Category: On Writing
On Writing Not Good Enough Girl: A Memoir of an Inconvenient Daughter
Amidst the control, confusion, and chaos caused by her eight-times-married mother, this author’s story spans the extreme emotions of a mother-daughter relationship, touching on cyclical family dysfunction, addiction, and forgiveness. When my mother’s sixth husband died, I felt broadsided by the amount of guilt, anger, and disturbing childhood memories that arose, and I decided to […]
Why Are We Afraid To Talk About Death?
Death is a constant presence, an inherent part of life, a fact of humanity. Yet in much of western culture, we pretend this isn’t the case. We are afraid to talk about death, or acknowledge it in any way. We avert our eyes, lower our voices, and avoid bringing up our own or others’ losses, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Jude Berman
THE VOW In a stunning work of feminist historical fiction for readers who loved Dawn Tripp’s Georgia and Whitney Scharer’s The Age of Light, Jude Berman brings painter Angelica Kauffman to life. Accused of dressing as a boy to study in the prestigious galleries of eighteenth-century Italy, child prodigy Angelica Kauffman has set high goals for herself. She […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Susan E. Sage
SILVER LADY: TRAVELS ALONG THE RIVER ROAD Character interview: Cassie in Silver Lady by Susan E. Sage Cassie Navrone is the main character in my recently published novel, Silver Lady: Travels Along the River Road. The year is 2033. A new pandemic (The Strangler Virus) has left many dead and the USA is about to […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: February
Hello Reeders & Friends, I’m shouting this month’s reads from the rooftop because it just so happens that my latest WE ARE MADE OF STARS is on the list! Welcome to the world eighth book baby. I hope you’ll all check it out, plus these great reads from my Lake Union imprint sisters, a FREE […]
An Ode to Women Writers of Women’s Stories: Celebrating Women’s History Month through Historical Fiction by Janis Robinson Daly
Will the following authors please stand up: Marie Benedict, Jude Berman, Teri M. Brown, Denny S. Bryce, Diana R. Chambers, Janet Skeslien Charles, Stephanie Dray, Joan Ferndanez, Jill George, Nicola Griffith, Kristen Hannah, Penny Haw, Carole Hopson, Piper Huguley, Martha Hall Kelly, Eliza Knight, Judith Lindbergh, N.J. Mastro, Paula McLain, Heather B. Moore, Victoria Christopher […]
The Secretary – Behind the Book by Deborah Lawrenson
This is the most personal book I have yet written. Perhaps it might go some way to explaining the recurrent theme of secrets and covert operations in several of my previous novels. The Secretary is based on the diary my late mother Joy wrote in Moscow in 1958, a tiny book measuring eight centimetres by […]
What if Orchids Grew From Your Belly Button: Katy Wimhurst
What if Orchids Grew From Your Belly Button: Katy Wimhurst What if orchids grew from your belly button? What if your hair was replaced by a lucious plant? What if you could suck up everything you hated in the world with a hoover? What if, in a world of scarcity, chocolate was outlawed? My new […]
On Writing Portrait of a Feminist by Marianna Marlowe
The inspiration for my book began one spring eight years ago. It was the year I turned fifty; the same year my oldest son turned eighteen, graduated from high school, and left for a college five states and two airplane rides away; and the year the troubles started between me and a beloved sibling. I […]
Inspired to Following the Footsteps of a Fossil Hunter in Africa
By Penny Haw Where do ideas come from? What motivates an artist to paint landscapes, not portraits? What compels a writer to pen prose, not poetry? What inspires an author to create romance, not crime? Why are some people compelling, and others not? There are countless ways of responding to these questions. However, I can […]
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