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Starting With Setting
As a reader, I want books to transport me out of my own bubble to somewhere else, whether that’s a different city or country, a different time period, or a character’s socio-economic or professional world. I think a lot of us read books for that very reason—setting. As a writer, I prefer to begin with […]
Publishing A Book About Groupsex…During A Pandemic
Writing my second non-fiction book was easier in some ways than writing my first. I had a better sense of how long the work would take me, and how to balance research and writing time. What no one could have planned for is that about half the work on this book would take place during […]
My Inspiration For Writing Comedy
By Rosemond Sarpong Owens HRH ( Her Royal Highness- The Queen of Comedy) I always knew I was funny. What I did not know was just how funny I really was. Had someone told me I would one day stand on stage making people laugh, I would never have believed them. Why not? Growing up, […]
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING CHARACTERS: KATHLEEN WHYMAN
Kathleen Whyman interviews the characters of her novel Wife Support System Frustrated by the lack of support they get in their family homes, three friends move in together to help each other as they juggle careers, childcare and housework. Will their marriages and friendships survive, as one woman has her head turned by a handsome […]
Two Green Comedians Walk into a Café…
By Moreen Littrell “It just wasn’t funny,” said Sheila, a fellow stand-up comic, when I asked her what she thought of the set I’d performed two days earlier in the Main Room at The World Famous Comedy Store. It was Friday afternoon and we were sitting on the red velvet couch at Insomnia Café on […]
Inner Demons & Desires: Exploring the ‘Why’ of a Character’s Behaviour
Inner Demons & Desires: Exploring the ‘Why’ of a Character’s Behaviour by Ann Gosslin Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.’ — Carl Gustav Jung When we leave childhood behind and step onto the world’s stage, it’s tempting to believe that we are masters of […]
Reimagining the Women of the Past: DAUGHTERS OF SPARTA
The idea for my debut novel, Daughters of Sparta, came to me while I was studying the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome at university. Having always been drawn to myths and legends, I had first embarked upon a BA in Classical Civilisation at the University of Warwick, and fell so much in love with […]
Leaving Home, Finding a Voice: Young Women Crossing Borders
By Rajika Bhandari I got to know Sherry Duan as a student in a class I was teaching at Columbia University in New York City. Part of a Chinese generation that even from afar was immersed in American pop culture and lifestyle, Sherry decided early on that she would study in the U.S. after high […]
What Women Leave Behind: The Journey of Writing Under the Light of the Italian Moon
What Women Leave Behind: The Journey of Writing Under the Light of the Italian Moon by Jennifer Anton I started writing Under the Light of the Italian Moon in 2006, which became my year of coming to a new understanding of women. I was pregnant with my daughter; every part of my body was inflated […]
Something to Laugh About: Six Ways to Add Humor to Your Novel
By Marilyn Simon Rothstein Author of Lift and Separate and Husbands and Other Sharp Objects 1. Start with a sense of humor. No joke. Seriously. You either have a sense of humor—or you don’t. If you rarely laugh—or see the amusing side in anything, you should not force humor into your work. This includes any […]
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