Category: Contemporary Women Writers
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 […]
And Then, Two More: Donna Levin
I wrote a book called Get That Novel Started, some years ago, for Writer’s Digest Books. I had only been a writing instructor for a few years, and sensed that it was soon for me to write a book about craft, but they offered me a book contract, and how often do you turn that […]
Why Short Stories Matter More than Ever, by Randy Kraft
Feeling bombarded by maddening 24/7 news and social media feeds? Little time for the sheer pleasure of reading? Read a short story – there are a zillion of them bound and online, because a work of fiction gets to the heart of humanity, rather than a restating of the news of the day [although some […]
Interview with Bryn Hammond and Laury Silvers
Julie Bozza interviewed women authors Bryn Hammond (Amgalant) and Laury Silvers (The Sufi Mysteries) about their historical fiction. One of the things their writing has in common is a vivid sense of their characters living in their own “present day”, rather than stuck in our past and perhaps limited by our hindsight. Julie has mostly written […]
She Finished Something
I have countless novels waiting to see the light of day. I dropped out of an online masters writing course from Humber College-a prestigious post-secondary institution in Toronto, Ontario-two months shy of completion. I have an array of art supplies I’ve collected but never completed any projects. I’m weary about going back to school, lest […]
A Hook, Not A Gimmick By April Dávila, author of “142 Ostriches”
A week before I began querying agents for the first time, I was having coffee with a writer friend. I shared with her how nervous and excited I was about those first steps and she asked me what title I’d landed on, as I’d called the book many things over the years. I told her […]
Throw Me Something, Mistuh!
“Throw me something mistuh!” I started shouting this when I was six or seven years old, dressed in a cotton clown costume. Inside the Garden District of New Orleans, I was standing not too far from my parents and sister on the St Charles Avenue parade route. Just last year I yelled “Throw me something’” […]
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As a writer and author, Bridgitte is known for in-depth interviews with leading New Thought luminaries such as: Eckhart Tolle, Iyanla Vanzant, Deepak Chopra, Radhanath Swami, Elizabeth Gilbert, Penney Peirce, and Elizabeth Lesser. She was the lead writer to launch Oprah Winfrey Network’s Super Soul Sunday website, the 21-Day Become What You Believe Meditation and […]
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