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.
Reality-Mirror Fiction?
By Anju Gattani What is fiction? Imagination? Creation? Or a mirror to reality? After investing 24 years (and still counting) in the Winds of Fire Series, living with Sheetal, Rakesh and a cast of 25+ characters in my head and on the page, I’ve learned that a different dimension exists. A universe like no other. This […]
The Business Of Being An Author
By Zelly Ruskin I thought the hard part was going to be finishing the book. Then I published. The image of an author is often one of someone chewing a pencil, with wads of papers beneath their chair. Maybe they’d be deep in thought, or frazzled—or both. In today’s world, they are sitting uninspired at […]
Infidelity Rules by Joelle Babula: Excerpt
Infidelity Rules: A Menu For Disaster, The Perils of Loving Food, Wine, and Married Men “Infidelity Rules is a delicious escape. The complexities of love and wine pair for an emotional journey alongside characters navigating broken hearts and moral dilemmas.” -Audrey Ingram, author of The River Runs South QUINN DAVIS shatters the norm. She’s successful in […]
Unraveling the Knots: A Sister’s Relentless Fight for Justice in the Murder of Rebecca Zahau: Excerpt
Unraveling the Knots: A Sister’s Relentless Fight for Justice in the Murder of Rebecca Zahau Convinced that Rebecca Zahau’s death was not a suicide, her sister vowed to unravel the truth—no matter the cost. Unraveling the Knots is the gripping true story of Rebecca Zahau, a vibrant woman whose tragic death in 2011 ignited her family’s […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Melissa O’Connor
THE ONE AND ONLY VIVIAN STONE The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in this enchanting novel about estranged lovers reconnecting over mysterious tapes found in an attic and the old Hollywood secret hidden within them. After her grandmother’s death, thirty-something Margot DuBois prepares to sell the house quickly so she can go back […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Linda Dahl
TINY VOICES For fans of Anne Tyler and Jojo Moyes, a tartly compassionate and contemporary tale of sibling love and conflict, marital challenges, and what personal fulfillment looks like—or doesn’t—in middle age. Mid-life: Its obligations and demands, its petty foibles and evasions. And sometimes, its crises. Dreams are deferred, shortcomings rationalized. Like favorite old clothes, […]
WAYWARD GIRLS by Susan Wiggs, Excerpt
From New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs, a wrenching but life-affirming novel based on a true story of survival, friendship, and redemption. Set in the turbulent Vietnam era in the All-American city of Buffalo, New York, six girls are condemned to forced labor in the laundry of a Catholic reform school. In 1968 we meet six […]
Rules? What Are These Rules Of Which You Strangely Speak?
By Christina Hamlett I was a relative newcomer to the dizzying blogosphere realm ten years ago. I’d click on Facebook links if a particular blog topic interested me. I’d even leave comments and occasionally find myself in a cyber conversation with kindred spirits. According to statistics at http://www.worldometers.info, almost four million blogs are being posted […]
Why We Need Historical Fiction Written by Women
by Patricia Furstenberg While I wrote When Secrets Bloom I asked myself, what happens when women take history into their own hands, pen first? In this deeply personal post, I explore why historical fiction written by women matters more than ever, especially when it brings to light forgotten voices from war and the medieval past. […]
A WRITER’S JOURNEY
Thomas Edison once said in regards to his work on the light bulb: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” The same could be said for me when it came to publishing a book. On another day, when I’ve been bombarded by rejection slips and bad reviews, I’d say that […]
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