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 About Love
By Catherine Kullman Barbara Bos has suggested that I talk about ‘writing about love in your novels, what makes a good story in that respect?’ Love stories have been popular since people began telling stories and yet so many authors shy away from including a romantic arc in their novels. Why is this? In Have […]
Writing Ourselves into Alignment By Harmony Kwiker
Writing Ourselves into Alignment By Harmony Kwiker The first time I recognized that there was a book inside of me, I felt equally elated and insecure. I had just experienced a recent breakthrough in my own growth and development when the words of the unwritten book started to pour through me. Each time I sat […]
THE NAME GAME How To Decide What To Call Your Characters
THE NAME GAME How To Decide What To Call Your Characters By Christina Hamlett Naming your fictional characters can be as challenging as deciding what to call a real-life bundle of human joy. Unlike reality, however, this is a purposeful mission insofar as encouraging your readers to immediately love them, hate them, distrust them or […]
Excerpt from AN IMPOSSIBLE RETURN by Caroline Laurent, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman
Inspired by a shocking travesty of justice, the repercussions of which still reverberate more than fifty years later, bestselling Franco-Mauritian author Caroline Laurent has written an exquisitely beautiful and tragic novel based on the authentic story of the inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago. In AN IMPOSSIBLE RETURN (Amazon Crossing; December 1, 2022), expertly translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman, Caroline Laurent paints […]
Why Novellas?
Why novellas? Here’s the truth: I’ve never written a novella before this point in my life. I think in long form. I luxuriate in the ample time and space to fully develop characters, to immerse a reader in a story world. So what made me decide to issue the story of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard’s beautiful, talented […]
How to Start a Podcast and Magazine Without Really Trying
How to Start a Podcast and Magazine Without Really Trying Also Known As It Was the Best of Times, It Was The Worst of Times By Deb Hunter During the Covid lockdown of 2020, many of us turned to the Clubhouse app. Maybe we simply wanted to hear the voices of others, share our mutual […]
Writing The Raven’s Mark
By Christie J. Newport Before I started writing The Raven’s Mark I attended in person and online courses about police procedure, forensics, and crime scene investigation with people like ex detective Graham Bartlett, scientist Brian Price and working CSI Kate Bendelow. All three are published authors. I also read books on things such as interview […]
How I Plot my Novels Using a Character’s Flaws to Drive the Story
How I Plot my Novels Using a Character’s Flaws to Drive the Story Hi, my name is Suzanne Kelman; I have written fourteen books, nine of which have been published, and I thought it would be fun to share part of the process I use to plot my novels. Trying to figure out all the […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: November
Hello Readers & Friends, As November comes to a close, it’s the time of year for gratitude. Gratitude doesn’t need be to sweeping or monumental. It can be simple pleasures, connections, or kind words from a stranger. I’m grateful for a lot this year and that includes books. This month’s round-up promises to captivate and […]
New Kid in Town: Five Ways to Develop a Local Readership
New Kid in Town: Five Ways to Develop a Local Readership by Elizabeth Sumner Wafler A year ago, my husband and I moved to Greenville, SC. How could I make bookish friends in this burgeoning Southern city and garner a readership for my women’s fiction? I got to work. Begin with a landmark bookshop. An […]
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