Category: Women Writing Fiction
Having it all: Life as a Working Mother and Author
From the perspective of a single mother, it seems that we have to wear all the pants, hats, shoes, and everything in between to take care of our business, right? While this may sound simple enough, I assure you it is not! As a matter of fact, it is extremely difficult to keep the smiles […]
Murder by Moonlight
My name is Sandra, and I am a professional killer. However, I don’t spend all of my time killing people; during the day I am a mother of three, a wife, a writer, a philanthropist, and even a part-time librarian at my son’s school. But when the sun goes down, I shed my daytime persona, […]
Honoring Literary Fiction Author Camilla Trinchieri
As writers, each of us has a writer, or several, who has made a difference in our lives. Writers we admired. Writers who have mentored us, friended us, sent an encouraging note. Or, from a distance, simply and deeply moved us with their work. Literary fiction author, Camilla Trinchieri, is one of those writers for […]
Claiming a Space in the World – Diane Simmons’ Short Stories
Chick lit covers wearing on you? Glossy images of impossibly long legs and microscopic pink dresses? If the shopping mall and the salon are too confining, enjoy kicking a little fictional butt. Little America Diane Simmons 115 pp. trade paperback The Ohio State University Press, 2011 In Little America, which won The Ohio State University […]
Initiation into Authorship: Calamity to Creation
I was never meant to be a writer. Or so I believed until… After virtually forty years of training and practising the art of sculpture, my life took a surprising new course. It is said that a Shaman must endure some physical calamity – a fall from a high rock face, breaking every bone in […]
Leaving a Mark on the World with Words
“Even the biggest avalanche starts with one snowflake.” I still remember the moment I first became involved in fighting injustice. Up until then, I’d been busy raising kids and trying to keep our family’s head above water. But when I learned about a school that had been burned to the ground because of religious intolerance, […]
NaNoWriMo: Getting to 65 Thousand by 11.24
Embarking upon an adventure. My team is ready. The cupboards and garage refrigerator are full. Who else is doing Nanowrimo? I have my plans, my note cards of research, the composition book full, the white story board – well it is waiting for all the information to unfold. I would label myself a very organized “pantser” […]
Divine Feminine Initiation in “Carry On The Flame”
“Western women will save the world.” ~Dalai Lama, at the Vancouver Peace Summit, September of 2009 Western women have unique mythic-archetypal roots that are empowering, wise, and filled with the transformative power of love. And we carry it within the depth of our very cells. We find these mythic-archetypal roots in the history of, and […]
The Many Lives of a Love Story: The Curiosity Cabinet
As a writer, you must fall in love with the idea of the book in your head. It’s hard to describe this process to anyone who hasn’t experienced it. It isn’t anything like the white heat of inspiration that new writers sometimes anticipate. So much of writing is perspiration rather than inspiration. But the idea of […]
A Journey of Souls – Why Novels Are the Most Truthful Medium
The first time someone talks to you because they’ve read your novel, it is very peculiar. The novel I have just published – My Memories of a Future Life – is about a classical pianist who has to stop playing because of a mysterious injury. Her desperation and her search for a cure are the […]
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