Author Archive: Women Writers Women Books
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Appalachia: Blessed and Cursed by Khristeena Lute
What makes a culture something to be proud of versus something to overcome? I grew up in southeastern Ohio and northeastern Kentucky—the foothills of Appalachia. As I progressed through high school and college as a first-generation college student, I heard the usual advice oft-given to young Appalachians: get rid of the accent. Clip it. Hit […]
10 Facts About Aloha Wanderwell by Laurel Corona
I first stumbled across Aloha Wanderwell in a thin book about interesting women in Vancouver Island history. Leafing through, I stopped on the name “Aloha Wanderwell,” because with a singular name like that, who wouldn’t? I was intrigued by the story of a fearless teenager who set out to conquer the world by car long […]
On Writing Once We Forget by Elise Geither
The day it really hit me was a sunny spring day. My parents had just called me to say “Happy Birthday” and sing to me. As they laughed and Mom sang, she got to the part of the song that goes: Happy Birthday dear (name). And…silence. My mother had forgotten my name. My name is […]
4 Janes: A Novel by Marian Yee: Excerpt
4 Janes Through time, space, and the transcendence of maternal love, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is reimagined in the parallel lives of one soul searching for meaning, connection, and a place to belong. Jane Eyre is a missionary’s wife. A bookseller in Vietnam. A time traveler. A hero in a modern gothic tale. What if Jane’s story […]
Two Writers. Two Debut Novels. One Game-Changing Partnership
THE NOVEL LADIES At similar stages of editing and submission, clocking approximately 100 agent rejections each, authors Brenda Haas and Susan Poole credit their critique partnership as a major reason they eventually published their award-winning debut novels (2025). The pair first met after a bit of online sleuthing. From Lakeside, Ohio, Brenda registered for the […]
No One is You, and that’s Your Superpower
by Debra Borchert Recently, I attended a Zoom meeting, starring Kara Infante, podcaster-extraordinaire and host of Bookish Flights Podcast, in which she said, “No One is you, and that’s your superpower.” I thought about how most of us have experienced anxiety or nervousness at least once, and how those bouts can affect our self-confidence. As […]
The Process of Writing A Dream Life by Wendy Swift
Over twenty years ago, I had a conversation with a friend who wrote children’s books reviews for Publisher’s Weekly. I told her I would like to write a memoir. She quickly said, no one is interested in reading a memoir unless it is about a celebrity. That may have been true then, or maybe that […]
The Inspiration behind Back to the Cape by Judy Lannon
I never thought I would write one book, let alone three books and then a sequel, but sometimes life pushes you beyond your own expectations. The pull to take on another book was inspired by book number three, Callahan’s Cottage. Back to the Cape, which was launched on May 25, 2026, is the sequel to […]
Habla Español? No, But I Narrated my Audiobook Anyway
Long before I had a finished draft of my debut A Little Piece of Cuba: A Journey to Become Cubana-Americana, I knew I would narrate the audiobook myself. I am not alone in believing strongly that all memoirists should read their own work and narrate their own audiobooks, but I also know that it comes […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Micki Pierce
The Route 66 Detective in Missouri: The Route 66 Mystery Series One man. Two wheels. A thousand miles of trouble. Mac McCarty has spent his life dodging death. First in the dogfights over Europe, then on the lethal wooden planks of the motorcycle racing circuit. Now, he’s a private investigator with a simple beat: the […]
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