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.
ALL THE PRETTY SHOES: EXCERPT
All the Pretty Shoes A memoir by Marianne Klein, aka Marika Roth Marianne R. Klein, aka Marika Roth, was born in Budapest, Hungary. She lived in Paris, France after WWII, until she was transferred to Montreal, Canada for adoption. There she studied creative writing as well as psychology at Sir George William University in Montreal. […]
Reading with Rochelle Weinstein: December 2024
Hello Readers & Friends, Happy New Year! 2025. It’s still hard to believe. Is it just me or are the years flying by?! As we start on the first page of a blank book (some of us literally), I’m wondering if you make resolutions? Here’s mine: to get better at saying no to things that […]
The Taking, a New Novel by Dona Masi, Explores What it’s Like to Confront the Unknown
By Dona Masi Human history is filled with stories about encounters with strange beings from other planets. In these stories, human beings are confronted by the unknown in their experiences with out-of-the-world creatures, and it changes their lives forever. At least this is true according to the legends of unidentified flying objects and alien abductions, […]
Give Yourself Permission to Pivot: The Ability to Change your Mind
By Jennifer Todling This fall, I originally had five solo trips planned for business retreats, milestone events and recording my audiobook. I love having time to myself and traveling on my own schedule where I get to indulge in my creative pursuits without distraction. During the pandemic, I somehow found the capacity to go back […]
Launch Diaries: Asking for Author Blurbs
I once believed the hardest part of becoming an author was querying the novel—which is like believing parenting can’t possibly get tougher than during the infant stage. (Insert maniacal laughter of parents with teenagers and authors asking for endorsements here.) Before my own publishing journey, I noticed jacket quotes on books, I just never considered how they […]
RIP Villager J
By Barbara Bos Villager J and I always saluted when we encountered each other, backs straight, heels clicking. I’m not sure who started it. I think I did. It became our inside joke. Today I’m going to salute him one last time but he won’t salute me back because he’s inside a coffin and it’s […]
I Didn’t Write My Book, I Felt It
By Sarah Lavane I think I’m a “one and done” author. Perhaps I’m wrong and there’s another book that will wriggle its way out of me in the future, but my memoir wasn’t a book I planned to write. It was a years-long feeling I couldn’t shake. It was a compulsion struggling to find its […]
Why I Write Silver Romance by Lynne M. Spreen
by Lynne M. Spreen All my life, I dreamed of literary success. I wanted to write and publish a blockbuster novel and live the life of the successful author. The universe had other plans, so I set the dream aside and applied myself to earning a paycheck. While rearing my son, climbing a career ladder, […]
Recipe for a Healthy Author-Editor Relationship
By Lorraine Zago Rosenthal After a book deal is signed, the next step on the path to publication is developmental editing, during which an editor gives feedback intended to strengthen the novel. The goal of every fiction editor should be to enhance an author’s writing while maintaining the author’s voice and vision. Fortunately, during the […]
Did You Come This Far To Only Come This Far?
Did You Come This Far To Only Come This Far? By Rachel Stone It’s often said we shouldn’t dwell in the past. That we need to let it go. To live in the now, and focus on the future. Well, I’m just going to put it out there: sometimes that rear-view mirror is the only way forward. It’s no secret […]
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