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.
When Past and Present Collide: Novels with Dual-Timeline Narratives
When past and present collide: Novels with dual-timeline narratives by Ann Gosslin In life – and in fiction – I’ve long been intrigued by the effect of a difficult or traumatic childhood on an individual’s psyche and sense of self. It should come as no surprise that I am drawn not only to character-driven novels, […]
“I WRITE BOOKS, SO I CAN’T LOG OFF” 6 Don’ts for Authors on Social Media
“I WRITE BOOKS, SO I CAN’T LOG OFF” 6 Don’ts for Authors on Social Media Hands up if you are a sensitive introvert who, on a daily basis, composes and backspaces unpublished social media posts, overthinks all comments, or simply goes blank when it comes to “curating content.” Let’s not even mention the sting when […]
Bookstores and Authors Series: Lisa Barr
Authors share their favorite bookstores! LISA BARR There’s something so special and intimate between authors and their favorite Indie bookstores, especially the locals – those shops we “grew up” in. When I penned my debut novel, I dreamed of one day being displayed in their iconic glass windows filled with bestselling books. If only … […]
The Story Beneath the Story: Excavating the Real Truth in Memoir
For the past 50 years, I’ve been dedicated to excavating and exploring the truth in writing, whether it be in my own journals, while leading writing students in a sacred circle, or in the pages of my non-fiction books—on topics ranging from healing sexual abuse to reconciliation to parenting. But it wasn’t until I tackled […]
Travel Helped Me Become a Writer – And Fulfilled a Prediction
When I was about eight and living with my parents, grandparents and two siblings in Miami Beach in a two-bedroom bungalow with Cuban tile floors, my father played the horses. I never knew if he would come back from the track smiling or ready to spank me for getting in his way. I was a […]
Stuck in the Squishy Middle
This blog series, Unstuck, explores some of the ways fiction writers find themselves stuck and offers tips from successful writers for getting unstuck. Unstuck is a six-month series published the first Monday of the month. Read the previous installments: WRITING THE BEGINNING OVER AND OVER UNSTUCK Stuck in the Squishy Middle By Martha Conway We’ve all been there: […]
Reading the Dead: Women Writers buried in Virginia Cemeteries
During the summer of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic suspended cemetery tours and gatherings, I looked for another way to feel connected with history. As an English professor, I naturally found myself reading the works of the authors buried in my local cemeteries including Ellen Glasgow, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1942, and popular […]
Writing Laid Bare: What The Business Leader Learnt From the Stripper
Trusting the signs When a third friend in a row mentioned in spring 2019 that I should write a book or that I’ll be a writer, I actually gave it a thought. I’d always enjoyed writing but haven’t ever been involved in a major writing project past postgraduate course. I knew my creativity was going […]
Why I Wrote a Novel about Neurogenetics, Parenting, and the end of the Byzantine empire
Why I wrote a novel about neurogenetics, parenting, and the end of the Byzantine empire In the summer of 2015, while seeing patients in the Neurological Institute of New York, I found myself with an unexpected break. As I walked down the hall outside my office, I ran into Michael Daras, a Greek-American neurologist whom […]
Rochelle Weinstein’s Fall Favorites!
Readers & Friends, How nice to be here with the wonderful Barbara Bos and Women Writers, Women’s Books! Not only do I write women’s fiction novels, but I’m also a huge reader. My mother passed down her love of the written word; I’d sneak Sidney Sheldon and Danielle Steele off her shelf, slipping inside the […]
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