Category: On Writing
When a Humor Author Tackles Divorce
When a Humor Author Tackles Divorce By: Dawn Dais Over the course of my 15+ year writing career I’ve written books that have skewed mostly humorous. I trained for a marathon and wrote a book about what happens when a couch potato puts on running shoes (The Nonrunner’s Marathon Guide for Women). I did the […]
How My Grandmother Inspired My Writing
As a child, my grandmother, who I lovingly called Nana, lived at the end of our long gravel road. On Saturdays and Wednesdays, like clockwork, she would come to my house and walk me to the library. As a child, that trip seemed very long but in all actuality, it was five minutes from home. […]
Isabelle Steiger: Growing up in the Woods
Until I was eight years old, my brother’s and my idea of after-school excitement was a trip to the arcade. That summer, our parents moved us from Manhattan to about an hour upstate—“the suburbs,” I told my friends back in New York, because I didn’t have a firm grasp of what the suburbs were, other […]
A letter from Artemisia Gentileschi to the Author
“Eternally Artemisia. Some loves, like some women are timeless.” A novel by Melissa Muldoon. A letter from Artemisia Gentileschi to the author. Cara Melissa, I wanted to thank you for the novel you have published about me. As you were writing it, I’m sure you felt my presence by your side. I was always there […]
Endings
Endings I write words on scraps of paper and keep them in a basket on my desk—words that perform soft magic. Some might glow, or give me a thump in my chest, but most act as prompts to get things going when I’m stuck writing. I dump the words on top of my keyboard: celestial, […]
Inspiration: What’s your Muse?
Inspiration: what’s your muse? Inspiration is a word much bandied about by writers. There’s a good reason for this. We want to feel inspired to write, because then the words flow, snatched from the ether in alluring combinations. We feel like real writers. We feel, well, inspired! But here’s a little secret. Sometimes it doesn’t […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Emma Barry, Chick Magnet
Authors Interviewing Characters: Emma Barry, Chick Magnet In CHICK MAGNET, social media influencer and backyard chicken keeper Nicole Jones (better known by her fans as Chick Nic) recovers from an explosive break up from a YouTuber by moving to small town. There, she’ll meet and fall for the grumpy veterinarian across the street who’s been […]
Carolyn Clarke: On Creating HENLIT CENTRAL
Welcome to Hen Lit Central! I started this blog because I imagine there’s an entire genre that’s underrepresented in the literary world — and it’s us, middle-aged women (looking for mature, and unadulterated fun) who are missing out! If you’ve been to your local bookstore or hit up Amazon or Goodreads lately, you’ve surely been […]
Giving myself permission: My writing journey
Giving myself permission: My writing journey When I was younger and I first started writing, I didn’t need permission to write creatively. I just wrote. My love for writing started when I waited for my parents at work. While they did their jobs, I typed away on my typewriter and scribbled in my stack of […]
13-Year-Old Signs Deal for Contraband Books Exposing Darker Side of Social Media
Book Deal for Teen’s Graphic Novels Exposing Social Media’s Darker Side Christiania and Charlie Dirtbags inspired by young girl’s online interactions with peers and influencers Abi Behe, a 13-year-old Londoner has agreed a book deal with UK publisher Markosia for her graphic novels Christiania and Charlie Dirtbags. Co-created with comic artists Taka, Thomas Muzzell and […]
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