Tag: women writers
Authors Interviewing Characters: Tracey Buchanan
While writing Toward the Corner of Mercy and Peace, which takes place in the early 1950s, I got to know the book’s main character, Mrs. Minerva Place, very well. After all, we spent many hours over the course of several years together. But no matter how well you think you know somebody, with a person […]
Ten Lessons about Writing Memoir that I Learned from Reading Memoirs
Ten Lessons about Writing Memoir that I Learned from Reading Memoirs Dian Seidel Memoirs never appealed to me much…until I accidentally started writing one. When a writing coach told me my short essays could be the basis for a memoir, I figured I’d better educate myself about the genre. So I read lots of memoirs, […]
Character Interview: A HUNDRED DAYS TILL TOMORROW by L.S Case
Character Interview: A HUNDRED DAYS TILL TOMORROW by L.S. Case About A HUNDRED DAYS TILL TOMORROW “Lovelorn and ever hopeful romantics will find this poetic page-turner a delicious escape from any cares – present or past. Like the magical sea glass on the shores of Cobblers Hill, each chapter of Miranda’s journey gleams with light […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: India Hill Brown
We are delighted to feature this Authors Interviewing Characters piece by INDIA HILL BROWN! About the book: RHYTHM AND MUSE Cinderella meets Cyrano in this pitch-perfect YA rom-com that is a celebration of Black joy, first crushes, and putting your heart on the line for love. Darren Johnson lives in his head. There, he can pine for his […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Elizabeth Buchan
We are delighted to feature Elizabeth Buchan who interviewed her character Nina Lawrence from Two Women in Rome! About the book: TWO WOMEN IN ROME In the Eternal City, no secret stays hidden forever… Lottie Archer arrives in Rome excited to begin her new job as an archivist. When she discovers a valuable fifteenth-century painting, […]
Six Things I’ve Learned After Publishing My First Book
Six Things I’ve Learned After Publishing My First Book by Laura Whitfield I participated in my first literary festival last weekend as part of a panel about finding fun and taking risks. During the event the moderator asked, “What was fun about writing your book?” “I can’t say that writing my book was fun,” I […]
WHAT KATIE DID (and what she definitely shouldn’t have done…)
WHAT KATIE DID (and what she definitely shouldn’t have done…) The protagonist in my latest book, The Bad Wife, is a woman who becomes obsessed by a stranger. She knows nothing about this man, but meets him when she’s at a low point in her life and starts to fantasise about being in a relationship […]
How Seeing The World through a Blind Woman’s Eyes made me a Better Writer
I attended university in San Diego, California. As a mid-level Spanish speaker, I enjoyed taking weekend trips into Mexico. Like many college students, I worked at a number of part-time jobs. One of the most interesting ones was as a personal assistant for a professor who was blind. One Monday, after I’d related my weekend […]
The Alchemy of Fiction
The alchemy of writing fiction. By Victoria Costello Joan Didion said we tell ourselves stories in order to live. I wonder if we also change our stories in order to heal. It was my go-to trauma. Seven-year-old me finding my father passed out drunk on the floor of our flooding basement, with an empty booze […]
On Writing She Rides, Chasing Dreams Across California and Mexico
She Rides, Chasing Dreams Across California and Mexico By Alenka Vrecek During my 2500 mile long mountain bike journey from my home in Lake Tahoe, California to my second home at the tip of Baja Peninsula in Mexico, I wrote a blog, so my family and friends could follow along. With every post I shared, […]
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