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.
My First Big Book Was Published. Now What?
My First Big Book Was Published. Now What? I had lavished ten years on researching and writing the first comprehensive biography of female Arctic explorer Louise Arner Boyd. Of course, life intervened during that time as it does but I always returned to working on THE BOOK. I didn’t really have much of a choice […]
QUIT ISN’T A WRITER’S WORD: How I Stayed on the Path to Publication and you can, too!
QUIT ISN’T A WRITER’S WORD: How I stayed on the path to publication and you can, too! By Mindy Henderson I’m a writer so of course I want you to read this essay until the very end, but I still decided not to “bury the lede” (lucky you!) so here, in this first sentence, is […]
Writing CARRY ME: stories of Pregnancy Loss
When I started miscarrying, only two people besides me and my husband Joe knew about the pregnancy. A week in, I still hadn’t told anyone else besides the dozen hospital staff who’d attended to me, concerned it was an ectopic pregnancy. Not even Mom knew, more therapist/bestie these days than parent. I knew I should […]
The Other Sister—A Birth Order Story
By Nan Reinhardt In my new novel, Falling for the Doctor, the hero Max Lange is the classic youngest child. Carefree and always wanting everyone to be happy—living in an imaginary world where life is exactly as it should be, believing the best about people, whether they deserve it or not. It was interesting to […]
Author Taylor Hahn interviews THE LIFESTYLE’s Georgina and Nathan about their experience joining the NYC swingers’ scene
Authors Interviewing Characters Author Taylor Hahn interviews THE LIFESTYLE’s Georgina and Nathan about their experience joining the NYC swingers’ scene About the book: THE LIFESTYLE follows Georgina Wagman’s adventure as she dives headfirst into New York City’s swinger scene in an attempt to save her marriage. Does she know what she’s in for? Spoiler: Not […]
How Writing A Memoir-in-Essays Saved My First Failed Book
How Writing A Memoir-in-Essays Saved My First Failed Book By Jody Keisner When people ask me how long it took to write Under My Bed and Other Essays, I tell them five years, but that isn’t the whole story. I had to write and fail at another book for seven years first. (Twelve years total, […]
Wellspring: Finding Your Story Inspiration by Rachel Dacus
Wellspring: Finding Your Story Inspiration by Rachel Dacus Some say sadness is the wellspring for creative inspiration, but for me it’s often curiosity. I found the inspiration for my recent novel, Undoing Time, following a whim into a Google search on my phone. I still can’t believe the entirety of a novel arose from idleness […]
Inspiration Behind DANGER TO OTHERS
I always thought I would become a therapist, helping people like me—late bloomers with difficult relationships. Instead, I spent my career working with people experiencing serious mental illness. I have a knack for forming relationships with young men whose voices tell them to assault, old women kicked out of nursing homes, and overwhelmed youth who […]
Jacquelyn Mitchard on her Unusual Writing Process
Doing it My Way I’m fairly certain that most other people who write novels don’t write novels in the way that I write novels. Having met a good many writers in my life, I’ve been able to count up exactly one other who follows the steps I follow to complete a narrative. It’s eccentric. It’s […]
Interview with Elissa Grossell Dickey
Elissa Grossell Dickey’s second novel IRIS IN THE DARK is out 7th of June and we’re delighted to feature this interview with her! Early praise for IRIS IN THE DARK “A lucky few of us walk in the sunshine, and the rest of us have to fight our way out of the dark. Elissa Grossell […]
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