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 Writing EAT THE CUPCAKE NOT THE CAKE
I love food; I eat carbs; I don’t fear fat; I drink wine; I don’t count calories; I don’t count steps; and I don’t belong to a gym. I realize this is a unique introduction to a book dedicated to achieving a healthy weight. My latest book, “Eat the Cupcake, Not the Cake” is not […]
Excerpt from Give Yourself Permission by Cortney McDermott
Excerpt from Give Yourself Permission by Cortney McDermott This book is not about getting somewhere, because you’re already there. It’s not about becoming someone, because you already are that someone. It’s not about having or doing, because the having and doing will happen through you once you awaken to the truth of who and what […]
What inspired The Beach Party
What inspired The Beach Party Have you ever done something really terrible and got away with it? Something that, years later, still fills you with utter dread in case someone finds out about it? This was the thought that first sparked my idea for The Beach Party. Most people have something hidden in their past […]
From Hospital Receptionist to Gangland Crime Writer
My life has been hectic lately. I work for the NHS. Mainly as a receptionist, but also as a gopher and a big part of the clinical admin team. I sort your referrals with the hospital and your Covid vaccines. And I’m a Gandland Crime Writer. I started writing late in life, I had just […]
What Makes a Book “Unputdownable”?
WHAT MAKES A BOOK “UNPUTDOWNABLE?” These days, most people are addicted to their devices. I confess, I’m one of them. But I also love to read and have an ever-growing stack of books on my TBR table. So, what keeps me reading instead of checking my phone to see what new rabbit hole there is […]
My Brush with Mortality—3 Realizations that Inspired my Novel
My Brush with Mortality—3 Realizations that Inspired my Novel During the pandemic, a series of poor health reports resulted in three surgeries (two planned and one life-saving emergency surgery that led to a nine-day recovery stint in the hospital). Nothing makes you reevaluate your life like facing your mortality. Alone at night in that hospital […]
The Urgency of the Story
The Urgency of the Story Before there were podcasts, there were call-in radio shows, and listeners would often identify themselves as “long-time listener, first-time caller.” Similarly, I’m a long-time writer, first-time author, and it really has been a long time! I began a youthful writing practice when my parents gave me a blue “journal” (actually, […]
The Golden Rule by Nancy Joie Wilkie
“The Golden Rule” (by Nancy Joie Wilkie, Faraway and Forever—More Stories) The third story in Faraway and Forever … “Half The Sky” … is about a teenage girl just prior to her eighteenth birthday … and who has been estranged from her parents for her entire life … and she doesn’t know why. After believing […]
Why Do Female Protagonists Have to be Likable?
Why Do Female Protagonists Have to be Likable? Karina Cortés, the protagonist of my debut novel, ONE TOUGH COOKIE, has been called unlikable by many who’ve read the book. This was something I was aware of as I wrote, something I wanted her to be. Through all the rewrites, I kept her core personality intact, […]
An Interview with Roberta S. Kuriloff
An Interview with Roberta S. Kuriloff As a child living in an orphanage, Roberta S. Kuriloff dreamed of being Superman’s daughter flying above Earth to save the world’s disenfranchised children or being the Pied Piper leading the other kids back to their family homes. At 39, she set out to build a home of her […]
Recent Comments