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.
Celia Micklefield: On Writing
Hello to all you lovers of books. And a big thank you to Barbara for giving me this opportunity to reach more of you through her website and tell you a little something about my work. Celia Micklefield is my maiden name. I thought it was a good idea to use it as my pen name. […]
Laura Vosika On Writing
I can hardly remember a time I didn’t write. When I was eight I wrote poetry—thankfully there are no surviving examples! At ten, I started a novel about a boy who is kidnapped and such a trial to his kidnappers that they try to give him back. Ten pages in, I came across The Ransom […]
My Process as a Writer By Jennifer Nelson
Teaching with Heart: Lessons Learned in a Classroom By Jennifer Nelson I have my good friend Peggy to thank for my writing Teaching with Heart: Lessons Learned in a Classroom. Years ago, I left my journalism job to teach high school French. It was clear that writing for a weekly business magazine was too demanding […]
Dance and Despair: Writing What You Know
Dance and Despair: Writing What You Know I lay in the bath, deep in a cloud of lavender-scented bubbles, pondering a question. Where could I set a contemporary romance series? I’d previously written historical novels based around real events. These had required an enormous amount of research to get the details of daily life correct. […]
My Writing Journey By Yvonne Rediger
My Writing Journey By Yvonne Rediger I began as a writer creating short stories when I was thirteen. Fan fiction mostly, from various television shows I liked such as Star Trek. Also, some popular shows from back in the day I blush about now as they do not hold up over the course of time, […]
How I Co-Authored a Dual Memoir with my Father Without Discussing it with him
In a recent conversation with a friend, after learning about My Vietnam Your Vietnam, she posed the intriguing question: “How did you manage to co-author a book with your father without discussing it with him?” I chuckled, responding simply with, ” Good question.” However, that question uncovers a remarkable truth about the creation of this book: […]
My Grandmother’s Secret By Emily Bleeker
My Grandmother’s Secret By: Emily Bleeker When I was seventeen, my paternal grandmother made the move from warm and sunny Pensacola Florida to the freezing winters of the suburbs of Chicago. Our two-bedroom townhome was already packed to the brim with our family of six. When Grandma Elizabeth moved in we turned our one-car garage […]
Margaret Chideme: On Writing First 30
Zambabwean poet, Margaret Chideme tells WWWB about her powerful collection of poems First 30. Her work explores taboo topics – particularly in the African culture – about sexuality, womanhood and ambition. I have always been a closet writer. I have kept poetry closest to my chest in times when I needed to release something. To release pain, to […]
A Petit Mal: A Mother’s Healing Love Song: Excerpt
When her young son is diagnosed with epilepsy, award-winning Colombian-American artist and poet Ana María Caballero, is devastated and hopelessly confused. As the long journey of healing commences, Caballero eschews traditional medicine and instead turns to a group of alternative healers she’s worked with before, whom she affectionately refers to as her army of “witch doctors.” […]
Ten Books by Canadian Authors you should read now!
Ten Books by Canadian Authors you should read now! By Maggie Giles Before my first book came out, I began to get more involved in my local book community. This meant connecting with many different Canadian Authors. It opened me up to a bunch of amazing books I’d never heard of before. These authors masterfully […]
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