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Representation in Writing – Author’s Dilemma, Author’s Responsibility
Representation in writing – author’s dilemma, author’s responsibility There is maybe no hotter topic right now for writers than the question of representation. Writers everywhere are debating whether writing characters out of one’s own ethnicity or gender might be considered wrong. The answer isn’t so simple. My latest novel, The Fervor (GP Putnam’s Sons) marks […]
My First Big Book Was Published. Now What?
My First Big Book Was Published. Now What? I had lavished ten years on researching and writing the first comprehensive biography of female Arctic explorer Louise Arner Boyd. Of course, life intervened during that time as it does but I always returned to working on THE BOOK. I didn’t really have much of a choice […]
QUIT ISN’T A WRITER’S WORD: How I Stayed on the Path to Publication and you can, too!
QUIT ISN’T A WRITER’S WORD: How I stayed on the path to publication and you can, too! By Mindy Henderson I’m a writer so of course I want you to read this essay until the very end, but I still decided not to “bury the lede” (lucky you!) so here, in this first sentence, is […]
How Writing A Memoir-in-Essays Saved My First Failed Book
How Writing A Memoir-in-Essays Saved My First Failed Book By Jody Keisner When people ask me how long it took to write Under My Bed and Other Essays, I tell them five years, but that isn’t the whole story. I had to write and fail at another book for seven years first. (Twelve years total, […]
Wellspring: Finding Your Story Inspiration by Rachel Dacus
Wellspring: Finding Your Story Inspiration by Rachel Dacus Some say sadness is the wellspring for creative inspiration, but for me it’s often curiosity. I found the inspiration for my recent novel, Undoing Time, following a whim into a Google search on my phone. I still can’t believe the entirety of a novel arose from idleness […]
Inspiration Behind DANGER TO OTHERS
I always thought I would become a therapist, helping people like me—late bloomers with difficult relationships. Instead, I spent my career working with people experiencing serious mental illness. I have a knack for forming relationships with young men whose voices tell them to assault, old women kicked out of nursing homes, and overwhelmed youth who […]
Jacquelyn Mitchard on her Unusual Writing Process
Doing it My Way I’m fairly certain that most other people who write novels don’t write novels in the way that I write novels. Having met a good many writers in my life, I’ve been able to count up exactly one other who follows the steps I follow to complete a narrative. It’s eccentric. It’s […]
Susan Sands on her Publishing Journey
Hello, Women Writers! And thanks so much to Barbara for hosting me this month. Some of you might know me, but likely most don’t. My name is Susan Sands (real name), and I’ve had a five-book Alabama series published with the Tule Publishing Group. I’ve got four upcoming books this year and a new novella […]
TOSCA LEE on writing THE PROGENY
THE PROGENY New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee brings a modern twist to an ancient mystery surrounding Elizabeth Bathory, the most notorious female serial killer of all time. Emily Jacobs is the descendant of a serial killer. Now, she’s become the hunted. She’s on a quest that will take her to the secret underground of […]
‘Seeing’ Visible Signs
‘Seeing’ Visible Signs This has happened twice. In my mind’s eye, I see a scene: the people, the place, an event. Nothing more. A still life. It seems to work as a starter, similar to levain, a leavening agent made from a mixture of flour and water used to bake bread. The flour and water […]
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