Author Archive: Women Writers Women Books
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From Darkness to Light: The Story Behind Confused Girl: Find Your Peace in the Chaos
By Giovanna Silvestre My journey of writing Confused Girl, Find Your Peace in the Chaos started a decade ago when I found myself in a deep, dark pit of despair. This wasn’t just a phase; it was a heavy depression that felt like a shadow I couldn’t shake off. As I navigated through this time, […]
Ever Widening Circles & Mystical Moments by Jean Shinoda Bolen: Excerpt
We are delighted to feature an excerpt from Ever Widening Circles & Mystical Moments by Jean Shinoda Bolen(Chiron Publications | March 4, 2025), the long-awaited memoir by 89-year-old activist, author, psychiatrist, and Jungian analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, endorsed by Gloria Steinem and Isabelle Allende. While Jean Shinoda Bolen is an internationally renowned Jungian analyst, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Mary Kendall
The Accidental Heiress In a quest to save her ancestral property, Margaret just might expose secrets that cost her everything . . . Horse farm owner Margaret O’Keefe is desperate to save her family farm, Needham Forest. So, when she hears a rumor about a hidden treasure on her land, she plunges into a search that uncovers more […]
Lacy Fewer – On Writing Yankeeland
I always knew I was going to write. As a young child, I was fascinated with how a book could transport you to a world where everything worked out in the end. I dreamed of being able to bring my love of storytelling to a wider audience. Writing is the lens through which I understand […]
No Small Wins
Many of my writer friends have celebrated wins lately, and it’s gotten under my skin. Because they’re not. Celebrating, that is. Without exception, on learning of said wins I’ve barely enunciated the C in CONGRATS! and already they’re downplaying it. Dismissing it as insignificant, not even news at all, really. Drowning their victory in BUTS and JUSTS. My short story was […]
When Talking’s Tough: The Magic of the Mother/Daughter Book Club
By Mima Tipper When I began writing Kat’s Greek Summer, I had a clear view of basing the story loosely on summers I spent in Greece as a young teen, and that the book would be saturated with sun-soaked locales and colorful Greeks. What I didn’t know is that my main character Kat, a 14 […]
Irma Venter, author of Red Tide, on Women Characters in Crime Novels
Irma Venter, author of Red Tide, on Women Characters in Crime Novels What does a strong female character in a crime novel look like? This question has intrigued me since I was a teenager scouring the library for my next read. Often the female characters were one of two things – the (often passing) love […]
If Tomorrow Never Comes by Allison Ashley: Excerpt
IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES Fate connects two people in life-changing ways in a deeply romantic and emotional novel about hope and second chances by the author of Would You Rather and The Roommate Pact. Uncertain of what tomorrow brings, Elliott Holland decides to live it up―on the eve of a stem cell transplant to treat her leukemia. It’s […]
Celebrating Grandparents, Old and New
By Meera Ekkanath Klein “Being a mother is the most important job in the world, but being a grandmother is the most fun!” (Anonymous) I have many fond memories of my granny, Muthi, as she was called. She was a born storyteller and accomplished raconteur. She took my sister and me everywhere, including the local […]
Little Great Island by Kate Woodworth: Excerpt
We’re delighted to feature this excerpt from Kate Woodworth’s LITTLE GREAT ISLAND! LITTLE GREAT ISLAND On Little Great Island, climate change is disrupting both life and love After offending the powerful pastor of a cult, Mari McGavin has to flee with her six-year-old son. With no money and no place else to go, she returns […]
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