Tag: women writers
Authors Interviewing Characters: Rektok Ross, author of Ski Weekend
Authors Interviewing Characters: Rektok Ross, author of Ski Weekend Rektok Ross is the pen name of Liani Kotcher, a trial attorney turned award-winning young adult author and book blogger. An avid reader since childhood, Liani writes exactly the kind of books she loves to escape into herself: exciting thrillers with strong female leads, swoonworthy love […]
Q&A With Justine Hardy: Author of DUST
DUST [October 26, 2021; Batik Press] by bestselling author and trauma therapist Justine Hardy takes readers on a journey for the search of a missing aid worker, diving into some of the true complexities of the aid and NGO world in the region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China. We are delighted to feature this interview with Justine! […]
Writing and Painting: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
It’s not really surprising that so many authors are also artists – the disciplines are two sides of the same coin. You can write a story in pictures and you can paint a picture with words. If you are blessed – or cursed – with a creative streak that creativity will out. I come from […]
Excerpt of Brassy Broad: How one Journalist Helped Pave the way to #MeToo
This is an excerpt from the Prologue of my memoir, Brassy Broad: How one journalist helped pave the way to #MeToo, now available on Bookshop, Amazon and wherever books are sold. I wrote this memoir in part to understand why I, a woman from a comfortable middle-class background, became an investigative journalist who has repeatedly […]
A Tribute to the Inbetweens
A Tribute to the Inbetweens By Kerri Schlottman It looked like any other aging brownstone in the East Village with its chipped facade, weathered cement stairs and bars on the ground-floor windows. I’d walked past it hundreds of times and never imagined that it detained dozens of teens from the neighborhood. Inside, they piled on […]
GOING AFTER INSPIRATION BY DEVELOPING CREATIVE MUSCLE
By M. M. DeLuca Writers are frequently asked where their ideas come from. Truth is, finding ideas is not a passive process. As novelist, Jack London said, “You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.” And wielding a club requires muscle. Creative muscle. Regular workouts help to develop it. […]
Beth Kirschner: On Writing
There are certain places that have such a distinct personality, that they make an indelible impression that’s difficult to forget. Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula is one of those places. The diversity of the landscape, the challenges of the winter weather, and the uniqueness of those who call that place home all compelled me to write Copper […]
Interview with Jenny Judson and Danielle Mahfood
The Last Season is a collaboration between Jenny Judson and Danielle Mahfood, who met in high school and shared a mutual love of historical fiction and romance novels. Instead of passing notes in class, Jenny and Danielle would write short excerpts from imaginary novels that featured themselves and their classmates as characters caught up in […]
Authors Interviewing Characters Series: Olivia Swindler
For today’s interview, I will be interviewing Eleanor Quinn from my novel Cynthia Starts a Band. Eleanor Quinn is a member of America’s favorite band, Kittanning. She is currently dating her bandmate and American heartthrob, Art Bishop. Eleanor, what has it been like for you to grow up in the spotlight? Eleanor: It is hard […]
How My Father Impacted My Writing
How My Father Impacted My Writing It’s another early morning at my writing desk. The house is quiet. The coffee is cold. Two months ago, my father was admitted to the hospital and never came home. Each time I write I come to the same scene: the moment when I shouted for a hug on […]
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