Category: On Writing
CATS: True Tails and Life Lessons From A Purring Companion by Pamela Wallin: Excerpt
“Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods and they have never forgotten this,” the old saying goes. Updated and modernized, this 20th anniversary edition of CATS: True Tails And Life Lessons From A Purring Companion by Pamela Wallin is the purr-fect read for cat-enthusiasts, those intrigued by the fascinating history and biology of cats, […]
Street Corner Dreams by Florence Reiss Kraut, Excerpt
We are delighted to feature this excerpt from STREET CORNER DREAMS by Florence Reiss Kraut! She Writes Press In 1914, eighteen-year-old Golda accompanies her pregnant sister Esther on the ship from Poland to New York where Esther’s young husband Ben will meet them. But Esther dies in childbirth on the ship and Golda embarks into […]
Worthy: From Cornfields to Corner Office of Microsoft: Excerpt
In her honest and engaging debut memoir, Worthy: From Cornfields to Corner Office of Microsoft (January 23, 2024; paperback), former Microsoft executive, Jane Boulware, shares her story of growing up poor in the corn fields of rural Iowa where her future was predictable and expectations were low, stay on the good side of the church and the […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Lindsay Lovise
About the book NEVER BLOW A KISS In this delightfully witty Victorian romance, a governess spy running away from her past falls for an ex-soldier turned railroad magnate—perfect for fans of Manda Collins and Bridgerton! The utterly charming Emily Leverton has a dark past and is determined to leave it behind in her respectable new […]
On Creating Love Unleashed by Nicola Amadora PhD
Seek not the fleeting safety of this world, my friend, but take refuge in the only safety there is: your heart. The truth itself or call it love. Years ago, when spiritual tourism didn’t yet exist in the Amazon, I had the good fortune to live in the heart of the jungle with an indigenous […]
How to Not-Write: 5 Ways to Advance Your Literary Work through Means that Aren’t Normally Considered Writing
How to Not-Write: 5 Ways to Advance Your Literary Work through Means that Aren’t Normally Considered Writing Like most writers, I spend my days not writing. We spend them working at jobs that can pay the bills. Also, and I think this is especially the case for women writers, we spend them caring for other […]
Lessons of Love By Barbara Josselsohn
Lessons of Love By Barbara Josselsohn When I was about eight, one of the strangest, scariest, and possibly most revealing moments of my life occurred. Now, like all novelists, I am constantly mining my memory, searching for stories that have stuck with me over the years. As a matter of fact, in the early stages […]
Street Smart Safety for Women: The Writing Process By Laura Frombach
Street Smart Safety for Women: The Writing Process By Laura Frombach “Could it have been the violence?” That question at that moment was the genesis for Street Smart Safety for Women: Your Guide to Defensive Living. It was a sentence that would change my life. I’d grown up with family violence, had been the victim […]
Romance Books Made Me A Feminist By Aurora Ascher
Romance Books Made Me A Feminist By Aurora Ascher This is the story of how I discovered my feminism through reading romance novels, and how that discovery ultimately led me to make writing them my career. I still remember when I read my first romance. The year I moved to Montreal, I got a job […]
Motherhood and The Process of Poetry by Rosanna McGlone
Prior to writing my book, The Process of Poetry, I interviewed the Chinese-American poet Adrienne Su, about the earliest draft of her poem ‘After the Dinner party’. Whilst last lines are often powerful and, may at times, need some unpacking, Su’s last line seemed particularly obtuse. I stared at the handwritten draft, ‘cheap merchandise of […]
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