Category: On Writing
Maneuvering The Writing World in my Late Sixties
I was thrilled to be asked to write a piece for Women Writers, Women’s Books and I knew exactly what I would write about. How did I, an average person with no writing experience, write and publish an award-winning book at the age of sixty-eight years young? I would write about my rookie missteps, my […]
What I Learned By Living Elsewhere
WHAT I LEARNED BY LIVING ELSEWHERE The words came to me right after we moved back to the US from Geneva; a title well before there was even a book. My husband and I had been living abroad for 25 years off and on, in east and west Africa and in Europe. In a moment […]
Joni B. Cole on Writing and Excerpt from Party Like It’s 2044
Joni’s writing process As a longtime writing teacher, I know all sorts of ways to help writers get unstuck, whether its offering them deadlines, writing prompts, feedback, or instruction on narrative craft. But when I got stuck working on some of the essays in Party Like It’s 2044, I would always return to one bit […]
The Surprising Sources of Inspiration Behind my Next Book
The surprising sources of inspiration behind my next book There are some questions I get asked as an author that make my insides curl up a bit. Why didn’t I find your book in [insert a particular bookshop or supermarket that happens not to carry it]? Anything about money. Especially why I don’t have as […]
Lily and Ma: Family Drama in The Ninja’s Oath by Tori Eldridge
Lily and Ma: Family Drama in The Ninja’s Oath by Tori Eldridge What can you expect from a mystery thriller with a twenty-five-year-old protagonist and secret modern-day ninja? In addition to high-octane action, readers can expect a whole lot of family drama angst! Domestic suspense abounds when Lily’s Hong Kong-born mother texts updates from Los […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Denise Hunter
Wildflower Falls He’s here to train her horses, and then he’s moving on. She’s keeping her true identity a secret. But their spark complicates both of their plans. When her mother’s death leaves Charlotte Simpson bereft, she hopes the Robinson clan will accept her as one of their own and help fill the void. But […]
THIS TIME COULD BE DIFFERENT by Khristin Wierman: Excerpt
We’re delighted to feature an excerpt from THIS TIME COULD BE DIFFERENT by Khristin Wierman THIS TIME COULD BE DIFFERENT Eat Pray Love meets Office Space | Women’s fiction | Perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid Madeline is a compulsive overachiever, which is why at forty-nine years old, she is the senior vice president of a prominent […]
The Power of Telling—and Listening- to Stories Stephanie Saldaña
In What We Remember Will Be Saved (September 12), journalist and scholar Stephanie Saldaña finds hope and beauty in the stories of six extraordinary women and men from Syria and Iraqi who were displaced by war—and what they carried with them. The Power of Telling—and Listening- to Stories Stephanie Saldaña It is easy to look back on a book and to […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Sierra Godfrey
THE SECOND CHANCE HOTEL It’s all fun and games until you accidentally marry a stranger in Greece and inherit a hotel. Amelia Lang’s life is kind of a mess. She’s stuck living at home with her narcissistic mother. Her tech bro ex-boyfriend deliberately sabotages her at work, and she gets fired after throwing a mug at […]
The Royal Windsor Secret – A Life in Jewels
The Royal Windsor Secret – A Life in Jewels By Christine Wells, author of The Royal Windsor Secret It was a tough job researching the most exquisite jewellery in the world for my novel, The Royal Windsor Secret, but someone had to do it! If only an author could justify the purchase of some of […]
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