Category: On Writing
Edwardian Con Women by Laura Lee
Edwardian Con Women Laura Lee About ten years ago, while researching a book on Oscar Wilde, I stumbled upon the story of Maurice Schwabe, a member of the Wilde circle who went on to lead an extraordinary life of crime as part of a band of gentleman con artists who traveled the world cheating at […]
On Writing Humanizing the Remote Experience through Leadership and Coaching
The book, Humanizing the Remote Experience through Leadership and Coaching, is the product of a teacher without her classroom and a psychiatrist without her couch. We were mid-way through a global pandemic and several months into a total lockdown when we decided to write this book. Diane, a communication coach and university professor, was coaching […]
Writing The Elopement
Writing The Elopement Summer 2020 probably isn’t a time that most people want to spend time remembering. The first UK lockdown, isolation and anxiety… Like many people I found solace in the sunshine and my garden. As a writer, working from home was nothing new and I felt lucky to be able to continue to […]
Writing As Spiritual Practice
Writing As Spiritual Practice Yolanda Pierce, PhD As a womanist theologian, writing is a form of spiritual discipline for me. Like reading, meditating, or praying, writing is how I dare to engage in divine practice to better understand both myself and all that is sacred and holy around me. Theologians write about weighty matters: the […]
Rising Action Publishing
Women have long been underrepresented in the publishing industry, both as authors and as members of the workforce. In recent years, however, there has been a growing movement to address this imbalance and amplify women’s voices in publishing. Publishers have played a vital role in this effort, using their platform to spotlight female authors and […]
Savor the Serendipity
Savor the Serendipity My journey with writing, What Makes You Come Alive—A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman began with a coincidence. One sweltering July morning in Hot Springs, North Carolina my friend Harriet and I trudged onto a dusty and sometimes muddy campground for the annual spiritual gathering known as the Wild Goose Festival. Bec, […]
Inspiration For Sycamore Circle
I often get asked about how I get ideas for a new book. That’s something that’s never easy to pinpoint, mainly because most of my book’s subjects and themes come from a variety of places. Sometimes an article in a magazine or a newspaper sparks my interest, or someone I’m talking to might mention something […]
The Inspiration behind Extreme Vetting
The Inspiration behind Extreme Vetting by Roxana Arama One afternoon in 2018, I was browsing the news on my phone when I saw a video of the president of the United States at a rally, reading a poem about a venomous snake and a kind-hearted woman. The woman took the snake home to warm and […]
How Being a Wedding Planner Impacts My Stories as a Romance Writer
How Being a Wedding Planner Impacts My Stories as a Romance Writer The reaction when people find out about my day job is pretty universal: a long drawn out awwwwwww quickly followed by the question “Do you write your books about weddings?” The simple answer is no, or maybe more accurately, not yet, since I […]
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN? THAT’S NOT PROPER WRITING, IS IT?
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN? THAT’S NOT PROPER WRITING, IS IT? By Sally Costelloe When I began writing fiction a few years ago, after leaving a 20-year career in magazine journalism, I didn’t tell anyone; I wrote purely for myself. It was my private hobby, a way of escaping reality for a short while into the secret […]
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