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Elizabeth Guider: On Writing
Elizabeth Guider is a longtime entertainment journalist who has lived and worked in Rome, Paris and London as well as in New York City and Los Angeles. Born in the South, she holds a doctorate in Renaissance Studies from New York University. Currently, she divides her time between Hollywood, where she does freelance writing about […]
Author Rapid Fire Questions
WWWB’s managing editor Barbara and I started chatting about an interview for Books by Women just as my family and I were heading off on a weekend camping trip. She was happy to let me come up with the format, so I decided to use the opportunity for some fun around the campfire! My hubby […]
The Story Behind the Story: A Good Family
People often ask me: what was the inspiration behind your debut novel, A Good Family? Several years ago, I wrote my first book – a young adult novel – and was unable to find an agent to represent me. Frustrated, I said to myself: “I’ll show them! I’m going to write a page-turner that no […]
The Ultimate Pick-Up Line: Why Your First Sentence Matters
by Katherine Fawcett Even since that one guy got tired of hunting and gathering, sat down on a rock near the fire, waved for others to gather around, cleared his throat and said the words “Once upon a time in a land far, far away…” we’ve been suckers for a good tale. And we’re either […]
The Mill of Lost Dreams, by Lori Rohda: The Story Behind the Story
When Annie died, it left a hole in my heart that has never healed. For forty years, this petite, quiet, woman loved and guided me when my mother couldn’t. She raised me. I am literally rooted in her and draft off her amazing courage every single day. I wanted to write about Annie as a […]
Add One Mid-life Crisis To A Media Hate Narrative: The Inspiration for PRECIOUS YOU
Add one mid-life crisis to a media hate narrative: the inspiration for Precious You By Helen Monks Takhar In my twenties, I deeply resented how going for a jog involved running the gauntlet with street harassers. Before leaving my flat, I’d have to ready myself for those men who feel entitled to call at women […]
Down the Forest Path – in Sunlight and in Shadow
Inspiration for THE SHADOW BIRD by Ann Gosslin I’ve heard some writers say that story ideas hit them like a bolt of lightning. Others describe how an enticing idea came to them slowly over time, like bits and pieces of a puzzle to be solved. A character here, an important image there, as they built […]
A COOKING TOUR OF PROVENÇE
“So, who would like to join me on a traditional cooking tour to Provençe?” our culinary instructor asked one evening during a cooking class. Without hesitation, I put down the artichoke I was trimming, and my hand shot up. Could this be an answer to a dream calling my name? Less than a year before, […]
Intuitive Writing and Character Formation
Inspiration is a funny thing. Mysterious and mystical, it’s difficult to know where it comes from. And unless one writes biographical fiction, characters are inspired by something. Before I started writing books, I imagined that somehow characters formed by themselves without too much effort, as if they leapt onto the page fully formed. Even when […]
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING CHARACTERS: MELONY TEAGUE
A PROMISE TO KEEP: Research librarian Savannah Sanderson wants to escape into her happily-ever-after novels with their larger-than-life fictional heroes. But a promise to her late husband has her attending her dreaded twenty-year high school reunion, drinking ghastly punch, and taking desperate measures just to keep her vow, even if she has to hide behind […]
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