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Falling out with a close friend
Falling out with a close friend Female friendship has always intrigued authors – it provides endless material because the bonds women share can be some of the most wonderful, supportive and rewarding. Women talk about virtually everything (sorry if it sounds sexist, but I don’t know many men who share in the same way) and […]
Thoughts on Writing and the Creative Process: How I am inspired by Italy and its Inspiring Women
Thoughts on writing and the creative process: How I am inspired by Italy and its inspiring women. Ciao a tutti! I am Melissa. In Italy, they call me “matta,” which means crazy — but in a good way! You may be wondering what sparked my madness for Italy and set me down a path to […]
The Journey from Dream to Book
A fictional imagination of one of the most innovative designers of his time debut novel “Magician of Light” (She Writes Press, May 17, 2022) by J Fremont, is an in depth exploration of René Lalique’s adolescent years in Paris, his journey from student to leading glass manufacturer, and his real-life romance with Lucinda Haliburton. This […]
WHAT DID THEY SAY? SECRETS IN TRANSLATION
WHAT DID THEY SAY? SECRETS IN TRANSLATION By Margo Sorenson Not everyone writes a book that uses a lot of foreign language phrases, especially Italian. French? Sure. Spanish? Of course. But, Italian? Who speaks that? And why write about a seventeen-year-old who speaks Italian, but is American? Where can that plot go? As a woman […]
Cleyvis Natera: Authors Interviewing Characters
Neruda on the Park by Cleyvis Natera An exhilarating debut novel following members of a Dominican family in New York City who take radically different paths when faced with encroaching gentrification “Strikes all the right notes—captivating characters, lyrical language, and a storyline that captures your imagination and refuses to let go . . . an […]
Jessica Payne: How I Got My Agent
How I Got My Agent We’ve all heard of the writer who queries five agents and within a week gets an offer—we all dream we might be that rare exception. Well, I quickly realized I would not be. Like many other authors, I soon realized what a long and emotional process querying could be. My […]
Inspiration Anywhere
Inspiration Anywhere By Kelly Sokol I first met Marleigh, the protagonist of BREACH in a group writing roundtable at The Muse Writers Center. I was taking a class called “Write Now,” in which we hand wrote timed responses to cues provided by the inimitable Janine Latus (this woman can pull creativity from a floor tile). […]
RBG A to Z: The Life of an Icon from ACLU to Gen Z: Excerpt
Ruth Bader Ginsberg is a feminist icon, liberal superhero, and trailblazer. RBG A to Z: The Life of an Icon from ACLU to Gen Z by Jo Stewart provides a comprehensive understanding of the incredible life of RBG. The book covers her humble beginnings in Brooklyn to her days at Harvard Law School in the Supreme Court. […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Robin Farrar Maass
Authors Interviewing Characters: Robin Farrar Maass The Walled Garden is an academic mystery novel about an American grad student who comes to England to finish her doctoral dissertation about an English garden writer and soon finds herself on the trail of a decades-old mystery, in a fight to save the writer’s historic gardens, and in […]
Mental Health Awareness Month: Reading List
According to Mental Health America, “19.86% of adults are experiencing a mental illness,” which is “equivalent to nearly 50 million Americans,” and “15.08% of youth (age 12-17) report suffering from at least one major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year.” These figures refer to reported cases, and mental health professionals believe that the true […]
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