Tag: women writers
Healing Grief and Addiction through art: a Conversation with Waterbury Winter author Linda Stewart Henley
Healing grief and addiction through art: a conversation with Waterbury Winter author Linda Stewart Henley for Women Writers Women’s Books Historical novelist Ellen Notbohm asks some provocative questions in conversation with author Linda Stewart Henley about Henley’s new novel Waterbury Winter. Besides exploring protagonist Barnaby Brown’s mid-life journey through grief and addiction, Ellen and Linda […]
Caroline Kurtz: On Writing Memoir
With my husband and sons, I moved mid-career to Nairobi, Kenya from a teaching job in Ethiopia. We’d been asked to work for four years with Nuers, the second largest ethnic group in South Sudan. It was a misbegotten and doomed assignment. Trauma from the Sudanese civil war, now in its thirtieth year, pressed on […]
Introducing The Writers Happiness Movement!
Imagine a world where happiness, kindness, equity and the arts not only matter but also build the foundation for everything else—including finances. Author Lori R. Snyder is building that world. The Writers Happiness Movement is rooted in the beliefs that kindness and equity matter; that the written word is one of the most powerful ways […]
A Journey Towards Change
No Stars in the Sky, by Martha Bátiz A journey towards change No Stars in the Sky features 19 stories that touch upon themes and subjects that are very close to my heart, that keep me up at night and that, more often than not, are very present in our everyday news. Like so many […]
The Power of Legacy Journaling
The Power of Legacy Journaling Merle R. Saferstein The wisdom that comes with living is a gift to share. Unlike journaling we do for ourselves, legacy journaling is written for the benefit of others. A legacy journal can be a record of one’s spiritual values, life lessons, messages from the heart, reflections, and more. Legacy […]
Podcast #2: Home So Far Away: The Other Side
HOME SO FAR AWAY A fictional diary set in interwar Germany and Spain allows us to peek into the life of Klara Philipsborn, the only Communist in her merchant-class, German-Jewish family. Klara’s first visit to Seville in 1925 opens her eyes and her spirit to an era in which Spain’s major religions, Judaism, Christianity, and […]
WHEN ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE (BUT SOMEONE HAS TO WRITE FOR IT)
By Christina Hamlett As of this writing, I’ve been involved with theatre since 1971 as an actress, director, playwright, instructor and script consultant. Is it any wonder my heart is gladdened whenever someone says, “I have an idea for a play. Can you show me how to start?” While technology has brought sophisticated changes insofar […]
Why Writing Can Save Lives
Inspired by the many teachers who mentored and encouraged me during my own school years, I became an educator and enjoyed a rewarding fifty-year career, teaching upper elementary school students as well as preparing future teachers in my role as a college professor. Fifty years sped by, as I was propelled by a mission: to […]
Why I wrote Unbuttoned by Grace Vanderzande
In 2007, my father Jim was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. They estimated that he had four months and told him to get his affairs in order. This was a devastating diagnosis for many reasons. My father was only 77. He still had so much more to do and to share. Dad sheepishly confessed to […]
My Writing Craft by Ellie Wood, author of The Wildwater Women
My Writing Craft by Ellie Wood, author of The Wildwater Women (HarperNorth, 28 April 2022) At its heart, The Wildwater Women is a love song to the Lake District, and I set about crafting it with a love-letter level of care. The writing process was an intense, nine-month relationship, with the book ever-present in my […]
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