Author Archive: Women Writers Women Books
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Dr Kathryn Mannix: Writing The Difficult Second Book
Kathryn Mannix wants us to be better informed and less afraid about dying. She qualified as a doctor in 1982 and became a consultant specialising in palliative medicine in 1995. During 30 years in palliative care, Kathryn has worked in patients’ own homes, in Hospices and in busy teaching hospitals alongside palliative care specialist nurses […]
On “Significant Authorship:” Writing as a Team
“We should write a book.” My husband, Jon, said it casually, five or six years ago. I adjusted our baby son on my lap and laughed a little. “Write a book.” My voice was deadpan as I repeated it, as if I thought he were joking. Hell, half of me hoped he was joking. Write […]
A Christmas Perspective
A Christmas Perspective “Snowd all night & snows yet rapidly. Great difficulty in getting wood. Offerd our prayers to God this Cherimass morning. The prospect is appalling but hope in God.” —Patrick Breen, December 25, 1846 So wrote Donner Party survivor Patrick Breen as he and his family of nine holed up in a windowless […]
I’m not good at this yet
I’m not good at this yet is the very last line of a long list in my daughter’s notebook. She has underlined yet in her precise and even handwriting. Her penmanship is just one mark of her signature care and attention. Today, seeing the word, yet, makes me second guess my own work. Last summer, […]
Homecoming Through Songs
Homecoming Through Songs By Janet Beard My new novel The Ballad of Laurel Springs is about many things but most personally to me, it’s about the place where I am from. I have fictionalized, changed the details of, and smushed together specific places, but anyone familiar with Sevier County, Tennessee should recognize it in the […]
Conversing with a Classic by Ramsey Hootman
Conversing with a Classic Ramsey Hootman Retellings often get an eye-roll from those who consider themselves more “serious” readers of literature. If it’s just the same old story in a new package, why not read the original? And how many versions of Pride and Prejudice do we really need, amiright? I disagree. While many retellings […]
Interview with Helen Walsh
Helen Walsh is the founder and president of Canada’s top literary mentoring organization, Diaspora Dialogues. Now, she’s gone a step beyond mentoring to write her own novel. Pull Focus is a tense thriller set in the international film festival circuit. The novel dives headfirst into issues foregrounded by the #MeToo movement and crafts delightful characters […]
Writing Women’s Lives
Writing Women’s Lives © 2021 Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, MFA, CG In early 2016, I started researching and writing a biography of Maria B. Hayden. What? You’ve never heard of her? She actually led a pretty interesting and noteworthy life. She was the American medium who introduced the religion of Spiritualism to the U.K. in 1852–53. […]
EVA SHAW: My Favorite Bookstores
EVA SHAW: My Favorite Bookstores As an addicted bibliophile, I refuse to pick one. That said, the one I frequent most every day for a browse is a block from my house. It’s a Little Free Library, littlefreelibrary.org. If you don’t have one in your area, why not start a trend? Especially during the long […]
Interview With Linda Smolkin
Linda Smolkin always wanted to be a writer–ever since she saw her first TV commercial and wondered how to pen those clever ads. She got her degree in journalism and became a copywriter. Linda landed a job at an ad agency, where she worked for several years before joining the nonprofit world. She’s the author […]
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