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.
Writing Romance with a Broken Heart
Writing Romance with a Broken Heart by Nan Reinhardt Okay, so maybe that title is slightly misleading. My heart isn’t actually broken in the lost-love sense of the word, and it’s not actually what medical professionals would refer to as broken either. The real word for my heart is failing. Let me explain. Six months […]
How My Lifelong Affair with Stamps influenced my Writing
The Philatelist Many readers have asked me if and how events, interests, and people in my life have influenced my writing. Since my stories all take place in the Los Angeles garment center, my career as a sales exec in the ladies’ apparel industry has certainly had a significant influence on my writing. Customers, colleagues, […]
Tamarillas Press: Keeping it in the Family
I’m CJ Morrow and I’m the co-founder of Tamarillas Press. Who/what are we? A small family of authors who write under the imprint Tamarillas Press. We’re two sets of sisters, that’s me, my sister who writes as Marina Johnson/Joanne Ryan and my daughters Belle Henderson and Amelia Watchman. In 2013 I released my first book, […]
FOREWORD REVIEWS 25th Anniversary: Interview with Founder and Publisher Victoria Sutherland
Foreword Reviews is celebrating its 25th-year anniversary of exclusively reviewing independently published books this year. Foreword was one of the first publications to recognize that indie publishing was about to boom, and they launched in 1998 in order to provide high quality reviews of indie books and promote more diversity in publishing–and they have been […]
The inspiration behind Underwater Daughter, A Memoir of Survival and Healing, by Antonia Deignan
The inspiration behind Underwater Daughter, A Memoir of Survival and Healing, by Antonia Deignan: *** “Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition.” — bell hooks Imagine. Love inspires everything. Like many, I looked for love in the wrong places. I lacked […]
The Blogging Writer: Why Running A Successful Blog Benefits Every Writer
So maybe you’ve heard the dirty and unsettling news; survival as a writer these days depends on a platform. I used to shudder upon hearing those words. Like many beginning writers, I had a tendency towards introversion and the mere thought of putting myself, or my work, out into the world seemed very perilous. However, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Susan Wands
Susan Wands Interviews Pamela Colman Smith from Magician and Fool, Book One, Arcana Oracle Series About the book: MAGICIAN AND FOOL Pamela Colman Smith, newly arrived from New York to her birthplace of London, is received as an oddball in Victorian society. Her second sight helps her in her new job: illustrating tarot cards for […]
Three Non-Writing Tips to Get You Writing
When I started writing, I wished I had someone in my life who could tell me exactly what to do and where to begin. Lately, I’ve been talking a lot on radio, podcasts, and television about how to get started as a writer. Even if you are an established writer and feeling stuck, or only […]
RACHEL LACEY interviews the lead characters in her new novel, STARS COLLIDE
About WHEN STARS COLLIDE From Rachel Lacey, award-winning author of Read Between the Lines, comes a sexy slow-burn romance about two dynamic divas who collide on the world’s biggest stage. Eden Sands has been a star for twenty years, but it’s lonely at the top. Her mediocre marriage just ended, and her inner circle is smaller […]
A Novel Approach to Dealing with Grief
A Novel Approach to Dealing with Grief I was forty when a heart attack claimed my husband’s life and changed mine forever. In the immediate aftermath of suffocating grief, I couldn’t fathom anything good coming out of such a traumatic experience. But I was wrong. When my husband died, I found my writer’s voice. As […]
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