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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.
Prohibition Wine: A True Story of One Woman’s Daring in Twentieth-Century America
Marian Leah Knapp, Author, Prohibition Wine: A True Story of One Woman’s Daring in Twentieth-Century America, Interviews her grandmother, Rebecca Wernick Goldberg, circa 1935. …………… I never knew my grandmother – only heard her children’s memories. Rebecca was my dad’s mother who died when I was eighteen months old. As a teenage immigrant from the […]
Silent Witnesses: Writing About Medieval Women
– ‘Name Six English Queens.’ – Faced with this question at a Pub Quiz Night, most teams would make a fairly accurate stab at it. Elizabeth I. Bloody Mary. Queen Victoria. Elizabeth II. A guess at the wives of Henry VIII, beginning with Anne Boleyn. Not one of them a medieval English queen. Why is […]
Julie Corbin: Novel Writing Tips
For me, novel writing is a process of decision-making. I begin with an idea, and from that idea, the characters and plot slowly emerge. What I’ve learned along the way – Love your idea. If you love your idea you’ll want to spend time with it, and through spending time with it, you’ll see a […]
THE SETTLEMENT BY RUTH KIRBY-SMITH
‘I am going to write a book’ was my mantra throughout life, but university, travel, career and children got in the way. I tried to start writing a few times, but it just petered out. The main reason was I did not have a subject that gripped me. My reading has always been eclectic – […]
The New Native Renaissance’s Resistance through Literature
The New Native Renaissance’s Resistance through Literature It always amazes me how many different things the act of writing can become. It began of course simply as a method of communication. However, now, putting pen to paper, or rather passing fingers over keyboard as is more common today, is hardly ever just uncomplicated, straightforward communication. […]
Why I’m Missing My Commute
For some it’s the shower, but for me, driving has always awakened my muse. Sometimes, I think a long commute is part of my destiny. Long stretches of road, wind in my hair, music blasting—for me those three things always equal inspiration. Out of college and throughout my MFA program, I worked for a tri-county […]
How I Bring My Characters To Life & Tòp Five Tips For Writing Character Driven Fiction
By Hélene Fermont I’m both a practising psychologist and an author of character driven psychological thrillers. For me, my characters take centre stage. Their individual backstories and journeys are key. I focus on each character’s traits and how they fit with other characters of similar and opposite backgrounds. You’d be right thinking I view them […]
Why Your Sixth Decade is the Best Time Ever To Write a Novel
Jane Rosenthal “You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness” Brene Brown I keep this quote from the lecturer Brene Brown framed in a little green heart on the bulletin board above my computer to remind myself why I write, why I put […]
Secrets
The roots of secrets can go deep, making it difficult to unearth. It takes time, patience and determination. It means poring through old scrapbooks, scrolling through newspaper archives at libraries, looking through government records. You need to pick at painful memories, where loss can overshadow past joys. It is hard to keep a secret. Benjamin […]
How My Women’s Writing Group Vents Together Instead of Tearing Work to Shreds
When I started writing a novel based on the story of Cupid and Psyche, I fell apart. I completed a hundred pages that covered the Greco-Roman pantheon before realizing I needed to focus only on my one new Internet goddess. I showed my fiasco to a kind, well-intentioned reader who happened to have an obsession […]
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