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.
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 […]
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING CHARACTERS: Annette Chavez Macias
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING CHARACTERS: Annette Chavez Macias About Big Chicas Don’t Cry Four cousins navigate love, loss, and the meaning of family over the course of one memorable year in this heartfelt family drama. Cousins Mari, Erica, Selena, and Gracie are inseparable. They aren’t just family but best friends―sharing secrets, traditions, and a fierce love for […]
Barbarians at the Gate: Creative anxiety and the Fear of Sharing your Work
Barbarians at the Gate Creative anxiety and the fear of sharing your work Sharing what you create is important. It doesn’t matter if it is a short story, a sculpture, a kick-ass PowerPoint presentation design, a sketch, or a poem. But sharing something so personal can be terrifying. Sharing exposes you, makes you vulnerable. It […]
Research and Inspiration: Writing Tomorrow in Shanghai & Other Stories
By May-lee Chai While I wrote the stories in Tomorrow in Shanghai over the course of ten-plus years, the majority were written during the last six years, so either under the Trump administration or during the pandemic. While none of the stories is set in the present day, I feel that every one of them […]
PART II: Expanding Your Author Life – Becoming a Sought After and Great Media Guest
by Grace Sammon In Part 1 of this series (INSERT LINK TO THAT ARTICLE), I laid out a case study showing how two authors, who did not know of each other, set out on a two-year journey of creativity and collaboration. The two authors, one we call “M,” the other, “G,” together and separately, created […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Imogen Matthews
Books for Women: Authors Interviewing Characters: Imogen Matthews THE BOY IN THE ATTIC Anna opened the letter with trembling hands. ‘My darling, if you’re reading this, I haven’t managed to unravel my parents’ secret. But you can. Will you finish the search for me, find out who they were, and who you really are?’ Nazi-occupied […]
Angels in YA: How the Classic Tropes stay new and Exciting
by Jen Braaksma I truly believe stories are a collaboration of the imagination. I write and readers read, but there wouldn’t be a story without one or the other. We all come up with our own interpretation of a story based on our own identities and experiences, and it’s those differences that I love. It’s […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: End Of Summer Reads
Hello, Readers & Friends, It’s hard to believe summer is almost over! I hope everyone savors the last few days with a great book in hand. Here’s a re-cap of my August reads to help you choose. From historical fiction to a deeply moving memoir to our very favorite octopus, there’s something for everyone. Make […]
UpLit – Stories to Save Us!
By Faith Hogan For as long as I can remember, we’ve been told – you are what you eat. Really? Because, as a voracious reader, like most of us here, probably, I have a feeling it’s far more likely that we are what we read! Who hasn’t devoured books like The Secret and read about the […]
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