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.
Rising Action Publishing
Women have long been underrepresented in the publishing industry, both as authors and as members of the workforce. In recent years, however, there has been a growing movement to address this imbalance and amplify women’s voices in publishing. Publishers have played a vital role in this effort, using their platform to spotlight female authors and […]
How Your Cover Speaks Volumes
How Your Cover Speaks Volumes By Christina Hamlett The popularity of self-publishing has given rise to a new breed of frugal entrepreneurs—authors who eschew hiring professionals to edit their books, take their headshots and design their book covers. The latter strategy in particular is rarely a smart idea, especially if one’s cover art dictates a […]
How to get Publisher the Mindful Way
How to get published the mindful way Whether you are starting out as a writer, querying agents, or have a publishing contract, you will have experienced the highs and lows of this writing life. Social media is full of ecstasy and angst. ‘OMG I’ve had two full MS requests.’ ‘I’m so excited, an agent has […]
Savor the Serendipity
Savor the Serendipity My journey with writing, What Makes You Come Alive—A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman began with a coincidence. One sweltering July morning in Hot Springs, North Carolina my friend Harriet and I trudged onto a dusty and sometimes muddy campground for the annual spiritual gathering known as the Wild Goose Festival. Bec, […]
Inspiration For Sycamore Circle
I often get asked about how I get ideas for a new book. That’s something that’s never easy to pinpoint, mainly because most of my book’s subjects and themes come from a variety of places. Sometimes an article in a magazine or a newspaper sparks my interest, or someone I’m talking to might mention something […]
The Inspiration behind Extreme Vetting
The Inspiration behind Extreme Vetting by Roxana Arama One afternoon in 2018, I was browsing the news on my phone when I saw a video of the president of the United States at a rally, reading a poem about a venomous snake and a kind-hearted woman. The woman took the snake home to warm and […]
The Inspiration Behind A Dangerous Education, by Megan Chance
The Inspiration Behind A Dangerous Education, by Megan Chance Ideas have always come easily to me. I get them from everywhere: movies, the news, television, music, other books, research … really, they fly at me endlessly. What isn’t so easy is finding an idea that sticks, or that is big enough to hold its own […]
How Being a Wedding Planner Impacts My Stories as a Romance Writer
How Being a Wedding Planner Impacts My Stories as a Romance Writer The reaction when people find out about my day job is pretty universal: a long drawn out awwwwwww quickly followed by the question “Do you write your books about weddings?” The simple answer is no, or maybe more accurately, not yet, since I […]
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN? THAT’S NOT PROPER WRITING, IS IT?
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN? THAT’S NOT PROPER WRITING, IS IT? By Sally Costelloe When I began writing fiction a few years ago, after leaving a 20-year career in magazine journalism, I didn’t tell anyone; I wrote purely for myself. It was my private hobby, a way of escaping reality for a short while into the secret […]
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu interviews Bridget Pitt
Tune into this conversation between two Catalyst Press authors: Bridget Pitt, whose North American debut novel Eye Brother Horn released this January, and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, who was recently awarded the Windham Campbell Prize for her City of Kings trilogy, the third book of which (The History of Man) will be released by Catalyst Press […]
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