Category: Contemporary Women Writers
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 […]
Character Interview – Erica Miner
Violinist turned author ERICA MINER interviews her character Julia Kogan. About Staged for Murder In this third novel in Erica’s “Opera Mystery” series, young violinist Julia heads to the San Francisco Opera with her significant other, Larry, and their five-year-old daughter, Rachel. Julia is under inordinate pressure, replacing ailing concertmaster, Ben, who has suffered serious […]
My Long and Winding Road to Publication
It’s been a long and winding road from the time I first started journaling about the sudden death of my best friend’s twelve-year-old son, Brendan, until the day my novel, Winter of the Wolf, was published. “Long” equating to eighteen years, and “winding” because nothing about it was straight forward. At the time of Brendan’s […]
Excerpt of EDGE OF THE MAP by Johanna Garton
Voted a “must-read of 2020” by REI’s Uncommon Path Magazine, Johanna Garton’s Edge of the Map is the story of Christine Boskoff, one of the world’s top alpinists and a trailblazing record holder who overcame challenge after challenge… until she and her partner, renowned climber Charlie Fowler, disappeared. The story is equal parts climbing history, […]
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