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Jacinda Ardern: Leading with Empathy EXCERPT
About Jacinda Ardern: Leading with Empathy: Jacinda Ardern was swept to office in 2017 on a wave of popular enthusiasm dubbed ‘Jacindamania’. In less than three months, she rose from deputy leader of the opposition to New Zealand’s highest office. Her victory seemed heroic. Few in politics would have believed it possible; fewer still would have […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is Your Perception Of Creativity Hurting Your Writing?
I was talking to a friend of mine—who happens to be a psychotherapist and has experience working with creative professionals—about creativity. The two of us go for weekly walks amidst nature where we talk about life, challenges, and wins. Both the friendship and our weekly self-care ritual is cathartic. I confessed to her that on […]
Woman, Man, or Both?
Garbo portrayed you in Queen Christina, beautiful, when you, in fact, were not. These days you’re celebrated as an early feminist, although you, of course, would have sneered. And to be fair, some still call you a traitor, even to yourself. Once, at a dinner party in Sweden, my host showed me a fragment of […]
COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE
I knew I had to pursue a comedy fiction prize when I was met with 100% enthusiasm, not one doubter – well, only one literary agent, who said she didn’t think there was ‘enough funny female fiction out there to justify a prize’ so I said “exactly! – that’s why we need this prize!” – […]
The First Rule Of Write Club…
There was a bit of a to-do on twitter recently about big-name author Johnathan Franzen’s rather idiosyncratic writing rules, which he had been kind enough to share (some thought a lot less kindly of them). My takeaway from that was: The first rule of write club is…well, you know the rest. So when I was […]
When One Door Closes…
I’ve always been a fan of possibility. I’m with Emily Dickinson on this (no relation!): ‘I dwell in possibility’ is one of my favourite quotes. In my own life I’ve found that it often arrives when you least expect it, when your attention is summoned elsewhere. In fact, I owe my career as a bestselling […]
How Negative Things Influence Your Writing…
Nobody likes negativity. It may seem like some thrive on causing misery to everyone, including themselves, but it’s just not true, take it from me. I don’t like being unhappy. I don’t like it when people I love die, when people hurt me, when people bitch behind my back and I get to hear about […]
Talent Is Nice; Desire Is Everything
The only reason I’m a writer is because when I ask myself, “What else would I do?” I have no answer. I mean, I literally have no answer. Yes, I might have distant, romantic dreams of becoming an architect, but I do not possess the necessary skills – not even close. For me, adding three […]
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