Author Archive: Women Writers Women Books
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The Process of Writing I Am Rare
I Am Rare began with my intent. From there, the story unfolded. After my son was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition, I knew there would come a time when he would ask why he was different. I knew I needed the words to help him understand himself through a positive lens. I also knew […]
Making it BIG as an Author by Dede Montgomery
Now that I have your attention, I’m sorry to burst your bubble. I am not here to share fine secrets about blowing your book or your bank account out of the water. Rather to tease into this idea. It often happens as I peruse various author groups on social media, I see someone newer to […]
Why I Couldn’t Stick to One Genre by Irene Wittig
For me, writing started with ceramics. I lived in Naples and loved the hand-painted ceramics I found all along the Amalfi Coast. I learned how to do it, and thought other people might like to learn too. So I wrote a how-to book with illustrations, instructions and projects. Chilton Books liked the idea and published […]
Interview with J.T. Ellison, Author of YOU KNOW WHY
On August 25, 2026, bestselling author J.T. Ellison is set to release her highly anticipated and most haunting domestic thriller yet, YOU KNOW WHY (Thomas & Mercer). Building on the success of Last Seen and A Very Bad Thing, Ellison returns with a meticulously crafted domestic thriller that is impossible to put down. It’s a masterclass in suspense that explores the chilling […]
Carrying the Stories Home: Becoming a First-Time Author By Sierra Biidaaban Nadeau, Anishinaabe storyteller
There is a strange loneliness that comes with writing a first book. Before there are readers, before there are reviews, before anyone knows the story exists, it belongs only to the writer. It lives in the quiet hours before sunrise, in the glow of a computer screen long after midnight, and in the constant tug-of-war […]
On Writing Free Range Girl by Meghan Cox Gurdon
When I tell people that I’ve written a memoir about moving to rural Maine at the age of twelve to live with my father on a homestead that he was building with his own hands, I’m immediately asked: But what about your mother? At first the question surprised me, because as a child it didn’t […]
The Legacy, with Medusa by Sharon Linnéa
If only Bob was here. I looked at the brown box sitting on the kitchen table, on a yellow and blue tablecloth decked with sunflowers. If only he could see this. I used a steak knife to slice the packing tape. Inside sat a stack of beautiful books, topped by a medallion of a Medusa […]
My Road Curved at Age 71 by Marianne Lonsdale
My debut novel, When The Road Curves, was published in June 2026, the same month as my 71st birthday. I’d somewhat given up on having a book published, so having a launch party felt dreamy and on track with being as big a day for me as my wedding. When The Road Curves follows thirty-six-year-old […]
The Mystery Writer Who Can’t Murder by Claudia Hagadus Long
As many of my long-term readers know, I can write a sex scene with wild abandon. I can craft a fight scene with brio. I can plot with the intricacy of an aerospace engineer, and explore family dynamics like a psychologist on crack. But I have a really hard time killing anyone. For a normal […]
The Dream Purse: A Psychoanalytic Journey of Becoming through Psilocybin, Art, and Movement by Natalie R. Cohen, PsyD
I am a psychologist and psychoanalyst who also identifies as kind, tired, and a mover. Creating art has always been a vehicle for my inner life, offering relief from conflict and a nonverbal invitation to explore what wants to emerge. During my psychoanalytic training, I engaged in multiple psychedelic journeys, and each one taught me […]
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