Author Archive: Women Writers Women Books
Dutch by birth and serial emigrant, Barbara currently lives with her husband and daughter in a tiny village in Galicia, Spain, as basic and simple as can be. W Barbara's website.
DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice: Excerpt
Adapted from DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice by Judy Karofsky On my mother’s first evening in her third assisted living facility, the main dining room was filled with music, visitors, and a western-themed buffet celebrating the facility’s third anniversary. I was certain we’d hit the motherload of abundant care. Besides […]
I Won’t Tell, Promise
A Magician’s Daughter Exposes her Father’s Stage Secrets. And Why not? By Katy Grabel In fourth grade, I asked my father to teach me his best card trick for Show and Tell. When the day came, I performed it for my class. That night when my father asked how it went, I told him the […]
How Summers Away Helped Me Find My Creativity
During the summer of the pandemic, many of us city-dwellers were trying to flee the cramped towers of downtown for the sprawling landscapes of the countryside, and I was no exception. Stepping into my partner’s family’s rustic cottage on the North Bruce Peninsula felt like an exhale of relief. That summer was a turning point […]
Why Women Writers Should “Work It”
It stands to reason that great fiction would take place in the great arenas of the human experience: the places where we test our talents, boundaries, and mettle. This could be the battlefield, the sports field, outer space, the kitchen table, or the classroom, among zillions of other places. But puzzlingly, in contemporary fiction, one […]
From Darkness to Light: The Story Behind Confused Girl: Find Your Peace in the Chaos
By Giovanna Silvestre My journey of writing Confused Girl, Find Your Peace in the Chaos started a decade ago when I found myself in a deep, dark pit of despair. This wasn’t just a phase; it was a heavy depression that felt like a shadow I couldn’t shake off. As I navigated through this time, […]
Ever Widening Circles & Mystical Moments by Jean Shinoda Bolen: Excerpt
We are delighted to feature an excerpt from Ever Widening Circles & Mystical Moments by Jean Shinoda Bolen(Chiron Publications | March 4, 2025), the long-awaited memoir by 89-year-old activist, author, psychiatrist, and Jungian analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, endorsed by Gloria Steinem and Isabelle Allende. While Jean Shinoda Bolen is an internationally renowned Jungian analyst, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Mary Kendall
The Accidental Heiress In a quest to save her ancestral property, Margaret just might expose secrets that cost her everything . . . Horse farm owner Margaret O’Keefe is desperate to save her family farm, Needham Forest. So, when she hears a rumor about a hidden treasure on her land, she plunges into a search that uncovers more […]
Lacy Fewer – On Writing Yankeeland
I always knew I was going to write. As a young child, I was fascinated with how a book could transport you to a world where everything worked out in the end. I dreamed of being able to bring my love of storytelling to a wider audience. Writing is the lens through which I understand […]
No Small Wins
Many of my writer friends have celebrated wins lately, and it’s gotten under my skin. Because they’re not. Celebrating, that is. Without exception, on learning of said wins I’ve barely enunciated the C in CONGRATS! and already they’re downplaying it. Dismissing it as insignificant, not even news at all, really. Drowning their victory in BUTS and JUSTS. My short story was […]
When Talking’s Tough: The Magic of the Mother/Daughter Book Club
By Mima Tipper When I began writing Kat’s Greek Summer, I had a clear view of basing the story loosely on summers I spent in Greece as a young teen, and that the book would be saturated with sun-soaked locales and colorful Greeks. What I didn’t know is that my main character Kat, a 14 […]
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