Tag: women writers
I’ll Know It When I Feel It: How a Spark becomes a Novel By Barbara Josselsohn
I’ll Know It When I Feel It: How a Spark becomes a Novel By Barbara Josselsohn “I finally figured out how to arrange my two computer screens so I can see them both at the same time,” my husband tells me after wrestling with the layout of his desk for days. “We came up with […]
My Writing Process by Rebecca Heath
by Rebecca Heath One thing I love almost as much as reading a wonderful book and travelling along that journey with the author, is to read about how that book came to be. There is something so interesting about reading another author’s writing process, like seeing behind the curtain of a magic trick for a […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Ann Putnam
New York Times bestselling authors are calling I Will Leave You Never (May 9, She Writes Press) by Hemingway scholar Ann Putnam “extraordinary” and “heartbreaking” and we are thrilled to feature this Authors Interviewing Characters piece! Ann Putnam Interviews Zoë Penney from I WILL LEAVE YOU NEVER The main character’s most devout wish is to […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Hannah Dolby
We’re thrilled to feature this character interview by author Hannah Dolby! No Life for a Lady The most joyful book of 2023! Violet Hamilton is a woman who knows her own mind. Which, in 1896, can make things a little complicated… At 28, Violet’s father is beginning to worry she will never find a husband. […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Catherine Doyle & Katherine Webber
We’re featuring TWO authors interviewing their characters today! About CURSED CROWNS The second book in the swoony and high-stakes fantasy rom-com series that began with Twin Crowns, about twin princesses separated at birth—from bestselling authors Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber. Twin queens Wren and Rose have claimed their crowns…but not everyone is happy about witches […]
Excerpt from OUR MOTHERS, OUR DAUGHTERS
The mother-daughter relationship defines who we are, how we view ourselves, and what we want for our lives. Much like this multi-faceted relationship, the lessons in Our Mothers, Our Daughters are strong, yet soft. Through a collection of curated stories, readers journey alongside moms and daughters as they share poignant moments and messages of an everlasting bond. […]
From Nursing Home to Published Author
I’m told the average author doesn’t query publishers from a hospital bed in a nursing home. I’d like to think, then, that I’m not your average author, because that’s what I did in the summer of 2020. Since that time, I’ve had two novels published and a novella releasing at the end of May. Not […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Marina Antropow Cramer
ABOUT THE BOOK MARFA’S RIVER Marfa, a Ukrainian woman living in Brussels in the 1950s, is haunted by the catastrophic death of her child ten years before, at the end of World War II. Torn from her home in her teens, she struggles with dark memories and profound loneliness, exacerbated by her introspective nature. Her story […]
Isabella de Medici: In Her Words, She Tells the Truth of How she Died
Isabella de Medici: In her words, she tells the truth of how she died. By Melissa Muldoon, author of “Waking Isabella, because beauty can’t sleep forever” Image Credit: Melissa Muldoon original illustration of Isabella de Medici Greetings, my dear friends. My name is Isabella de’ Medici, but many called me the Star of Florence! I […]
Writing Through Grief: Ana Veciana-Suarez
I was on the fourth draft — or was it the fifth? — of my historical novel, Dulcinea, when my father died. Seven weeks later my daughter, the eldest of my five children, passed away, too. Neither death was unexpected, but recognizing the inevitable didn’t lessen the grief. Nor did it help me deal with […]
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