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.
Strong Abdominals Equals Confidence in Writing
As a fitness professional for over forty years, I have been telling clients to hold in their abdominals. “Pull your belly in,” I’d say. “But you should still be able to breathe and talk, even sing.” Then I’d explain that having a strong core: belly, buttocks, and thighs, will not only allow you to hold […]
How Writing ROAR Saved My Life
“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” Carl Jung I chose happy… Writing “Roar” saved my life, figuratively, if not literally. I was a victim of childhood sexual abuse, spousal attempted murder, physical abuse, and lifelong emotional abuse. I had survived traumatic brain injuries and two suicide attempts. […]
Fire and Ice: An Ode to Setting
Fire and Ice: An Ode to Setting by Meghan Holloway I fell in love the first time. I was in my late teens, and I had never before experienced that bitterness of the wind, those depths of snow, or that sheer wildness of a landscape. Yellowstone in the unrelenting grips of winter captured my heart […]
Jobs In Books
I wanted to move to New York from the time I first learned what New York was. I grew up on a farm and dreamed about moving to the city the way some kids dream about becoming marine biologists. Reading books like E.L. Konigsburg’s From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and watching […]
Being a Parent Helped Me Become a Better Writer
Being a parent and a writer often seem mutually exclusive. If you can barely find time to brush your teeth or empty the dishwasher while caring for tiny (or teenaged) humans, how can you carve out the weeks, months, or years required to craft an essay or a ninety-thousand word novel? Personally, I’m never more […]
Fiction that Makes You Think: Bringing Difficult Subjects into the Light
By Judith F. Brenner I’ve heard people say they don’t watch the news, or even skim a newspaper, because starting off your day with depressing topics is not appealing. Headline writers want to grab a reader with a fear factor. But what about fiction? I am one of many authors who has tackled difficult, uncomfortable […]
How A Ghost Inspired My Writing
Sharing a 19th century farmhouse with an angry and loud ghost was the motivation behind writing Long Shadows. I hoped researching the house’s history would provide clues to reasons for its presence and even exorcise it from my life. Instead, what I discovered became a book narrated by a ghost. The property in the Shenandoah […]
Ukraine: A Legacy of Resilience
by Erin Litteken One of my favorite things to do as a child was listen to my great-grandmother’s stories about Ukraine I’d spend hours staring at the pictures on her wall–images of the places and people she and my great-grandfather left behind when they fled Nazi and Soviet oppression with their three young children during […]
Best Indie Books Of Summer
Summer is in full swing–which means plenty of time to enjoy these exciting indie releases! Whether you find yourself jet setting or enjoying a relaxing staycation, these titles filled with intrigue and mystery will be sure to please! The T Room by Victoria Lilienthal After receiving a life-changing opportunity from her mentor and professional partner, […]
Roe v. Wade wasn’t the reason for my post-Roe novel
When I was working on THE AGE OF THE CHILD in 2015-16, I didn’t know I was—and had had no intention of—writing the “post-Roe v. Wade novel” it is. The drive behind the story wasn’t the law I’d naively assumed would never change, but society’s peculiar attitude toward parenthood. The best illustration I can think […]
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