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New Captivating Non-Fiction
New Captivating Non-Fiction You’ll want to keep an eye out for these captivating new releases in non-fiction! Become inspired by these stories of resilience after grief, self-reflection, and unconditional love from authors of every background and lifestyle! Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery, Linda Marshall Following the passing of her parents, Linda Marshall […]
Invaluable Writing Tips: Writer’s Puzzle Board
As a writer, I’m frequently asked a particular series of questions which include things such as when I first fell in love with writing, which famous authors I most admire, and, most often, where I find inspiration for my stories. The answer to all these questions and many more like them is, quite simply, “I […]
How Being A Doctor Inspires My Writing By Mahi Cheshire
How Being A Doctor Inspires My Writing By Mahi Cheshire The first writing I did as a doctor was on ward rounds. Myself and a group of other new juniors rushed to scribble down our consultant’s directions in files of patient notes balanced on our knees, on bedside tables, the nurses’ station, wherever we could […]
How My Husband’s Life Story Inspired My Novel
Debut novelist shares her story By Mary Ford Retiring after thirty-five years in journalism was like falling off a cliff. No deadlines. No breaking-news stories. No production days. No stress. But what to do now? My husband’s story, chronicled in my debut novel “Boy at the Crossroads,” is not your typical “good-ole-days” tale. He is […]
CINDER-NANNY: Excerpt
What could come between a nanny and an earl in a fairytale love story? Well, for one thing–a reality check. In CINDER-NANNY by Sariah Wilson, a young woman named Diana who’s attempting to pay for her sister’s mounting medical bills fabricates her credentials to land a job caring for a wealthy couple’s five-year-old boy in […]
![COMEDY = [TRAGEDY + TIME + (WINE – ANGER)] ÷ ABSURDITY](http://booksbywomen.org/wp-content/uploads/013_F-scaled-e1614740689456-768x523-1-180x123.jpg "COMEDY = [TRAGEDY + TIME + (WINE – ANGER)] ÷ ABSURDITY")
COMEDY = [TRAGEDY + TIME + (WINE – ANGER)] ÷ ABSURDITY
COMEDY = [TRAGEDY + TIME + (WINE – ANGER)] ÷ ABSURDITY Comedy equals tragedy plus time. It’s a phrase that’s been attributed to Mark Twain, Lenny Bruce, Mike Birbiglia, and Steve Allen – but it doesn’t really matter who legitimately said it. It was someone who is or was funny, someone who’s funnier than me. […]
A KILLING RAIN: Excerpt
Fans of police procedurals, dark mysteries and psychological thrillers are in for a treat this summer! Author Faye Snowden releases her second installment in her Killing Fire series, A Killing Rain (Flame Tree Press). This dark, Southern gothic tale of homicide features detective Raven Burns, who comes with a complicated past and a case she […]
Authors Interviewing Characters Series: Judith Berlowitz
HOME SO FAR AWAY A fictional diary set in interwar Germany and Spain allows us to peek into the life of Klara Philipsborn, the only Communist in her merchant-class, German-Jewish family.Klara’s first visit to Seville in 1925 opens her eyes and her spirit to an era in which Spain’s major religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, […]
Writing Outside Your Identity
How dangerous—how wrong—is it for artists to feature people of different cultures and identities in their works? Is the risk of stereotype, of tokenism, of insensitivity—of usurpation—too great to dare that kind of inclusiveness? Yet how can artists possibly avoid including other people and other cultures in what they produce—especially if they live in places […]
FIVE SUMMER READS FOR WRITERS By Kimberly Garrett Brown
FIVE SUMMER READS FOR WRITERS By Kimberly Garrett Brown Henry James said it best when he wrote: “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” To me the best summer afternoons are spent with a good book. That’s why I plan my summer reading like […]
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