Tag: women writers
Under the Java Moon, Heather B. Moore
Q&A between author Heather B. Moore and Marie (Rita) Vischer Elliott, the woman whose life is fictionalized in Moore’s upcoming historical novel Under the Java Moon: A Novel of World War II. — Based on a true story, this gripping WWII novel captures the resilience, hope, and courage of a Dutch family who is separated during […]
Writing my Bi-Cultural Girlhood Memoir of Growing up in the Middle East: Dancing Into the Light
Writing my bi-cultural girlhood memoir of growing up in the Middle East: Dancing Into the Light I was once asked why I didn’t write a bi-cultural memoir, since my fiction involved exotic settings in the Middle East and colorful characters I had known intimately growing up. My response was that I still felt too young […]
On Co-Authorship and Expanding the Conversation
On Co-Authorship and Expanding the Conversation By Annika Paradise, co-author of WONDER YEAR: A GUIDE TO LONG-TERM FAMILY TRAVEL AND WORLDSCHOOLING The heart of our new book, Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-term Family Travel and Worldschooling, is collaborative conversation. Part inspiration and part how-to, our book demystifies the seemingly outrageous prospect of embarking on […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Lee Kelly interviews Liz and Britta from With Regrets
Authors Interviewing Characters: Lee Kelly interviews Liz and Britta from With Regrets Seven courses, seven guests, twenty-four hours that will obliterate everything. When recent NYC-transplant Liz Brinkley and her husband are invited to an exclusive soiree by their neighbor, “lifestyle guru” Britta Harris-Che, Liz’s immediate thought is hell no. Britta is insufferable, and Liz is […]
How I Birthed My Memoir
By Liz Kinchen How I Birthed My Memoir I began writing my memoir twenty years ago, but I didn’t know that then. I have always kept journals, even as a young person, so at age 45, when my therapist suggested I intentionally write about my childhood to help me remember some of the murkier details, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Bethany Turner
She’s a sunny morning-show host. He’s a cynical ex-reporter. They’re destined to hate each other . . . Aren’t they? Brynn Cornell has to be stuck in a nightmare. Just last week, she was riding high as cohost of the popular morning show Sunup. She’s America’s Ray of Sunshine—the girl-next-door beauty who drives up TV ratings […]
Who Am I? Who are You?
Who Am I? Who are You? Often called a dreamer, one who tests as INFP on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator Test (MBTI) is idealistic, highly imaginative, creative, and compassionate, but tends to be disorganized. Yup, that’s me, to a T. Based on the work of Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, a mother-daughter duo […]
On Writing My Poetic Memoir
Don’t believe what Robert Frost said about “The Road Not Taken.” Fifty years ago, I turned at a fork in the road, having completed my college degree with a major in English and an emphasis on poetry. I chose the path that led me to an academic career in information science and technology, and focusing […]
On Writing Grace, by Delaney Parker
Hello. My name is Delaney Parker, a writer and the author of the sexually charged, emotionally raw erotic fiction, GRACE. My life experiences as a woman, a mother and of having Multiple Sclerosis have given me a view that is unique and refreshing. My writing allows my characters to be themselves with their true feelings. […]
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