Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Follow Me Darkly: An Excerpt
FOLLOW ME DARKLY, is the first in a new modern erotic series by #1 NYT bestselling Helen Hardt (pub September 29, 2020): Helen’s scintillating new series is a deliciously sexy, modern erotic romance about public personas and the secrets we keep buried beneath the surface. We are delighted to feature this excerpt! “Good evening,” a […]
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING CHARACTERS: VEENA RAO
Winner of the She Writes Press and SparkPress Toward Equality in Publishing (STEP) contest, Purple Lotus is an invaluable #OwnVoices story personalizing the immigrant experience with a universal message: there’s hope even if you feel inadequate, powerless, fearful. It is never too late to take control of your life – we must choose to live, not just exist. Dealing […]
How Ghosts, Activism and a Psychic Saved My Writing: Reflections on keeping the faith
Like so many authors with full-time day jobs, my writing time was limited, rigorously scheduled and precious. I wrote in the spare moments my busy psychotherapy practice allowed me. And then I had an opportunity to take a three-month sabbatical. Just before the break, I had arranged for a few people to read a draft […]
10 Avoidable Mistakes When Writing Your First Book
I have completed five books now (four have been published, the other should be out next year) and every single time I have made avoidable mistakes. Each time I start a new book, I remember the mistakes of the previous book and vow not to make those. Then I make other ones instead. One of […]
The Joy of Infusing Fiction with Heart and Heritage by Tori Eldridge
As fiction writers, we spend a tremendous amount of time living in a make-believe world of our own construction. When we’re not doing that, we’re often lost in addictive research on topics that are incredibly fascinating, at least to us. It’s a wonderful way to live, and we’re fortunate to have this creative expression in […]
What Makes Writing Exciting?
Having spent more time at home over the last few month than, well, ever, I’ve had a bit of time to reflect on what keeps writing exciting for me, and what I learned along the journey. My head has always been filled with stories and I started writing them down as a kid. Something would […]
Tips On Writing Historical Fiction
I’ve been teaching creative writing for years, but continue to learn things I didn’t know about writing both from my students’ work and from my own writing experiences. This year saw the publication of my first novel, The Strange Adventures of H; it was also my first attempt at historical fiction and once again I […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Iris Mitlin Lav
A Wife in Bangkok by Iris Miltin Lav (September 8, She Writes Press) is a beautiful tale of one woman who dropped everything for a journey across the globe. It’s 1975, and Crystal is doing her best to be a “good wife” for her family. However, when her husband’s job relocates her family to Thailand, she finds betrayal and isolation among the beauty. Fighting intense loneliness and buffeted by a series frightening and shocking […]
How Writing And Acting Overlaps
A few years ago, I walked to the first day of rehearsal for a play. I had not recognised the building from the address, but as I got closer the sense of place was overwhelming. The church rooms near the back of Highbury Corner used to house the nursery school I attended when I was […]
Do You Have The Courage To Put Your Life On Paper?
Courage is Fear Walking. I was in Italy with my son Francis in 2002. He was 16 at the time and in private school. From first grade through the twelfth grade the students were taught Latin. It’s one of those subjects that can help you in a spelling bee but otherwise not useful in daily […]
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