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.
On Disability and Spirituality: Dreaming and Writing a Better World
On disability and spirituality: dreaming and writing a better world People say write what you know. I’ve never been able to do otherwise. I’ve always dreamed my poems. I wake up and the poem is there. I don’t typically do a lot of rewrites, and the poems come out of my dreams fairly formed. In […]
On Writing Five Days in Bogotá
I was in New York City visiting galleries and studios in the early 1990s. A gallerist friend invited me to a dinner party in his apartment in The Old Police Building. Among the guests were Colombian dignitaries who had spoken at the United Nations that day. The cumbia music swept me away as my friend […]
Research Is Real for Fiction Writers
by Nan Reinhardt I’m so excited to share this new series with you—The Walkers of River’s Edge. We met the Walkers in previous series—if you are a River’s Edge reader, you might remember that Jazz Weaver is now married to Elias Walker, who left his CEO chair to return to being a carpenter in the […]
Background on the writing of Soul Dancing by Gail Priest
Background on the writing of Soul Dancing by Gail Priest It all began with a conversation my best friend Patt and I had one spring day several years ago as we sat under a huge tree in Chanticleer Gardens in Wayne, Pennsylvania. I told her that I had an idea for a new novel. I […]
Writing Burnout
By Tsara Shelton “I’m just not connecting to my writing in the same way,” I explained to my mom over the phone. Curled into an old rocking chair in my living room in Quebec, I was chatting with my mom – also a writer – who was likely feet up on the old couch in […]
Barbie and the Great American Identity Crisis: The Unfortunate Reality of a Nation Plagued by Racism, Patriarchy, and Stark Hypocrisy
By Dr. Karyne Messina It’s Barbie’s world, and I wanted to write about it. Consider that, as of March 2024, Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster comedy Barbie earned more than 636 million at the North American box office, with a total of 1.45 billion earned worldwide. It now enjoys bragging rights as Warner Bros’s top-earning movie ever, […]
Carolyn Clarke: Authors Interviewing Characters
For fans of the international bestselling and award-winning author of AND THEN THERE’S MARGARET comes the perfect family ‘dramedy’. AND NOW THERE’S ZELDA takes readers on another relatable ‘slice of life’ ride as Allison Montgomery realizes the only way to survive the angst of family is to let go….and let it be. Dealing with a […]
What Called Me to Write Not You, My Memoir by Megan Harris Madramootoo
What Called Me to Write Not You, My Memoir Megan Harris Madramootoo I love writing and I love helping others. I worked with bone marrow transplant patients for almost 19 years as I took care of my children and finished college. Now I write and teach, and through those I am able to fulfill my […]
UNDER THE PALM TREES by Kaira Rouda: Excerpt
We are delighted to feature this excerpt by Kaira Rouda’s UNDER THE PALM TREES! UNDER THE PALM TREES During a weekend retreat, a powerful family plays a dangerous game of dark secrets and cold-blooded ambition in a novel by Kaira Rouda, USA Today bestselling author of Beneath the Surface. Under the direction of the Kingsleys’ new president, Paige, […]
On Writing AKMARAL
On Writing AKMARAL by Judith Lindbergh Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am the least likely person to kill anything, even an insect that accidentally flies into my kitchen. I meditate and do yoga. I was “forest bathing” before I had ever heard the term. I nurture a native perennial garden where […]
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