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.
Releasing Humanity’s Grace: Creating Stories, Selecting Genre
I was recently asked which genre I prefer to write. My answer? Memoir when writing memoir, fiction while writing fiction, non-fiction in the midst of blogging, and now? Crafting the linked short stories that comprise Humanity’s Grace. While I may never develop full expertise in any single genre, unlike other writers who find themselves solidly […]
Rochelle Weinstein: Looking Back Reads January 2022
Welcome 2022! I hope you enjoyed your holiday surrounded by those you love…with lots of books! For many, the new year is a time for making resolutions and goals. For me, it’s a time for looking back and reflecting on where I’ve been (which ultimately gets me to where I’m going). In that vein, I’m […]
Writing from the Heart
Writing from the Heart (Meditative Writing-Writing to Heal) By Zvezdana Rashkovich Writing from the Heart Meditative writing workshops came about after I trained as a meditation teacher and studied Journal therapy. I also graduated with that elusive Creative Writing degree at the age of 50. I have been writing for a long time, so learning […]
From Indie book to TV Movie: The Three Questions I’m Asked the Most
In late 2018, as I wandered lost and alone on the streets of Uruguay during a temporary hiatus from my life in Alaska, my cell phone pinged. Someone had contacted me on my author website, wanting to know if my memoir’s dramatic rights had been optioned for film.“Probably just another scammer,” I told myself. Still, […]
Fearing—and Embracing—the Process By Gabriella Saab
Writing historical fiction is a complicated and extensive process, one that terrified me because I loved this genre and dreamed of writing it. But how could I possibly write a book and do so much research?! Then an idea came to me, persistent and relentless: In the scene was Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan friar and […]
Duality in Writing and in Life
Duality in Writing and in Life Many moons ago, when I lived under my parents’ roof, I expected to have solved the mysteries of life by the time I reached the grand old age of forty. What a fallacy that was. I realise now that despite the personas we project to the world, life is […]
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, […]
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