Category: On Writing
Wild Ride: On Creating Writers In The Wild Retreats
Wild Ride What do you get when you put a group of writers in a room together? A whole lot of story-telling. What do you get when you take those same writers out in the wild? Pure creative synergy. I spent most of my life writing solo, crafting worlds and prospecting my life for inspiration […]
Unlocking Creativity: How the ‘Women Rising Strong 2024 Workbook’ Can Empower Authors
Unlocking Creativity: How the ‘Women Rising Strong 2024 Workbook’ Can Empower Authors The “Women Rising Strong 2024 Workbook” is a treasure trove for authors, offering a unique blend of self-discovery and professional development. It’s not just a book; it’s a year-long journey that unfolds month by month, with each section dedicated to a different theme […]
Gaby Anderson: On Writing
I began writing in bits and pieces. Bits of conversations with friends and family; my dad reading my work, telling me I’m no Shakespeare, but to keep going. Friends mentioning they’d re-read my weird emails just for fun. Then the pieces. An idea about a family who would represent the lovely, offbeat Hungarians I grew […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Anju Gattani interviews RAKESH from DYNASTIES
Anju Gattani interviews Rakesh from DYNASTIES “An enticing Downton Abbey-style saga, but set in India!” Barbara Bos, Managing Editor www.booksbywomen.org About DYNASTIES Sheetal Prasad, a glamorous, twenty-two-year-old oil painter, is the envy of Raigun, India. Her homeland, now modern and global, at last allows women to marry for love, and Sheetal is determined to wed […]
Why I write: Deborah Klee
Why I write Write what you know. Advice we have all heard. I reword that to: Write what you feel. Write what you are passionate about. It is this that gives us a unique voice. For me, it is the power of friendship and community. The emotional courage everyday people find in responding to life’s […]
A New Take on #MeToo: On Writing What We Never Say
A New Take on #MeToo: On Writing What We Never Say By Paulette Stout The #MeToo movement unfolded before our horrified eyes. It was an abomination many suspected—or outright knew–was happening—but did nothing to intervene. Yet hidden within that darkness were still more stories. Tragic stories of abused men, each sounding eerily familiar. Unlike the […]
Why I Wrote Closer To Ok
I have two scars on my forearm, nearly invisible where I pressed a knife to the skin, just hard enough to draw blood and not do any real damage. I couldn’t go through with adding pressure to the cuts. The protagonist in my novel, Kyle, does go through with it, though, and lands in a […]
The Forgotten Women Who Inspired THE THREE LIVES OF ALIX ST PIERRE
New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of The Paris Seamstress , The Paris Orphan and The Paris Secret , Natasha Lester offers us a fascinating tale of another daring woman in THE THREE LIVES OF ALIX ST. PIERRE ( Grand Central/Forever; January 10, 2023 ). An orphan turned WWII spy turned fashion icon […]
A Writer’s Revision Obsession
A Writer’s Revision Obsession Types frantically at keyboard… Rereads and deletes… Sighs… Just one more edit… before submitting to critique partners, beta readers, agents, publishers. Yes, I’m that writer—desperate to tweak a sentence or adjust a character’s dialogue one last time. Perfectionist is a generous word to describe this obsession; anal-retentive is more accurate. Ring […]
ONLY WITNESS
Years ago, my husband and I attended a high school cross country meet in the middle of a heat wave. There wasn’t a single tree on the racecourse, so for just over three miles the athletes ran without cover from the sun. Many crossed the finish line and collapsed, delirious with heat stroke. My husband, […]
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