Category: On Writing
Authors Interviewing Characters: Karen Green
YELLOW BIRDS Set just before the digital revolution, Kait is a young woman searching for identity and community among the cast-outs, cast-offs, and other “misfit toys” who refer to themselves as the Yellow Birds and follow a band called the Open Road from town to town. Just as Kait believes she has found her place […]
Postpartum Anxiety Inspired my Debut Thriller
Postpartum anxiety inspired my debut thriller Brianne Sommerville My debut thriller If I Lose Her follows a first-time mom as she struggles to adapt to motherhood, and I don’t believe I could have written the story if I hadn’t grappled with postpartum mental health issues. The first time I learned about postpartum depression (PPD) and […]
How Dreams & Visions Can Guide Your Writing: An Interview With Anna Quinn, Author of Angeline
How Dreams & Visions Can Guide Your Writing: An Interview With Anna Quinn, Author of Angeline By Nicole Pyles Featured first on www.wow-womenonwriting.com Every writer has a special way of developing their characters, revealing the setting, and understanding what is to come from a story. Whatever method you personally use, you will be fascinated by […]
Leonor: The Story of a Lost Childhood by Paula Delgado-Kling
Leonor: The Story of a Lost Childhood by Paula Delgado-Kling I grew up in Toronto, Canada, but summers and any time off from school meant traveling back to Bogota, Colombia. My beloved grandmother and my nurturing nanny were there, and Colombia was home. Ajiaco (potato soup), obleas (waffles filled with dulce de leche), and arepas […]
February: Reading With Rochelle Weinstein
Hello Readers & Friends, Have I mentioned I live in Miami, FL? I’m a native but call myself a boomeranger having left for Maryland and California only to return home. As we welcome March, I think it’s time for you to book a trip, an escape from the cold temperatures up north. And if you’re […]
Hummingbird: Messages from My Ancestors, a Memoir with Reflection and Writing Prompts
Hummingbird: Messages from My Ancestors, a Memoir with Reflection and Writing Prompts by Diana Raab My latest and 14th book, Hummingbird: Messages from My Ancestors, was written during the Covid-19 pandemic. It poured out of me over a short period of time. The book was inspired by a daily hummingbird visit outside my writing studio […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Heather Levy interviews Rae Dixon
About HURT FOR ME A single mother’s brutal past threatens to destroy the new life she’s built in this suspenseful dark romance set in the underground world of kink. Rae Dixon is lucky to be alive. Fifteen years ago, she survived being trafficked and abused, escaping her captors to reclaim her life. Now, she’s running […]
The Ethics of Writing Fiction Based on Real Crimes By Isabelle Kenyon
The Ethics of Writing Fiction Based on Real Crimes By Isabelle Kenyon As an author drawn to the psychological, I’m often inspired by the twisted true crimes I read about in newspapers and online. One such case that sparked my imagination was that of the so-called “doomsday couple” in the USA, who believed their children […]
The Enduring Lessons to be Found in a Jane Austen Novel
The Enduring Lessons to be Found in a Jane Austen Novel By Melodie Edwards Why has Jane Austen endured? The question is asked so often, as the film industry magics up more adaptations, and the publishing industry burnishes our shelves with more spinoffs and retellings (have you read Death Comes to Pemberly, or seen the […]
Changing Sudden Crisis into Sudden Stories by C.O. Moed
Changing Sudden Crisis into Sudden Stories by C.O. Moed Decades ago I was an office assistant at this very prestigious art organization that gave very prestigious awards. My big assignment was to call 250 very prestigious artists and ask them if they had something exciting to report. Most of them were men. Not unusual in […]
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