Category: On Writing
Character Development: Why I Wrote a Novel about Four Sisters
Why I wrote a novel about four sisters (and how I approached their character development) Writing a novel had never occurred to me, let alone a story about four sisters. Until a few years ago, I had written what I knew, in my voice and from my point of view, reflections like mirrors to my […]
Excerpt from PLAYING FOR FREEDOM by Zarifa Adiba
Excerpt from PLAYING FOR FREEDOM by Zarifa Adiba A passionate musician growing up in the war-torn streets of Kabul takes her forbidden talents abroad in this triumphant memoir from debut author Zarifa Adiba. As an Afghan girl, Zarifa Adiba has big, unfathomable dreams. Her family is poor, her country mired in conflict. Walking to school […]
The First-Time Manager: DEI: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Alida Miranda-Wolff, EXCERPT
The essential resource for new managers who want to foster a safe, inclusive, and productive space for their teams. Being an inclusive manager boils down to finding ways to balance power and love day-to-day. When do we prioritize the needs of an individual employee over that of the whole team? When do we hold firm […]
Curiosity + Technique = Analyzing the Prescotts by Dawn Reno Langley
Curiosity + Technique = Analyzing the Prescottsby Dawn Reno Langley Curiosity is a writer’s best friend. We write to find answers to mysterious questions or to discover why people function as they do. Every novel has a backstory, the “why” tale of the writer’s need to follow the characters they created, as well as the […]
NYT Bestselling author Caroline Leavitt interviews Hannah Sward on her award-winning debut, Strip: A Memoir
NYT Bestselling author Caroline Leavitt interviews Hannah Sward on her award-winning debut, Strip: A Memoir Living on a carless island with her poet father. Molested at six. A former stripper. A former prostitute. And one of the most moving and honest memoir writers. Hannah Sward talks about STRIP. Abandoned by her mother, living with her […]
Q & A with Mary Keliikoa
Take your audience on a rollercoaster ride of suspense, corruption and dark family secrets this summer when author Mary Keliikoa tests the bonds of sisterhood in her latest thriller, Don’t Ask, Don’t Follow We’re delighted to feature this interview with Mary Kellikoa! Q & A Mary Keliikoa Tell us about your beginning, where are you […]
Lost and Found in a Hearing World: Finding My Voice in My Writing
Lost and Found in a Hearing World: Finding My Voice in My Writing By Claudia Marseille When I was ten I bombed my oral report on Abraham Lincoln in front of the school auditorium packed with expectant parents, teachers and invited guests. I stood frozen in front of the room. Even though I understood what […]
INTRODUCING THE BEST OF BOOK MARKETING PODCAST!
INTRODUCING THE BEST OF BOOK MARKETING PODCAST A book marketing podcast hosted by Lainey Cameron and Paulette Stout, showcasing what’s worth your time, what’s just hype, and what fellow authors learned along the way! Live on video in the Women Writers Women’s Books Group on Facebook on the second Friday of the month at 1pm […]
EXCERPT: All for You: A World War II Family Memoir of Love, Separation, and Loss
All for You: A World War II Family Memoir of Love, Separation, and Loss Emil, a Jewish man in 1930s Germany, loves Deta, a Lutheran, but Nazi racial purity laws forbid their marriage. Desperate to find a place where their love can survive, they must separate to get away. Deta leaves for England, but Emil […]
Writing the Other: My Protagonist is Disabled, I am Not
Writing the Other: My protagonist is disabled, I am not My second novel, Unswerving, published by the University of Wisconsin Press, is about a young woman trying to rebuild her life after she’s paralyzed in a car accident. Estranged from her family, Tave gradually uncovers her inner strength and finds a new home within the […]
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