Tag: women writers
THE NAME GAME How To Decide What To Call Your Characters
THE NAME GAME How To Decide What To Call Your Characters By Christina Hamlett Naming your fictional characters can be as challenging as deciding what to call a real-life bundle of human joy. Unlike reality, however, this is a purposeful mission insofar as encouraging your readers to immediately love them, hate them, distrust them or […]
Excerpt from AN IMPOSSIBLE RETURN by Caroline Laurent, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman
Inspired by a shocking travesty of justice, the repercussions of which still reverberate more than fifty years later, bestselling Franco-Mauritian author Caroline Laurent has written an exquisitely beautiful and tragic novel based on the authentic story of the inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago. In AN IMPOSSIBLE RETURN (Amazon Crossing; December 1, 2022), expertly translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman, Caroline Laurent paints […]
Why Novellas?
Why novellas? Here’s the truth: I’ve never written a novella before this point in my life. I think in long form. I luxuriate in the ample time and space to fully develop characters, to immerse a reader in a story world. So what made me decide to issue the story of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard’s beautiful, talented […]
How to Start a Podcast and Magazine Without Really Trying
How to Start a Podcast and Magazine Without Really Trying Also Known As It Was the Best of Times, It Was The Worst of Times By Deb Hunter During the Covid lockdown of 2020, many of us turned to the Clubhouse app. Maybe we simply wanted to hear the voices of others, share our mutual […]
Writing The Raven’s Mark
By Christie J. Newport Before I started writing The Raven’s Mark I attended in person and online courses about police procedure, forensics, and crime scene investigation with people like ex detective Graham Bartlett, scientist Brian Price and working CSI Kate Bendelow. All three are published authors. I also read books on things such as interview […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: November
Hello Readers & Friends, As November comes to a close, it’s the time of year for gratitude. Gratitude doesn’t need be to sweeping or monumental. It can be simple pleasures, connections, or kind words from a stranger. I’m grateful for a lot this year and that includes books. This month’s round-up promises to captivate and […]
New Kid in Town: Five Ways to Develop a Local Readership
New Kid in Town: Five Ways to Develop a Local Readership by Elizabeth Sumner Wafler A year ago, my husband and I moved to Greenville, SC. How could I make bookish friends in this burgeoning Southern city and garner a readership for my women’s fiction? I got to work. Begin with a landmark bookshop. An […]
Iona Morrison: On Writing
By way of a brief introduction, I am a multi-published, award-winning author who writes romantic suspense with a touch of paranormal. I enjoy writing fiction. The character development, their stories, and the twists and turns in the plot intrigue me. Once I let the characters loose, I can’t wait to see where they take me. […]
Why I Wrote my Book ‘Love Untethered: How to Live When Your Child Dies’
Why I wrote my book ‘Love Untethered: how to live when your child dies’ by Vanessa May Becoming a writer was not an occupation I ever envisaged for myself, but then nor was becoming a bereaved mother. Three years ago, my life changed forever when my 24-year-old son died and, in some ways, it was […]
On Writing “The Ultimate Book on Vocal Sound Healing” by Githa Ben-David
“The Ultimate Book on Vocal Sound Healing” is a trilogy of my three first books written in Danish about vocal sound healing. It includes my first book – “The Note from Heaven”, which was published in Danish in 2002, “Regressive Cell-singing” 2007 and “Vocal Sound Healing” in 2012. All three books are classics and are […]
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