Category: On Writing
Tania Crosse on Writing A Series
Tania Crosse, winner of Best Saga in the Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards 2020, talks to Women Writers I was delighted when Women Writers asked me to contribute to their online magazine. Thank you so much for inviting me! Being the first recipient of this new award means so much to me, especially being a special […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Suzanne Nugent
Suzanne Nugent interviews three mismatched frienemies – Leanne, Christina, and Nora – over Sunday brunch. Filled with heartwrenching scenes and witty prose, Susanne Nugent’s Brunch and Other Obligations explores the intricate dynamics of girlhood acquaintances who are forced to reconnect as women. This upbeat novel reminds readers that there’s hope for getting through the hard times […]
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING THEIR CHARACTERS: Jane Shemilt
Jane Shemilt, author of LITTLE FRIENDS/THE PLAYGROUND interviewing her character Eve Kershaw. LITTLE FRIENDS/THE PLAYGROUND has been described as BIG LITTLE LIES meets LORD OF THE FLIES; it is set in Dulwich in London and describes what happens when the lives of three very different families intersect; the adults are so busy watching each other […]
Tell Your Story—When Life Becomes Myth
By Cerridwen Fallingstar In 1975, when I was twenty-two, working as a journalist for a feminist newspaper, my editor came in and said, “There’s a witch on trial for fortune-telling.” My hand shot up; “I’ll take that story!” And so my life of growing up in a scientific household where all religion was held in […]
The Magic Of Acts Of Kindness
It’s rush hour at Paddington station. Commuters stream down the stairs to the Hammersmith and City line, everyone hell-bent on getting home with as little interaction with their fellow-passengers as possible, headphones in, eyes on phones. As I step onto the top step leading down to the platform, I’m aware of something in my peripheral […]
Scratching on the Walls —Struggling for Words in the era of Covid 19
It feels as if the world we knew was a dormant volcano. Trudging through our days, a rumble in the air, we sensed that something was coming, but something is often nothing, so we let it slide away. Caught off guard, it erupted with a vengeance as we scrambled for shelter. From our on-line safe […]
Writing about War for (Men and) Women
Writing about War for (Men and) Women A few years ago, I explored the science behind what makes a book a woman’s book or a man’s book, if in fact there is such a distinction. “Of course, there is,” most writers and readers would say, without a moment’s hesitation—that is, most writers and readers not […]
MOM BABBLE excerpt: Crying In The Laundry
Mary Katherine (MK) Backstrom is the personality behind the thriving MOM BABBLE online community. Over 89 million people have viewed her video content, and she has over 1/2 million followers on Facebook, and 16.7K followers on Instagram. In her essays, she talks about ALL aspects of motherhood — the highs and lows and every weird, […]
Afraid of the Light
At the start of lockdown it was often said the people least affected, jobs wise, would be the writers. And in some ways that’s true. Every day there’s still a bank of time when I’m glaring at my computer screen (or staring out of the window) hoping for inspiration. But for the first couple of […]
The Creative Surge of Women in Mid-Life
Shifts in consciousness don’t happen in a bubble. The current unfolding of women seeing themselves in a positive light as they grow older is not a singular motion. Rather, it’s the result of a journey of reinvention and reclamation. Each of us has the potential to evolve psychologically and spiritually throughout our lives, and a […]
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