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.
Excerpt from THE STILLNESS OF WINTER by Barbara Mahany
From the front pages of The Chicago Tribune and her revered page-two columns to her sought-after blog, Pull Up a Chair, Barbara Mahany has shared stories of her family’s life that have drawn in thousands of readers for decades. In her new elegantly illustrated gift book, THE STILLNESS OF WINTER: Sacred Blessings of the Season (Abingdon Press Hardcover; October 6, 2020; $19.99), Barbara […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Barbara Bottner
I AN HERE NOW Barbara Bottner has written (and sometimes illustrated) 45 titles for children, from wordless picture books to young adult novels. Her work has been translated, animated and adopted into musicals. The New York Times bestseller, Miss Brooks Loves Books, as well as Bootsie Barker Bites, Wallace’s Lists (with Gerald Kruglik) and Pricilla Gorilla are some of her favorites. At 77 years-old, […]
Three Tips On Writing Your Story by Annette Valentine
1. Enlighten The Path Ahead of You Seat yourself in darkness and you’ll not be able to do much of anything, let alone begin writing your story. To enlighten the path toward writing your story (personal or otherwise), ask yourself what flows naturally when you sit down to write. Beginning your story in your own […]
TOWARD THAT WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL: EXCERPT
TOWARD THAT WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL On an ordinary day in June of 1964 in a small town in the Altiplano of Peru, Sister Mary Katherine (formerly known as Kate), a young American nun recently arrived in this very foreign place, walks away from her convent with no money and no destination. Desperate and afraid of […]
Writing And Research: On Wilder Seas
Nikki Marmery is the author of On Wilder Seas, a historical novel inspired by the true story of Maria, the woman who sailed on the Golden Hind during Francis Drake’s circumnavigation voyage in 1579. I first read about Maria in a popular history book, seven years ago. Though details about her life are scarce, she […]
Q and A With Ann Lambert, The Dogs of Winter
The Dogs of Winter (Second Story Press, October 28th 2020) is a compelling story full of hot button Canadian topics pulled from the headlines. Locations in this murder-mystery are personal to author Ann Lambert who taught at Dawson College across the street from where much of the action takes place and saw what went on every […]
Excerpt from DEATHWALKER -Journeys of Life, Death & Beyond
Excerpt from “DEATHWALKER-Journeys of Life, Death & Beyond” by Theresa Dominguez-Weiss, Family Nurse Practitioner, retired (copyright 2020) “Near-Death on the Nile” Surrounded by desert, smack in the middle of nowhere, Jackie was suffocating to death. Lying on a table, her knees bent, legs spread wide, I wondered, “Why does this remind me of all the […]
Silence Did Not Stop Me
Silence Did Not Stop Me Terry Sue Harms After writing a novel, I thought writing a memoir was going to be less challenging. Not easy, but I couldn’t imagine how a story that I already knew could possibly be more difficult to tell than the one I had made up. After all, I understood the […]
GONE: A Memoir of Love, Body, and Taking Back My Life: Excerpt
At age twenty-nine, Linda Olson, M.D. FACR was vacationing with her husband in Germany when their van was hit by a train, shattering their lives as well as her body. “I didn’t marry your arms or your legs. If you can do it, I can do it,” was the first thing her husband said to […]
Purple Lotus: Excerpt
Winner of the She Writes Press and SparkPress Toward Equality in Publishing (STEP) contest, Purple Lotus is an invaluable #OwnVoices story personalizing the immigrant experience with a universal message: there’s hope even if you feel inadequate, powerless, fearful. It is never too late to take control of your life – we must choose to live, not just exist. Dealing […]
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