Tag: women writers
The Story Behind the Story of Girl in Ice By Erica Ferencik
The Story Behind the Story of Girl in Ice By Erica Ferencik Like a lot of novelists, I write what I’d like to read, what I wish existed in the world but as far as I know, does not. Girl in Ice was inspired by a mingling of five fascinations: a scene from the original, 1931 […]
How a Song Became a Novel
By Jennifer Haupt The kernel of the idea for my novel began with iconic song lyrics: Come as you are, as you were As I want you to be As a friend, as a friend As an old enemy Nirvana’s powerful and haunting song “Come As You Are” has long been at the top of […]
Revising for Tone During Difficult Times
Revising for Tone During Difficult Times By Katherine Cowley I spent most of 2020 writing and revising my novel, The True Confessions of a London Spy. It was a difficult book to write for all the reasons you would expect…shutdowns, school closures, family worries, life upheavals, the rising pandemic death toll, and sickness spreading, spreading, spreading. Somehow, […]
Feminism and Domestic Space by Ariane Torres
My novel, We are the Kings, came together as a tangle of ideas not long after my grandmother died. Her death was sudden, a car accident, but that’s really all I know. I’ve sort of refused to learn more, mainly because it doesn’t really matter. I was lucky that I never saw her in decline. […]
How One Woman Overcame Pandemics, Mental Illness, Sexism, War, and Napoleon to Build a Champagne Empire
How One Woman Overcame Pandemics, Mental Illness, Sexism, War, and Napoleon to Build a Champagne Empire By Rebecca Rosenberg For centuries, women have faced the devastation of pandemics and roadblocks of sexist laws. Yet, one of them, the audacious and determined Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, found a way to build a champagne empire despite the hardships. In 1805, […]
Zero to Twenty: My Publishing Journey
Zero to Twenty It’s wonderful to have a dream. Unless, as happened to me, the dream becomes so precious you’re afraid to try make it come true in case it crashes to the ground and smashes into a million sad disappointed pieces. I’d wanted to write for so many years – started now and then, […]
My Roller Coaster Journey to Finding an Agent
By Sara Brunsvold Like many aspiring authors, I have dreamed of being a writer since childhood. In 2012, I began to seriously pursue authorhood, investing time and money into honing my skills and learning the industry, all with an eye toward building a sustainable career. A literary agent was a partner I saw as important […]
Writing What I Wish I Knew: Surviving and Thriving After an Abusive Relationship
My name is Dr. Amelia Kelley and I am a trauma-informed therapist and advocate for survivors of domestic violence and other forms of relationship trauma. With over fifteen years of experience as a therapist, I have been witness to stories from clients who overcome incredible trauma and various forms of abuse. Their stories have become […]
Unfinished Business
Cai Emmons on writing, life and living with ALS I am working as diligently as I can on a new novel, but novels cannot be rushed, and at the end of every work day, as I lay down the unfinished manuscript, a thought haunts me. What if I don’t have time to finish this novel […]
Where It All Began: My Southern Roots
Where It All Began: My Southern Roots As a country singer croons, “Blame it all on my roots…” He might as well add, especially in the South. From the time we are children in small towns across the south, we absorb our surroundings, family, and culture. Some of us lived in tumultuous times and apologized […]
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