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.
Eat the Damn Fruit
There’s a joke in my family that when you want caution, you’ll call one of my other siblings. But when you want permission, you’ll call me. My mother calls routinely with questions about a bag of lettuce that has yesterday’s date on it, a dented box of crackers, and recently, a jar of maraschino cherries […]
Excerpt from Pillar of Salt: A Daughter’s Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust
As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Anna Salton Eisen’s memoir, Pillar of Salt: A Daughter’s Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust, breaks down the barrier of silence that was intended as a protective shield for her parents and their children. From early childhood, Anna, as a second-hand witness to the Holocaust, felt overwhelmed by […]
WHAT’S YOUR GENRE? By Deborah K. Shepherd
“I like it,” said the (very) young literary agent. “But, sorry. I don’t represent authors of historical fiction.” After submitting the first pages of my novel, So Happy Together, to dozens of agents online, I was making an in-person pitch at an all-day pre-pandemic event. Two agents had already turned me down. “Historical? It’s my […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Connie Hertzberg Mayo
The Sharp Edge of Mercy by Connie Hertzberg Mayo (Heliotrope Books, pub. date May 6, 2022), is about a nursing assistant in 1890 at the New York Cancer Hospital. It’s a beautifully written, gripping novel about social inequities, medical ethics, and the enduring challenges for women in healthcare and the workplace. Told by an indomitable and likable young heroine, […]
Writing A Travel Book During A Worldwide Travel Ban
Writing A Travel Book During A Worldwide Travel Ban It took a worldwide travel ban and a virtual lockdown for me to finally write my travel book, Jalan-Jalan: A Journey of Wanderlust and Motherhood. I had wanted to write a travel book for as long as I had been traveling, but I never found the […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: May!
Hello Readers and Friends, It’s May! Spring showers bloomed some beautiful flowers and books. Here’s my latest round-up from fabulous authors and friends to add to your list. For what it’s worth, I READ every single one of these stories that I share. They’re either recommended on-line, a go-to author, or shared by a friend. […]
From Journalism to Writing Fiction: Liz Trenow
Is it easy for a journalist to switch to writing fiction? by Liz Trenow New York Times and USA Today bestselling historical fiction author Liz Trenow spent fifteen years as a journalist for newspapers, magazines, TV and radio before turning her hand to fiction. Here, she explodes the myth that the transition was easy. It […]
Why Marion Davies?
This May, go behind the scenes into the opulent private life of Marion Davies and how the movie Citizen Kane stole her legacy and turned everyone against her. The much-anticipated historical fiction release, THE BLUE BUTTERFLY 🦋 by award-winning author Leslie Johansen Nack (May 3, She Writes Press) explores the true-life story of Marion Davies’ […]
COVER REVEAL: LIGHT ON BONE: A GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MYSTERY By Kathryn Lasky
Publication Date: September 6, 2022 from Woodhall Press Light on Bone: A Georgia O’Keeffe Mystery By Kathryn Lasky Kathryn Lasky has written an exciting new adult amateur sleuth mystery set in New Mexico in the 1930s. The sleuth is Georgia O’Keefe, who actually did suffer a nervous breakdown in 1933 when her husband Alfred Stieglitz […]
Inspiration for Waterbury Winter
Inspiration for Waterbury Winter Ordinary events can sometimes trigger unusual results. In the case of fiction writing, serendipity can spark imagination. Waterbury Winter began that way, after an excursion to a drugstore one wintry day. My husband and I were visiting family in a cold part of the country for Christmas. On December 26th we […]
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