Tag: women writers
An Unconventional Path to Writing, by Lenore Borja
An Unconventional Path to Writing, by Lenore Borja I moved to New York City at the age of twenty to attend The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA). I was going to be an actress—not just any actress, a famous one. I say this because there is an enormous distinction between the two. A working […]
Frankenstein Made Me Do It: On Writing Weird Girls
Frankenstein Made Me Do It: On Writing Weird Girls When I first read Frankenstein, I was thrilled by this well-read, well-intentioned poetic monster, creature of the sublime who, because he’s misunderstood, becomes monstrous. Most of all, I was fascinated by the way he was created: how he was crafted from various corpses, heterogeneous as anything. […]
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 […]
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