Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Authors Interviewing Characters: Paulette Stout
Love, Only Better centers on the intimate quest of my main character, twenty-eight-year-old Rebecca Sloane. When her ex storms out, his stinging bedroom insults linger. She begins the empowering task of connecting with her sexual self, but her magnetic connection with Kyle, a gorgeous new neighbor across the hall, complicates matters. Rebecca struggles to juggle […]
Selective Writer’s Block: When Some Things Are Better Left Unwritten
Darkness is oppressive. Silence echoes what I do not want to hear. Night is a curse that keeps on coming back. Night is the green screen onto which everything is projected, what I do not want to see nor feel, my anxieties, my fears and pains. The sunrise ushers the relief of light, the glow […]
SEVEN SUREFIRE WAYS TO WEAKEN YOUR WRITING
SEVEN SUREFIRE WAYS TO WEAKEN YOUR WRITING by Ellen Notbohm Kudoplauseulations! You undertook the grand adventure of writing and publishing a book. And now you’ve either learned, or will shortly learn, that the final page of your book is not the end of writing, but the segue from writing the book into writing about the […]
A Deep Dive into the Past Changed My Future
A Deep Dive into the Past Changed My Future I’ve always been a writer. I wasn’t that little girl who dreamed of becoming the next Judy Blume or writing exposés for the New York Times, but I was the editor of my high school yearbook and always felt confident writing essays for my literature classes […]
Writing Myths That Hold Us Back
By Jane Ward You finish one flash piece and your brain is firing; you’ve come up with a great idea for the next short story. After months of character sketches and plot walks, you itch to sit down to start that new novel. Maybe you even have a great first line. Supportive writer friends from […]
Writing REDHANDED: An Exploration of Criminals, Cannibals, Cults, and What Makes a Killer Tick
What makes a killer kill? It’s an age-old question which elicits every type of answer imaginable – from the curiously innovative to the eye-rollingly outdated. And as a true crime podcaster of 4 years, I’ve heard them all. Many of us are convinced that some people are just born monsters, others fall firmly into camp […]
An Open Letter to Authors about Signing Away the Rights to Creative Work
An Open Letter to Authors about Signing Away the Rights to Creative Work Patricia Leavy Breaking into the world of fiction is so difficult and discouraging. Authors may find themselves settling for less than they want, because they don’t think they can do any better. I learned this lesson the hard way. When I wrote […]
Can Ghostwriting Make You a Better Novelist?
Yes. Without a doubt. Recently, I was asked how ghosting reflects on my work as a novelist. That stopped me. I’d just never considered the comparison. Lots of what I’m told as a ghost, never shows up in print, often never discussed out of the room in which it’s shared. Sorry, I’m nkim,,not about to […]
A Life-Changing Illness that Inspired a Story Filled with Hope
A life-changing illness that inspired a story filled with hope My most recent novel, Take A Moment, is more than a warm and witty romance: the inspiration for it came from my own life-limiting illness. It’s my way of giving a glimpse into the experiences of people with debilitating chronic conditions – because no one […]
On Writing Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft
I know the look by now. You tell someone you’ve just written a book about Mary Wollstonecraft. Their eyes light up but then there’s a flicker of self-doubt. “Not the daughter,” I jump in, “The mother. In fact, not just the mother of Mary Shelley, but feminism itself!” I know the look because I did […]
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