Tag: women writers
The Child Between Us by Alison Ragsdale: Excerpt
THE CHILD BETWEEN US, Alison Ragsdale My beautiful girl, you are my missing piece. You came into my life and changed everything, placing your warm little hand in mine, and looking up at me with your sky-blue eyes, so full of hope. Little did we know what lay ahead, but for a while at least, […]
Writing About a Pandemic… During a Pandemic
Writing about a pandemic… during a pandemic In 2016 I sat down to write a crime novel set in Edinburgh, a city that already has its fair share of crime novelists. Ian Rankin, Quintin Jardine, and Kate Atkinson had all made good use of the streets of Scotland’s capital city, with evil deeds occurring on […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Cade Bentley
About WHERE THE WILD PEACHES GROW Nona “Peaches” Davenport, abandoned by the man she loved and betrayed by family, left her Natchez, Mississippi, home fifteen years ago and never looked back. She’s forged a promising future in Chicago as a professor of African American Studies. Nona even finds her once-closed heart persuaded by a new […]
On Writing Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership
In Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership, Nina Simons offers practical guidance and inspiration for anyone who aspires to grow into their own unique form of leadership on behalf of positive change. On writing NATURE, CULTURE, AND THE SACRED, Nina Simons In nurturing this book over the past several years, I’ve learned […]
Authors interviewing characters: Coco Picard
Authors interviewing characters: Coco Picard Madame Blavatsky Interview An aloe plant called Madame Blavatsky sits on the ledge of a window in the Wellness Center outside of Munich, Germany in my debut novel, THE HEALING CIRCLE. The plant is ordinary, easily overlooked, particularly in this far wing of a hospital dedicated to rest and relaxation. […]
Why Do Some Friendships End and Others Last? By Carol Dines
Why Do Some Friendships End and Others Last? By Carol Dines I don’t remember how it began, our daily walk. Two o’clock before the kids got off their busses. Sun, rain, snow, wind, we met at the corner midway between our houses. The lake was three miles around and took forty-five minutes. Every day we […]
Reflections on Feminine Intuition in the Writing Process
by Deborah Eden Tull Just before the start of the Covid pandemic, I led a New Year’s retreat on the coast of California. On retreat we had circled at the edge of the Big Sur cliffs at sunset on New Year’s Eve, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. With no idea what 2020 would bring, we felt […]
Stealing Time By Davida G. Breier
Stealing Time By Davida G. Breier Shortly before my 45th birthday, I decided I was ready to confront one of my worst fears – fiction. I had toyed with the idea of writing a novel since I was in my 20s, but I would routinely dismiss the idea. You aren’t qualified to write a book. […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Christine Nolfi
Christine Nolfi interviews sisters Vale and Blythe from A Brighter Flame About A BRIGHTER FLAME: She’s always wanted a sense of belonging. The last place she expects to find it is home. Vale Lightner’s dreams turn to ash when the Pittsburgh bar she owns goes up in flames. Just like the past she escaped, very […]
Writing to Heal by Rebecca and Sallyann Majoya
Writing to Heal by Rebecca and Sallyann Majoya In our memoir, Uncertain Fruit: A Memoir of Infertility, Loss, and Love, we take turns describing our dream of having a baby together and the tumultuous ride to make that dream come true. After trying everything from foster care to fertility trials, and after nearly ten years […]
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