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.
I Am a Woman, Jewish, and Gay by Melissa Giberson
I Am a Woman, Jewish, and Gay. Melissa Giberson Martin was soft-spoken and had touched a soft spot in my heart. I didn’t know much about him, but I knew he was mourning the recent death of his mother. I knew his injury, the reason he sought my services as an occupational therapist, prevented him […]
On Writing Unfinished Business
I was never told it would take four years to write a book. No one ever told me much about writing a book at all, in fact, though to be fair that’s most likely because I never asked. There are so many things you can do in 4 years’ time. You can have a baby—or […]
The Box: Experiments and Inspirations
Mandy-Suzanne Wong The Box: Experiments and Inspirations A novel about a box? It’s an experiment. Much about it is uncertain; including, as in all experiments, the outcomes and results. Those are for readers to determine, and I expect they’ll do so with greater dubiousness than conclusiveness. The nature of the experiment was to learn whether […]
The Story Behind The Girl from the Red Rose Motel By Susan Zurenda
The Girl From the Red Rose Motel tells a story in which two high school students from vastly different backgrounds who fall in love attempt to navigate complications readers might never imagine. Interwoven with the story of Hazel, an impoverished girl, and the affluent Sterling is the story of their English teacher, Angela Wilmore, as […]
How I went Amish for Three Days to Research my Thriller By C.G. Twiles
How I went Amish for three days to research my thriller By C.G. Twiles Eli tried to pass me meatloaf again. “Mmm,” he drawled in an exaggerated manner. “Are you suuuure you don’t want some? It smells so gooooooood.” I had already told him I was vegetarian. But this didn’t stop him from repeatedly dangling […]
Inspiration to write Sisters of Wartime England
Inspiration is magic. I have always been fascinated by the achievements of women. Authors such as Jane Austen who wrote six novels in the early 19th century. Two hundred years later they are still giving millions of readers pleasure. Mary Shelley, at only eighteen, wrote Frankenstein. One of my favourite authors is 20th century novelist, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Susan Sage
Catherine McIntosh graduated from law school in 1923. She was one of the first women to graduate from Detroit College of Law. She’s ready to take the world by storm, as is her fiancé, Robert Sage, whom she met in law school. Their law firm, Sage & Sage, takes off—but then the Great Depression hit […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: June-July
Hello Readers & Friends, I’m back! June and July brought some fantastic reads—debuts, thrillers, stories that had me in awe, old timers, and some not-yet-released, but all must adds to your TBR. We’re in the mountains of North Carolina where I’ve been reading while writing the next novel—working title THE INN. What’s great is the […]
The Curious Case of the Translating Mystery Writer
The Curious Case of the Translating Mystery Writer I’m a translator. I turn Japanese women’s tales of romance, resistance, and even some of their gory murder mysteries into English prose. Funny, I don’t remember when exactly I decided to write a mystery novel of my own. What surprised me most about the process was its […]
THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS by Ann Garvin: Excerpt
We are delighted to feature this excerpt from THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS by Ann Garvin! THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS, Ann Garvin The show must go on” takes on a whole new meaning for one single mom in a witty and emotional novel by the USA Today bestselling author of I Thought You Said This Would […]
Recent Comments