Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Are Writers Being Taught To “Dumb-Down” Their Technique For The Reader?
Are writers being taught to “dumb-down” their technique for the reader? I ask because, what is up with saying a story, chapter, or a section of a chapter has to be written from only one person’s point of view? When did that become “gospel?” For years, I’ve been reminded in classroom settings of this, preached at by […]
On writing: Jessica Winters Mireles
A guest post by Jessica Winters Mireles, Author of the novel, Lost in Oaxaca As a middle-aged woman of fifty-seven (or “Boomer” as my children mockingly refer to me lately) I’m arriving quite late to my career as a writer. Most of us were told that if we hadn’t published a novel by age thirty, […]
Esther Amini: Interviewing My Younger Self
Esther Amini, Author of: “Concealed”— Memoir of a Jewish-Iranian Daughter Caught between the Chador and America Interviewing my younger self… As a young child, born unto Iranian parents and growing up in the United States, what is your greatest fear? The sound of my voice. Why? My Persian father believes speech should be avoided at […]
Tinseltown or Bust? The Hollywood Dream, Part Two
Read Part One HERE With new book-to-film opportunities springing up, it seems you can not only publish your book, but also venture into the world of TV and film without an agent or a traditional contract. Is it really as easy as it seems? Pipeline is an established US based contest taking scripts, short stories, […]
Letter to My Parents in Quarantine, 3,000 miles away
Dear Mom and Dad, How are you holding up? This afternoon? This hour? Today is a good day for me. I am reading wonderful writers who are tuning into the small things in this new reality: Karen Russell, Maggie Nelson. Also, listening to George Saunders read his letter to his creative writing student about the […]
PUTTING GHOSTS TO REST
PUTTING GHOSTS TO REST When you’ve had a few books out, readers ask what your favorite is. Or if they’re going to read just one, which should it be? The easy answer—the one I usually give—is whatever I just wrote, because it reflects how my writing has evolved, and what’s freshest in my mind. I […]
What Mama Brings to the Cradle By Irene Kessler
When we write there is always a bit of us in there, but as I look back on this book, my debut novel Mountain of Full Moons, I realize there were many things in my life that inspired what I put in writing. It even surprised me. The strange thing is that the words came […]
FINDING INSPIRATION IN UNEXPECTED PLACES
By Judith Keim Writers are the worst eavesdroppers, the worst snoops! Why? Because, if we pay attention, there are stories all around us. It can be as simple as overhearing someone say, “Well, I finally got that done!” Wow! There are a million stories in that one sentence. Who? What? Where? Why? And if someone […]
The New Coming of Age
First kisses. First loves. First rejection. First time experimenting with [fill in the blank]. First time knowing how to actually apply and wear eyeliner. Once you’ve passed the test of puberty and scaled the morbid walls of middle school, high school is often hailed as the “coming-of-age” period in an individual’s life. At least so […]
On Writing: Janet Todd
I always wanted to write fiction. Over the years I started several novels—occasionally I even finished them. In subject they ranged from expatriate life in post-independence Ghana to a fictionalised biography of Mary Wollstonecraft’s unhappy sister. (Most attempts have gone out in black bin bags.) I had a family to support and it’s a lot […]
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