Category: Contemporary Women Writers
To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish: That is the Question
Loads of people dream of becoming celebrated authors, seeing their books prominently displayed in bookstores and airports across the globe. It’s the fantasy equivalent of moving to Hollywood and becoming the next Julia Roberts, Scarlett Johansen, or Jennifer Lawrence; something that only happens for one person out of every hundred thousand hopefuls. After writing my […]
Erotic Fiction Writing Tips
Erotic Fiction Writing Tips By Autumn Bardot A steamy story. A classic bodice ripper. A risqué passage. It’s all about sex, right? Maybe not. There may be a whole lot more than meets the eye. The truth is, writing erotic fiction is both fun and a lot of hard (no pun intended) work. I write […]
Writers, Bombers, India, and US
I live in Norway now, and when people ask where I’m from, I say, of course, that I’m American. If conversation turns to my writing, and to my forthcoming novel, Where the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow, set in early 20th century India, they sometimes ask why I don’t write about America. (In Norway, the word […]
My Writing Journey: Saz Vora
I’ve wanted to write this story for a long time, it will be twenty-eight years since it began. The prequel is part of the two novels in the University Series – Reena and Nikesh, Book One My Heart Sings Your Song was released in January of this year. It is a romance with references to […]
Writing About Addiction and Recovery Bonnie E. Carlson
I didn’t start out with the intention of becoming someone who writes about alcoholism and addiction. Or maybe I did. This essay contributes to the body of work on writing about difficult things (see “Why and How I Write Novels about Tough Subjects” by Ellen Marie Wiseman on this site) such as mental illness (e.g., […]
Dick’s, If You’re Listening: Women Like to Play and Read About Sports
By Susie Orman Schnall With the announcement that Dick’s Sporting Goods, the largest U.S. sporting-goods chain is reorienting its retail focus toward female buyers, everyone but women are realizing the spending power controlled by women, our love of sports, and our desire to sometimes buy running shoes, yoga pants, and soccer balls that aren’t pink. […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Eleni Kyriacou
Hello, my name is Eleni Kyriacou and my debut novel, SHE CAME TO STAY, is set in London’s glitzy, smoggy Soho in 1952, among the Cypriot community. It was selected by Hachette’s Future Bookshelf initiative, which was created to discover unpublished authors from underrepresented backgrounds. Prepare yourselves to meet one of my lead characters, Bebba […]
Rediscovering My Voice
Mine never was a voice to blend in and certain never to be stifled. From the moment I was old enough to join the local children’s choir, I was a thorn in my director’s side, and despite her encouragement in cheerful falsetto, her attempts to teach me balance, my voice – already too big and […]
The Other American Dirt Issue: Is Fear of Appropriation Fomenting a Culture of Censorship?
I was recently in the NPR studios in New York to participate in the show, 1A’s, panel discussion on the enduring American Dirt kerfuffle, specifically, “What The Controversy Over ‘American Dirt’ Tells Us About Publishing And Authorship.” Seated in the studio with me was Vox culture writer, Constance Grady, and from two remote locations we were joined by […]
Interview with Millicent from MY LOVELY WIFE
Author SAMANTHA DOWNING interviews her main character Milicent, from her novel MY LOVELY WIFE. Dexter meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this wildly compulsive debut thriller about a couple whose fifteen-year marriage has finally gotten too interesting… — Interview with Millicent Thank you so much for agreeing to do this. The pleasure is all mine. Why don’t you […]
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