Author Archive: Women Writers Women Books
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Time Travelling: On Timelines in Memoir
Time Travelling Amy Turner “I’m dizzy,” the woman sitting across from me in my first writing workshop exclaimed after I finished reading the opening 15 pages of my memoir aloud to the class. I flushed with embarrassment and prayed that it had been the vividness of my description of the inciting incident—I was mowed down […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Ellen Barker
Ellen Barker’s provocative debut novel, East of Troost (September 6, She Writes Press), addresses the ever-present effects of racism in both the past and present. With an unnamed narrator as our eyes and ears into moments of Barker’s own life, East of Troost is an enlightening and thought-provoking read that encourages reflection on privilege and the environment created in its wake. Josie Fawcett […]
ON THE POWER OF FIRST PLACES
I was born in a circumscribed community in rural North Carolina where people worked the land or they left the land to work the mills. The whole of it was imbued with and made extramundane by the singsong cadence of Appalachian folk speech, a Scottish-flavored Elizabethan English ferried through the generations and across the American […]
Denise Hunter: On Writing Inspiration
The question I’m asked most often is where I get ideas for my stories. The seed for the Riverbend Romance series was planted when I was in Georgia, researching the Blue Ridge series. Quite by accident, I discovered that the Appalachian Trail started in a nearby town, so I decided to check it out. From […]
How I Wrote a Plant Book to Help People Be Happier
How I Wrote a Plant Book to Help People Be Happier By Karen Hugg When I worked as a gardener, my happiest moments came when my clients stepped outside to look at my finished work. One wonderful woman would squeal and jump up and down and clap her hands. She often said, “Oh, I’m so […]
Lexie Elliott Interviews Melissa Kateb from HOW TO KILL YOUR BEST FRIEND
About HOW TO KILL YOUR BEST FRIEND If you suspected your best friend, the person you were closest to in the whole world, was a murderer, what would you do? Would you confront her? Would you help keep her secret? Or would you begin to feel afraid? Most importantly, why don’t you feel safe now […]
This Dynamic Duo Explains HOW they actually do co-authoring
This Dynamic Duo Explains HOW they actually do co-authoring by Addison McKnight The minute Krista and Nicole tell people that, together, they wrote An Imperfect Plan under their pen name Addison McKnight, the next questions are invariably, Wait? What? How? Although lots of co-authors sit side by side on the computer, this is how the duo tackles co-authoring. Decide we are passionate At first, Nicole and Krista knew nothing about the publishing industry, but they were so passionate about […]
LET’S GET COZY! (and never have to say goodbye)
LET’S GET COZY! (and never have to say goodbye) By Christina Hamlett Whenever I have neared the finish line of a new book and realized I’d be typing “The End,” there’s a certain sadness that it’s also the end of my relationship with the characters I’ve brought to life. Did they live happily ever after? […]
Excerpt from Creativity: Where Poems Begin By Mary Mackey
Excerpt from Creativity: Where Poems Begin By Mary Mackey Introduction Creativity emerges from a vast, wordless reality that is hidden in plain sight. Radiant, beautiful, benevolent, and infinite, it is the source of all ideas and inspiration. Contrary to popular myth, you do not have to suffer to create. There is a gentle path to […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Laurie Petrou
Award-winning writer Laurie Petrou returns with a dark campus novel. Stargazer features two girls in the 90s at a remote college campus, Rocky Barrens University, set in the woods in Ontario cottage country. A delicate, slow-burning portrait of privilege, fame, art, and ambition, the novel follows artist Diana Martin and quiet Aurelle Taylor as they […]
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