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 Leaving: How I Set Myself Free from an Abusive Marriage
About writing my memoir: Growing up in New Delhi, India, I had always been an avid reader of fiction and non-fiction, whether it be Irving Wallace, Ayn Rand, Alex Hayley, or Pearl Buck. Books were readily available at home as my dad was a voracious reader. I was fascinated by the courage and wit of […]
Why We Wrote Our Book: The Importance of Building an Owner’s Mindset in Family Enterprises
Why We Wrote Our Book: The Importance of Building an Owner’s Mindset in Family Enterprises By Wendy Sage-Hayward, Gaia Marchisio and Barb Dartt Our book,“OWN IT! Building an Owner’s Mindset at Every Age,” aims to shed light on the importance of intentionally developing an owner’s mindset within family enterprises. Through our own experiences and work […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Marcia Bradley, The Home for Wayward Girls
About THE HOME FOR WAYWARD GIRLS Growing up in the 1990s, Loretta escapes her abusive parents–and the “ranch” they run for “bad” girls—eventually becoming an advocate for teen runaways and a foe of today’s Troubled Teen Industry where teens are sent to programs in isolated locales and wilderness camps. This heartfelt novel offers hope despite […]
Exclusive Excerpt from THE HALF OF IT by Juliette Fay
We are delighted to feature an exclusive excerpt from THE HALF OF IT by Juliette Fay! THE HALF OF IT Fay beautifully navigates the layers of family and friendship, the great loves we lose, the imperfect marriages we manage with grace, and the unexpected miracles that will astonish us.” —Randy Susan Meyers, international bestselling author […]
MUSCLE MEMORY: Essay by Claudia Hinz
My mother hobbles into the kitchen. Her gait is a wide, see-sawing lurch, reminiscent of my children as toddlers who barreled headlong into everything. I watch helplessly, certain this is the moment she crashes into a table or snags the edge of a rug and hits the ground. This morning, her flannel nightgown is crusted […]
On Writing MY LOVE NIKOLA TESLA
By Ana Atanaskovic One of the happy endings of my writing journey is publishing my novel MY LOVE NIKOLA TESLA in America, the country where the story takes place. And it happened in November last year. But I would like to start from the beginning. As a young girl, I was greatly inspired by my father. […]
On Publishing My Mother’s Memoir
Two years ago, I broke. Crumbled. Oh, I struggled for a few months using whatever energy bursts I could muster to stay in the game, but by early 2022, no amount of priming could restart the flow and I prepared to step away from it all. After seven plus years of writing, publishing, promoting, volunteering […]
Book Promotion Tips From a Publicist Turned Writer
I’m a writer but I also walk through life with a publicist’s eye. I’ve worked in PR and social media for more than twenty five years and with my debut thriller out in May 2023, I’m taking an even keener look at how authors promote their work. There’s a lot to learn and book publishing […]
The Adventure Indeed Continues
Two years ago, I had written http://booksbywomen.org/the-adventure-continues/ and the adventure indeed continues, but with a different emphasis. When a non-writing friend tried to pigeonhole what I was doing as a “hobby” I started pondering why I was so into writing. It was not to make money, or even a living – the day jobs had […]
Writing By The Seat of my Yoga Pants By Donnaldson Brown
Writing By The Seat of my Yoga Pants By Donnaldson Brown Have you ever been asked, ‘are you a pantser or an outliner?’ Meaning, do you fly by the seat of your pants when you write, or do you know where you’re headed when you start and outline it? I’m a ‘pantser,’ who thinks I […]
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