Tag: women writers
Katie Sise: Writing Process
I love reading about other writers’ writing processes, and I’m always in awe of writers who outline every book and know each plot point before they start writing. I definitely don’t do that! I write like I’m watching a movie: I have a general sense of where characters should go next, but when I throw […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Fatima R. Henson Interviews Ayanna Grace
Authors Interviewing Characters: Fatima R. Henson Interviews Ayanna Grace LOVE IN THE AGE OF DRAGONS Two years ago, a wormhole opened and ushered vicious dragons into the world. The dragons burned Earth’s cities to the ground and sent its inhabitants scattering for cover; and since then, Ayanna Grace, a seventeen-year-old Black girl, has been scratching […]
Writing All Men Glad and Wise
Laura C. Stevenson “Novel writing can be a cold-blooded business. One uses whatever happens to be lying around in memory and employs it to suit one’s needs.” J. L. Carr, Foreword to A Month in the Country. The things lying around in my memory when I first considered writing a mystery formed an unlikely mix. […]
Writing Empathy Series Part Two: Empathy For Your CHARACTER
WRITING EMPATHY SERIES: PART TWO Read part one HERE Empathy for your CHARACTER I have a bunch of best friends. Evangeline, Lyra, Mac, Calliope, Fauna. They happen to be protagonists in my novels. I love them! They’re full of life and loss, like most of us. And, like the real people in my life, I […]
Desange Kuenihira: On Writing Undefeated Woman
UNDEFEATED WOMAN As a young girl, Desange Kuenihira was told repeatedly that she was meaningless. An arranged marriage and motherhood before twenty—guaranteeing a life in poverty—were all she was told to expect. But Desange knew she had more inside her, and that education was the key to unlocking her potential. In Undefeated Woman, Desange Kuenihira takes […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: October
Hello Readers & Friends, WHAT A MONTH FOR BOOKS! Fall is my favorite time of the year, and there’s nothing like falling into some fantastic reads. We’ve got our favorite NYTimes Bestseller back for a propulsive page-turner, a violin story—yes, I was hesitant about this one, but WOW—a fire, family, friendship, engagements, other entanglements, and […]
Always By Your Side: My Journey to Publication By Julie Haworth
Always By Your Side: My Journey to Publication By Julie Haworth On the 9th of August 2022 my debut novel, Always By Your Side, was published by Simon & Schuster and I fulfilled a lifelong dream of becoming a published author. My journey to publication was a fairly unique story in itself and one that […]
Choosing Your Book Title
The importance of carefully choosing the title for your book or what I could have done better! By Jan Romes First of all, before you read further, I want to make clear with this article that what I’m about share isn’t to sell my book. It’s to confess I made a huge error when I […]
My Writing Journey: The Writing Community is a Real Place
My Writing Journey: The Writing Community is a Real Place From the time I learned to read, I’ve wanted to write. I think it’s accurate to say it was in my blood from birth, a part of me I wouldn’t and couldn’t live without. Writing has brought me solace, comfort, joy, a sense of achievement, […]
Being a Writer and Commissioning Advisor
Six or seven years ago I could only dream of a job that involved reading books all day. I had, what most would call, a good job; I had a career and it paid well. But I was bored, and tired of having to fight constantly to be respected. I have always been a book-worm; […]
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