Category: Contemporary Women Writers
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’” […]
Options to Make Your Book Marketing More Effective
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 […]
Witchcraft And Writing: Using Method Writing To Create Authentic Historical Characters
Sunwise is the sequel to Widdershins, which was inspired by the witch trials that took place in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England in 1650. Sixteen people were hanged on a single day on charges of witchcraft. Despite being the biggest execution of witches on a single day in England, the trials are not very well known about, so […]
Birth of a Bookstore Cat
Birth of a Bookstore Cat By: Judith Teitelman A truly successful bookstore is one with a cat. Having a cat means the booksellers care about the place and the people who walk through their doors. That’s why Skylight Books is a success and a chain bookstore is just a business. – Kerry Slattery, Skylight’s founding […]
Dorothy Richardson:The Forgotten Virginia Woolf
Louisa Treger’s biographical novel about Dorothy Richardson, peer of Virginia Woolf, intrigues. Who was Dorothy Richardson? These days, Dorothy Richardson is a name few are familiar with; her work is overshadowed by that of her more famous peer, Virginia Woolf. Yet in her time, Dorothy was something of a cult figure. She was hailed as […]
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