Category: Contemporary Women Writers
RUTHLESS WOMEN: Excerpt
“A juicy tale of bitterness, jealousy and revenge. The perfect summer page turner – don’t miss it” —Heat “Melanie Blake is Jackie Collins for a new generation – The Thunder Girls is the perfect summer read” —Bella Magazine RUTHLESS WOMEN Ruthless Women takes readers on a wild ride behind the scenes of beloved TV drama Falcon Bay, beamed […]
Writing about The First World War and Time Travel
By Catherine Taylor The First World War and time travel are not topics that, on the face of it, would seem to make good bedfellows. Agents told me as much. Though they liked my writing, they wondered how on earth such a book could be marketed. Still, that was the story in my heart – […]
Lazarus Remembered – The Partnership Between Author and Narrator
E J Harper Lazarus Remembered, a story told with words and music, is an immersive audiobook. My debut novel, it’s a contemporary family drama that explores the challenges within non-traditional family structures and how the pressure to conform to society’s expectations can tear lives apart. It features a soundtrack with thirteen original songs by my […]
Creating an Audiobook – In Kathmandu
I am a fortunate woman. Our family and friends have mostly sidestepped the awful virus and I have managed to stay productive throughout lockdown whereas many of my writing friends have found it hard to focus. Perhaps living so many years as a nomadic expatriate has equipped me to face changes in circumstances? I have […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Constance Sayers
Authors Interviewing Characters: Constance Sayers The Ladies of the Secret Circus is a magical story spanning from Jazz Age Paris to modern-day America full of family secrets, sacrifice, and lost love set against the backdrop of a mysterious circus. Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder—a world where women […]
Character Interview: The Vines by Shelley Nolden
About THE VINES In the shadows of New York City lies the abandoned, forbidden North Brother Island, where the remains of a shuttered hospital hide the haunting memories of quarantines and human experiments. The ruins conceal the scarred and beautiful Cora, imprisoned there by contagions and the doctors who torment her. When Finn, a young […]
Writing Loving before Loving: A Marriage in Black and White
If I had a nickel for each time a stranger has told me, “I know my life would be a bestseller!” I’d be wealthy. Sometimes they even offer their story, asking me to simply write it down. “My life has been so amazing, the book would write itself.” Well, not really. Books do not write […]
Kris Bock: Bios Made Easy
Kris Bock: Bios Made Easy Writers need bios, for query letters, on websites, for conference brochures. If we are writers surely we can write about ourselves. Yet while coordinating writing conferences, I discovered that even published authors often write poor bios, whether through modesty, carelessness, or overwriting. Many bios are entertaining, but don’t do their […]
I Feel Qualified to Write About a Luxury Sports Car Despite Never Touching One By Audrey Burges
By Audrey Burges The Lamborghini felt the sun glancing off its sensuous curves and rolled languidly out of the garage. Its headlights were bright and perfectly symmetrical. They poked delicately through the black leather embracing its generously rounded front end, quivering slightly in the cold morning air. The gentle breeze tickled under its hood, making […]
The Challenge of Research in Lockdown
The Challenge of Research in Lockdown It’s been a difficult time for most writers to carry out the research during lockdown, but it’s particularly challenging for authors like me who write historical fiction. I started A Sister’s War, the third of The Victory Sisters trilogy, set in the Second World War in January last year, […]
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