Category: Contemporary Women Writers
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 […]
My Publishing Journey, Heather Chavez
When I was a child, my first book was about a family of rabbits celebrating Christmas. Told in rhyme of course. On the back, I scribbled one word: Hallmark. Even back then, I wanted a publisher. My first paycheck came from a poem I wrote for a local newspaper in Kansas. It was about socks. […]
The Path Stays Rocky: Looking Back From Book Five
Any other job would get easier over time, but not writing books. With the February release of The Lucky One, my fifth novel, I’m coming clean on a question I get often. The question goes: Isn’t it easier now that you’ve done it a couple of times? It is. And it’s not. For the first […]
The Story Behind Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters by Anita Kushwaha
If this article is published on January 28th it will coincide with the Canadian release of my novel Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters. As I write, there is still an insulating week left between me and launch day, the day that the book child I’ve nurtured for years gets thrust into the wild. The […]
My Mother’s Last Words: Finish Your Writing
Jane Gilmartin On the day I turned 50, I found myself sitting at my first ever novel writing workshop at Grub Street in Boston. I had secured the last remaining spot in the class only the afternoon before, a gift from my husband. I remember surveying the other eleven faces around that table and feeling […]
The Brontë Myth: Why This Literary Family Continues to Inspire Writers Today
The Brontë Myth: why this literary family continues to inspire writers today I first “met” the Brontës when my mother read my younger sister and me Jane Eyre. My sister hid under the covers at the “romantic bits.” I hung over the edge of the top bunk to beg for another chapter. The story confused […]
Writing Romance, Facts and Myths
Before I get down to telling you why I write romance, I’m going to start by answering the question, why write at all? In my case, it was largely down to Mrs Thatcher. No, I wasn’t inspired by her, but her policies were definitely a catalyst. You see, only a couple of years before my […]
BEST WOMEN’S EROTICA OF THE YEAR
In Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 5, award-winning editor Rachel Kramer Bussel takes readers on an outrageous journey into the world of female fantasy and desire. These sexy stories offer up wild, hot and steamy tales from today’s top authors. You’ll be swept away by the sexiest business deal ever, break the rules […]
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