven years I spent sailing alone in the Pacific. […]
Local Woman Writing: Interview with Mary Kubica
LOCAL WOMAN WRITING I meet Mary Kubica outside at a darling coffee shop in downtown Plainfield, Illinois. She’s wearing a jacket, hands cupped around a warm coffee, even though its plenty warm outside, spring having recently—finally—arrived in the Chicago suburbs. She greets me with a warm smile and quick hug. The coffee shop is closed […]
Sarah Patt: On Writing
I feel incredibly fortunate to have a job I absolutely love! I am a one-on-one tutorial teacher in a private school for children with a language-based learning disability. I help them in reading, writing, and spelling. My campus which is in a quaint seaside town thirty miles north of Boston, Massachusetts enrolls students in the […]
Science Fiction World Building
Most creative writing projects require a certain amount of research. Science fiction as a genre, is probably further towards the top of the research tree than say a memoir, or young adult fiction, but of course every project is unique and an author’s methods—across any genre—might take a vigorous investigative approach. But science fiction is […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Rektok Ross, author of Ski Weekend
Authors Interviewing Characters: Rektok Ross, author of Ski Weekend Rektok Ross is the pen name of Liani Kotcher, a trial attorney turned award-winning young adult author and book blogger. An avid reader since childhood, Liani writes exactly the kind of books she loves to escape into herself: exciting thrillers with strong female leads, swoonworthy love […]
Q&A With Justine Hardy: Author of DUST
DUST [October 26, 2021; Batik Press] by bestselling author and trauma therapist Justine Hardy takes readers on a journey for the search of a missing aid worker, diving into some of the true complexities of the aid and NGO world in the region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China. We are delighted to feature this interview with Justine! […]
GOING AFTER INSPIRATION BY DEVELOPING CREATIVE MUSCLE
By M. M. DeLuca Writers are frequently asked where their ideas come from. Truth is, finding ideas is not a passive process. As novelist, Jack London said, “You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.” And wielding a club requires muscle. Creative muscle. Regular workouts help to develop it. […]
Beth Kirschner: On Writing
There are certain places that have such a distinct personality, that they make an indelible impression that’s difficult to forget. Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula is one of those places. The diversity of the landscape, the challenges of the winter weather, and the uniqueness of those who call that place home all compelled me to write Copper […]
Authors Interviewing Characters Series: Olivia Swindler
For today’s interview, I will be interviewing Eleanor Quinn from my novel Cynthia Starts a Band. Eleanor Quinn is a member of America’s favorite band, Kittanning. She is currently dating her bandmate and American heartthrob, Art Bishop. Eleanor, what has it been like for you to grow up in the spotlight? Eleanor: It is hard […]
Writing my Way Through Trauma
I never kept a diary or a journal. Writing was never my thing. I am a talker. Put me in a room with people and I will talk non-stop. Don’t get me wrong, I like to write, but it was never something I really did. All that changed in 2010. I was pregnant with my […]
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