Author Archive: Women Writers Women Books
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Recommended Reads July
THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, Jennifer Sklias-Gahan In The House in the Middle of the Street, Jennifer Sklias-Gahan conjures a haunting modern fairy tale of inheritance, secrets, and the creatures we invite into our lives. When Rebecca and her husband inherit a stately old home, they imagine it as the perfect place to […]
Writing a Travel Memoir: All You Need is Flights
When I was dumped by my boyfriend of two years on my 35th birthday, on a sponsored cruise where I was working as a content creator and he was my plus one, the same day my Facebook was hacked, I had just one thought: You can’t make this stuff up. I knew, then, that I […]
The Story Behind The Very Unremarkable Life of Mrs. Etty Bloom by Talya Jankovits
My first publication was a poem about the post-partum female body, specifically my post-partum body. My second publication was an essay exploring the side effects I faced while undergoing fertility treatments. Writing about motherhood, the female body, and infertility has since become synonymous with much of my work because the hard truth is that for […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: S.E. McPherson
S.E. McPherson Interviews Characters Logan Cardot technically doesn’t exist. According to the Black Lapels—the soldiers who run his country—and their Swordsman church, he should never have been born. In Wanted Boys, the first book in the same-named adult queer dystopian series by S.E. McPherson, Logan is kidnapped by the Black Lapels who imprisoned his parents, […]
Seeking Magic in Wild Spaces for A Treason of Magic
By Melissa Marr Twenty years ago, when I sold my very first novel, Wicked Lovely, I made three decisions—go to Ireland, go to Scotland, and start college funds for my then 12- and 7-year-old kids. I’m sure I did practical things, too, but knowledge and wild landscape were my focus. Since then, I’ve written a […]
Hammer and Nail By Maida Korte
Venturing into the arena of construction was an easy decision for me. My love affair with interior design coincided with my belief that anything can be done if I just work hard enough. This idealism has driven me for most of my life, eventually taking an emotional toll that left me exhausted, nervous, with anxiety […]
Going over to the Dark Side: My Inspiration behind Writing a Psychological Thriller By Carol Snow
Recently, I re-read Rebecca, Daphne DuMaurier’s 1938 masterpiece of psychological suspense. The first time I encountered the novel, in my early teens, it captivated me, as all romantic stories did. Another “romance novel” I read around that time was Madame Bovary. I liked it, but not as much as Rebecca because there was no mystery […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Nicole Conn
DESCENDING THIRDS In the high-stakes world of classical music, Alexandra von Triessen, a gifted but insecure pianist, navigates the cutthroat International Ketterling Piano Competition. Dazzled by the charming Sebastian D’Antonio, she finds herself drawn into a web of intrigue surrounding his enigmatic and estranged brother, Conrad. Just as Alexandra’s star begins to rise, a shocking […]
When Fear Keeps Us From the Truth by Rossana D’Antonio
When I wrote 26 Seconds: Grief and Blame in the Aftermath of Losing My Brother in a Plane Crash, I knew it would be a heavy book for some people to approach. The title alone carries the weight of what’s inside. It is a memoir born from the deepest heartbreak of my life — losing […]
Why Fantasy Can Reveal Human Truths by Alison Levy
How does fantasy reveal human truths? It might seem counterintuitive to look for truth in a genre dependent on magic and the supernatural but fantasy lovers know better. Fantasy weaves tales of impossibility but this is just a means to explore the human condition. Realistic fiction might contain truth, but fantasy allows us to experience […]
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