Tag: women writers
Authors Interviewing Characters: Amanda Elliot
Amanda Elliot Interviews Julie Zimmerman from BEST SERVED HOT About BEST SERVED HOT Two restaurant critics learn their opposing tastes might make for a five-star relationship in the next foodie romantic comedy from the author of Sadie on a Plate. By day, Julie Zimmerman works as an executive assistant. After hours, she’s @JulieZeeEatsNYC, a social media […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Kate Thompson
Bestselling author Kate Thompson returns with The Little Wartime Library, a novel based on the true story of a forgotten little library in WW2. When German bombs crashed through its roof, Bethnal Green library moved underground, providing books – and escapism – for children during air raids. Kate brings the story to life by reimagining life […]
The Psychology of Personality – Bringing your Characters to Life
The Psychology of Personality – Bringing your Characters to Life When you meet someone for the first time you may notice certain things about them: how they look, how they speak, what they say. These are the things we see and hear that tell us something about the person and help us form an impression […]
Dana Goldstein: On Writing Memoir
On Writing Memoir Dana Goldstein The darkness is welcoming. The silence is broken by the ticking of the grandfather clock as the pendulum swings and by the dog snoring softly at my feet. It’s 5AM. I make a coffee, put on my frayed and faded hoodie, then settle in on the living room couch, laptop […]
Living Write
Living Write Melissa Giberson The pandemic was in its early stages; I was furloughed from work. With my excess time, I read books, watched Netflix, cleaned, caught up on scrapbooking, and revisited my old writing – stashed in a backpack in a closet and in electronic files in the deep recesses of my computer. In […]
A Palm Reader, A Dream, And Standing Naked
On a whim, I’d hired a palm reader as part of the evening’s joint birthday celebration for my husband and me. When she arrived, prim as a Midwest librarian, I lead her to the quiet seclusion of my bedroom which afforded her privacy. A line quickly formed outside the room. Barbie waited next to Lou […]
Edwardian Con Women by Laura Lee
Edwardian Con Women Laura Lee About ten years ago, while researching a book on Oscar Wilde, I stumbled upon the story of Maurice Schwabe, a member of the Wilde circle who went on to lead an extraordinary life of crime as part of a band of gentleman con artists who traveled the world cheating at […]
On Writing Humanizing the Remote Experience through Leadership and Coaching
The book, Humanizing the Remote Experience through Leadership and Coaching, is the product of a teacher without her classroom and a psychiatrist without her couch. We were mid-way through a global pandemic and several months into a total lockdown when we decided to write this book. Diane, a communication coach and university professor, was coaching […]
Writing The Elopement
Writing The Elopement Summer 2020 probably isn’t a time that most people want to spend time remembering. The first UK lockdown, isolation and anxiety… Like many people I found solace in the sunshine and my garden. As a writer, working from home was nothing new and I felt lucky to be able to continue to […]
Writing As Spiritual Practice
Writing As Spiritual Practice Yolanda Pierce, PhD As a womanist theologian, writing is a form of spiritual discipline for me. Like reading, meditating, or praying, writing is how I dare to engage in divine practice to better understand both myself and all that is sacred and holy around me. Theologians write about weighty matters: the […]
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