Tag: women writers
How Living Abroad Informs and Inspires My Writing
How Living Abroad Informs and Inspires My Writing How do our life experiences shape our writing? And how does being a writer shape our life experiences? As an American expatriate preparing to launch my debut novel into the world after nearly three decades of living abroad, I often wonder which came first—whether my life abroad […]
From Science to Story: Nonfiction and Audience
From Science to Story: Nonfiction and Audience By Erica Hannickel My first book, a dissertation-turned-monograph about wine history, caught academic success, but contemporary wine industry people (from what I could judge) hated it. They seemed to think that I had a special axe to grind with wine. In truth, 19th century American historians had covered […]
On Writing Angels, Herpes and Psychedelics
Angels, Herpes and Psychedelics: How the book came about, and the process of writing it. I’ve always wanted to be an author of a wisdom book with something like the five keys or the three tips that would empower others to live their life passions and purpose. However, my soul had something else in mind. […]
On Writing Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion
How do you sum up a whole book in a few words? Your book is nearly ready to enter the world. You’ve got a title, a cover, even some endorsements. Then, something you’d almost forgotten rears its head: the jacket copy (or, as we call it in Britain, the blurb). It’s often an afterthought in […]
EDITING TIPS FROM A FREELANCE EDITOR By Libby Sternberg
EDITING TIPS FROM A FREELANCE EDITOR By Libby Sternberg For many years, I’ve been a freelance editor at a major publishing house, editing romance novels and women’s fiction books. I started as a copy editor, checking for grammar, usage, and style, but now I’m a line—or developmental—editor, which means I check manuscripts for characterization, consistency, […]
Alternative Book Review: Letter To A Protagonist
After reading Priya Malhotra’s gorgeous WOMAN OF AN UNCERTAIN AGE I felt compelled, rather than writing a review, to write a letter to the protagonist, Naina. About WOMAN OF AN UNCERTAIN AGE When fifty-something Naina Mehta’s husband dies of a heart attack, she transforms herself from a suburban wife into a bold woman thirsty […]
Character Interview: Kaira Rouda interviews Jody Asher of The Widow
About THE WIDOW A husband with secrets. A wife with no limits. A riveting novel of marriage, privilege, and lies by Kaira Rouda, the USA Today bestselling author of The Next Wife. Jody Asher had a plan. Her charismatic husband, Martin, would be a political icon. She, the charming wife, would fuel his success. For fifteen congressional terms, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters – Terena Elizabeth Bell
Authors Interviewing Characters – Terena Elizabeth Bell TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE (Whiskey Tit, December 2022) Tell Me What You See (Whiskey Tit, December 2022) is a collection of ten experimental short stories about coronavirus quarantines, climate change, the January 6th invasion on the US Capitol, and other events from 2020-2021. Written in both word […]
Writing About Love
By Catherine Kullman Barbara Bos has suggested that I talk about ‘writing about love in your novels, what makes a good story in that respect?’ Love stories have been popular since people began telling stories and yet so many authors shy away from including a romantic arc in their novels. Why is this? In Have […]
Writing Ourselves into Alignment By Harmony Kwiker
Writing Ourselves into Alignment By Harmony Kwiker The first time I recognized that there was a book inside of me, I felt equally elated and insecure. I had just experienced a recent breakthrough in my own growth and development when the words of the unwritten book started to pour through me. Each time I sat […]
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