Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Lisa Braxton: My Publication Journey
July 2017 Congratulations, Lisa! We’d like to publish The Talking Drum. I shared your manuscript with our board of directors and they thought it was fabulous. And I do too. Let me know if this lovely story is still available. If so, I’ll send you a contract and marketing questionnaire. We’ll schedule your book for […]
Out of Options; Author Interview
We are delighted to share this character interview by Sharon V. Agar, author of the smart, suspenseful and unexpectedly funny novel “Out of Options.” The book follows Eve, a mid-level Wall Street investment banker who books a Caribbean vacation to move on from a breakup. There, she meets unlikely duo Julian, a lawyer, and Eddie, […]
Q and A with Shanora Williams
Shanora Williams is a New York Times and the USA Today bestselling author of over thirty romance and diverse suspense novels. She currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the mother of three amazing boys, has a fiercely devoted and supportive husband, and is a sister to eleven. When she isn’t writing, she’s spending […]
The Shape of Storytelling by Meghan Holloway
I fell in love with writing during a scriptwriting course in college. I had recently switched my major from math to creative writing, and the scriptwriting class taught by a theatre professor was my first workshop. Storytelling in its written form was the passion that nourished me, challenged me, and drove me. It was always […]
Being Heard
Gretchen Cherington On August 5 my memoir, Poetic License, turns one year in the world. My publication date, last summer, is a day I’ll never forget. Flowers arrived from all over, including ones I’d sent myself; FedEx delivered a large print of the book’s cover framed under glass from a friend in New Mexico; hundreds […]
Writing About Palliative Care Within A Romantic Comedy: Is It Possible To Laugh In The Face Of Death?
Writing about palliative care within a romantic comedy. Is it possible to laugh in the face of death? When I started writing Love Life as a romantic comedy, I knew immediately that I wanted to set it in a hospice – a cathedral of powerful human emotions and the perfect place to observe a whole […]
How I Got My Agent: A Lesson in Resilience and Hope
After spending roughly seventeen months from Labor-of-love first draft to polished, agent-ready manuscript, I was ready to send out my first compelling query letter. I wanted to send it to agents who were looking for women’s fiction. In the days before the magical interwebs, you’d have to purchase the massive Publisher’s Marketplace book, a tome […]
From a Haunted Graveyard to a Historical Novel
Nancy Hayes Kilgore My daughter looks puzzled. “I thought we came to see a prison,” she says. The soft yellow stone and harmonious planes of the Greyfriars Kirk, surrounded by a shady park and weathered gravestones, with no prison in sight, feels like a serene oasis in the middle of Edinburgh. But we have come […]
10 Indie Summer Must-Reads
10 Indie Summer Must-Reads Summer isn’t over just yet, and neither is our summer reading binge! Just in case you’ve already burned through your summer TBR pile (burning books not encouraged), we’ve decided to put together 10 of the hottest new indie releases on the shelves right now for you to sink your teeth into […]
How Do You Create A Book?
You could hunt for a needle in a haystack—or you could write a book Penny Haw How do you create a book? It’s a question authors are asked and, when I first encountered it, I responded at length and in detail. I described ideas and inspiration, and spoke of credible characters, conflict, tension, and the […]
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