Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Writing The Women and Girls of Sybelia Drive
The Women and Girls of Sybelia Drive by Karin Cecile Davidson There is the beginning, the occasion for writing the first words, the passages in which two young girls awake to “the sound of wreckage, of breaking glass. The sharp, close shattering of glass on a hard surface.” Let’s start with those girls. Florida girls […]
For The Love Of The Land by Jenny Jefferies
For The Love Of The Land by Jenny Jefferies For The Love Of The Land is a cook book to celebrate British farmers and their food. Forty fantastic farmers from all over the British Isles contribute both a recipe and a story about what British farming means to them and Minette Batters, the President of […]
Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes, Oh My!
Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes, Oh My! We all have our personal reading preferences, whether we acknowledge them or not. Things that make us click “buy” on Amazon after checking out the “Look Inside” feature or buying a book from the local bookstore after reading the first few pages. Sometimes it’s simply a specific genre, sometimes […]
On Writing A Blissful Feast, my Culinary Adventures
A Blissful Feast, Culinary Adventures in Italy’s Piedmont, Maremma, and Le Marche Pegasus Books, NY Reflections on the writing process: “When I set out to write about my culinary adventures in Italy, I knew I would start in the Piedmont region in the northwest, home of my mother’s ancestors. From there I would more on […]
Everyday Mindfulness: Excerpt
Melissa Steginus is a productivity and wellness specialist and author of the new book, Everyday Mindfulness: 108 Simple Practices to Empower Yourself and Transform Your Life (October 25, 2020; $14.99). Her motto is that “your time and energy are your most precious resources” and—through her books, courses, workshops, and coaching services—she helps people structure their […]
LIFE AND OTHER SHORTCOMINGS: DINNER CONVERSATIONS
LIFE AND OTHER SHORTCOMINGS: EXCERPT Life and Other Shortcomings is a collection of linked short stories that takes the reader from New Orleans to New York City to Madrid, and from 1970 to the present day. The women in these twelve stories make a number of different choices: some work, others don’t; some stay married, some […]
What I Wish I’d Known While Querying
Like many writers, my debut novel is not the first completed novel I’ve written. In fact, I secured representation with an agent for the second book project I queried. She called me on a bright December morning. I will never forget her voice on the other end of the phone: “I’m in love with this! […]
The Secret Life Of Sofonisba Anguissola—The Most Famous Woman You’ve Never Heard Of
New Novel by Melissa Muldoon—“The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola—the most famous woman you’ve never heard of.” Writing in the time of Covid. Despite these uncertain times of Covid, writing a historical novel about Sofonisba Anguissola set in the sixteenth century has been a gratifying and fulfilling experience. It provided me with a much-needed outlet […]
On Writing What You DON’T know
On Writing What You Don’t Know By Sarah Penner Of all the writing advice I’ve come across in recent years, here is the old adage I despise the most: write what you know. They tell us to “write what we know” for several reasons: the sense of authority that comes across on the page; the […]
Book Writing Tips for Aspiring Debut Authors
Book Writing Tips for Aspiring Debut Authors By Wendy Yorke Everyone’s story counts and can help other people, which is why we have been sharing stories since we existed on this planet. My mission is to help people to spread their messages out into the world through their books, fiction and non-fiction, to help other […]
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