Tag: women writers
THE WRITER’S GARDEN by Heather Mateus Sappenfield
THE WRITER’S GARDEN by Heather Mateus Sappenfield What are the seeds of your narratives? Are they concepts? Problems? Themes? With three novels and one short story collection under my belt, I’ve learned that my narratives usually arise from things I witness. Things about our humanity that leave a deep impression. After that initial impression, they […]
The Guinea Pig Club
The Guinea Pig Club The Fever Box is a psychological thriller set in a military hospital during WW2. One of the main characters is Dougie Douglas, a badly-burned pilot shot down during the evacuation of Dunkirk, who eventually becomes a member of the elite Guinea Pig Club, created in 1941 by a group of RAF […]
Finally, a Species of Gratitude: The Processes of Writing “A Lucky Breath”
Finally, a Species of Gratitude: The Processes of Writing “A Lucky Breath” My new memoir, “A Lucky Breath,” is the story of the years I lived in a Costa Rican village told within the context of the days and months surrounding my divorce from the man I married there. The memoir opens before dawn on […]
Writing From the Heart: Nancy Julien Kopp
Writing From the Heart Almost every day, I find a moment to write. A moment and more that take me away from everyday tasks and immerse me into a writing life filled with words from my heart. I write essays, poems, and stories detailing the events that bring basic emotions into my life. Pain, anguish, […]
Keeping the Reader in Mind By Christina Consolino
Keeping the Reader in Mind By Christina Consolino Writing the first draft of my second novel, The Weight We Carry, served as a means of healing for me. Summer of 2015 was onerous and chaotic, filled with multiple health crises for my dad, which eventually led to a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s for my mom. I […]
On Writing Holistic Wealth by Keisha Blair
My writing journey has been a meandering one. I started writing a memoir and then a viral article prompted me to change course when the world responded to an article that I initially felt vulnerable about when I hit the “publish” button. That article captivated an audience of 50 million people globally. The second paragraph […]
Celia Micklefield: On Writing
Hello to all you lovers of books. And a big thank you to Barbara for giving me this opportunity to reach more of you through her website and tell you a little something about my work. Celia Micklefield is my maiden name. I thought it was a good idea to use it as my pen name. […]
Laura Vosika On Writing
I can hardly remember a time I didn’t write. When I was eight I wrote poetry—thankfully there are no surviving examples! At ten, I started a novel about a boy who is kidnapped and such a trial to his kidnappers that they try to give him back. Ten pages in, I came across The Ransom […]
My Process as a Writer By Jennifer Nelson
Teaching with Heart: Lessons Learned in a Classroom By Jennifer Nelson I have my good friend Peggy to thank for my writing Teaching with Heart: Lessons Learned in a Classroom. Years ago, I left my journalism job to teach high school French. It was clear that writing for a weekly business magazine was too demanding […]
Dance and Despair: Writing What You Know
Dance and Despair: Writing What You Know I lay in the bath, deep in a cloud of lavender-scented bubbles, pondering a question. Where could I set a contemporary romance series? I’d previously written historical novels based around real events. These had required an enormous amount of research to get the details of daily life correct. […]
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