Tag: women writers
Interview with Shizuka Otake, Winner of the annual Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award
Shizuka Otake is a writer, translator, and interpreter born in New York City. In her twenties, she lived in Tokyo for four years, and now wishes she had a magic door so she could commute between the two cities. She loves mystery novels; Japanese TV; and traveling – a.k.a. prowling bookstores and eating. Otake writes […]
Authorial Brutality and Sugar-Coating Readers’ Experiences
A few years ago, I had the privilege of being guided in my writing by Robin Wall Kimmerer, the author of Braiding Grass, among other books she has written. She taught us about the connection between writing and plant life, how to embed elements of nature into our narratives, and commented on our personal essays. […]
When Did You Know You Were a Writer?
When Did You Know You Were a Writer? by Michele Herman The publication of my first novel, Save the Village (Regal House), earlier this year has led to my doing several online q&a’s. Usually there’s a question like “Q: When did you know you wanted to be a writer?” or the similar and yet entirely […]
Making It Up: A Vassar Alum’s take on Feminism’s Revival in the ‘60s
Making It Up: A Vassar Alum’s take on Feminism’s Revival in the ‘60s When I was a little girl, a war baby growing up in the retrogressive decade of the 1950s, my ambition was to be a wife and mother, settled and secure, my life defined in traditional terms, as were the lives of most […]
Romance Novels Can Be Healing
Romance Novels Can Be Healing I’ve never been a big romance reader, and I certainly never expected to be a romance novelist. Sure, my novels have always featured female protagonists, usually stumbling their way through life and relationships, but romance, not so much. This all changed a couple years ago. In a burst, a story […]
Writing A Book About Sleep, Grief and Dreams: Answers in the Dark
I’m going to start by keeping it real. Upfront, my first book took me 10 years to write. Not because I’m lazy, or because I wasn’t motivated. I explain at the beginning of Answers in the Dark that it was mainly because, well…science. Key message #1: Know your audience I felt a huge (albeit unrealistic) […]
CELEBRATING STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS
Celebrating Strong Female Characters. In light of the recent events in the USA concerning women’s rights, it seems more important than ever to recognise and celebrate female strength. I’ve always loved novels with strong female characters, whether they’re physically strong, mentally strong or both. Whether they’re smart, resilient, determined, have high-powered jobs, high morals, or […]
Interview with a character—TOMMIE O’ROURKE
Interview with a character—TOMMIE O’ROURKE—for WWWB By Shelley Blanton-Stroud, author of Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin Novel About TOMBOY It’s 1939. On the brink of World War II, Jane Benjamin wants to have it all. By day she hustles as a scruffy, tomboy cub reporter. By night she secretly struggles to raise her toddler sister, Elsie, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Leslie Hooton
We’re delighted to share this Authors Interviewing Characters piece by Leslie Hooton! Leslie was inspired to write an interview with the novel’s protagonist–wife, mother and murder suspect, Bailey Edgeworth–where Leslie poses as a writer for Architectural Digest magazine and discusses career goals, relationships, family history, and more with her character. About AFTER EVERYONE ELSE Bailey […]
How Astonishing Women from Romania’s Past Inspired Me as a Woman Writer
How Astonishing Women from Romania’s Past Inspired Me as a Woman Writer When I started writing Dreamland, my second book of short stories about Romania’s history and folklore, I imagined I’ll write about what I know best, my native country. As I started my research, I discovered surprising legends and inspirational tales about women from […]
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