Tag: women writers
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 […]
Ann Lambert–The process of writing Whale Fall
Ann Lambert–The process of writing Whale Fall I have always, as a playwright and novelist been driven to write about social and political issues and where they intersect in our individual lives. I try to weave personal stories into a larger historical, political and cultural backdrop, hopefully in ways that deepen our experience through the […]
On Writing The Lindbergh Nanny
As a teenager, I was obsessed with I, Claudius. I had a mild speech impediment and learned very quickly at school that, as far as my peers were concerned, I didn’t do the talking thing well. So I felt a natural affinity with the awkward stammering Claudius who survives generations of his relatives poisoning, stabbing, […]
An Unlikely Writer
Does this sound like a future writer to you? A child with abandoned journals and disgruntled pen pals. Assigned essays left until the absolute last minute. A teenager reading only non-fiction whose worst subject is English. An extroverted people-person who couldn’t bear the solitude of flipping burgers, let alone being stuck at a desk. Writing? […]
On Writing Through the Lens of Trauma Memory
On writing through the lens of trauma memory by Carly Schabowski The role of memory in historiography even now remains a live debate, with questions around signposting to readers, the favouring of written accounts over living memory and the extent of the need for verification. For memory to be a principal lens for recreating […]
MY WRITING JOURNEY by Robin Lee Hatcher
MY WRITING JOURNEY by Robin Lee Hatcher I am often asked how I got started as a writer. Did I always want to write stories? Did I write my first book as a child or a teen (as quite a few authors can claim)? Where did it begin for me? My writing journey began with […]
When Writing Becomes an Act of Self-Care
When writing becomes an act of self-care The other day, I was talking to one of my mentors in the world of Yoga and Ayurveda, and he said, “The work we do is intense, Sweta. Take care of yourself.” I sat with his words for a good month before making this decision, “I will start […]
THE UNEXPECTED DISCLOSURE THAT SPARKED WOMAN OF AN UNCERTAIN AGE
THE UNEXPECTED DISCLOSURE THAT SPARKED WOMAN OF AN UNCERTAIN AGE Several years ago, I met an Indian-American girl at a wedding in a large U.S. city and we started talking. She grew up comfortably in the United States with a professional father and a stay-at-home mother, and I got the sense that her family was one […]
HOW MY WORK INFLUENCES MY WRITING – Cristina LePort
I have been a physician for longer than 40 years, but I just became an author. When I look back at my journey, I can see how my second passion was born from my first profession like a child from a mother’s womb, with the difference that in my case my work and my writing […]
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