Tag: women writers

10 Indie Summer Must-Reads

10 Indie Summer Must-Reads

10 Indie Summer Must-Reads Summer isn’t over just yet, and neither is our summer reading binge! Just in case you’ve already burned through your summer TBR pile (burning books not encouraged), we’ve decided to put together 10 of the hottest new indie releases on the shelves right now for you to sink your teeth into […]

July 31, 2021 | By | Reply More
How Do You Create A Book?

How Do You Create A Book?

You could hunt for a needle in a haystack—or you could write a book Penny Haw How do you create a book? It’s a question authors are asked and, when I first encountered it, I responded at length and in detail. I described ideas and inspiration, and spoke of credible characters, conflict, tension, and the […]

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Ditch the Basic Business Bio and Write Your Whyography Instead

Ditch the Basic Business Bio and Write Your Whyography Instead

By Chris Olsen What do you do? This is quite possibly the most commonly asked question at networking events and dinner parties and on blind dates. In each of these settings, it leads to responses that include job titles: I’m a bookkeeper. I’m a floral designer. I’m a writer. And an answer like that leads […]

July 28, 2021 | By | Reply More
What Inspired Me to Write Rebellion, 1967: A Memoir by Janet Luongo 

What Inspired Me to Write Rebellion, 1967: A Memoir by Janet Luongo 

What Inspired Me to Write Rebellion, 1967: A Memoir by Janet Luongo  To tell the truth, I feel I was less inspired and more driven to write my memoir. I needed to come to terms with dysfunction in my family and turbulence in society the year I came of age. My story begins in spring, […]

July 27, 2021 | By | Reply More
Love Blooms Character Interview – Jo McNally

Love Blooms Character Interview – Jo McNally

We’re delighted to share this latest piece for our Authors Interviewing Characters series! Jo McNally is an award-winning author who writes contemporary romances with love, laughter and hard-won HEAs, her latest novel LOVE BLOOMS is out now! Here’s what Love Blooms is about: Tonight should be the best night of Lucy Higgins’s life. Tomorrow she’s […]

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It’s Never Too Late To Change Genres

It’s Never Too Late To Change Genres

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE GENRES (Even after you’ve written the book.) Seeing the book of your dreams (the one with your name splashed across the cover) become a reality can take many paths. And years. And a lot of missteps and giant leaps of faith along the way. But finally discovering the kind […]

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Hard Work – But Glorious: Stories from the Herefordshire Suffrage Campaign 

Hard Work – But Glorious: Stories from the Herefordshire Suffrage Campaign 

I always thought that when I did get round to writing a book, it would be a novel. I had no idea what it was going to be about, but it was going to be a satisfying retirement project to fill the winter days when I wasn’t gardening, preserve making or visiting historic properties. How […]

July 25, 2021 | By | Reply More
How to Build Financial Stability as a Freelance Writer

How to Build Financial Stability as a Freelance Writer

How to build financial stability as a freelance writer by Fiona Thomas Do you find yourself refreshing your bank balance hourly? Hoping that some long-forgotten invoice will be paid just in time? Or do you simply refuse to believe that freelance writing can offer you the same job security as working the regular 9-5?  I’ve […]

July 23, 2021 | By | Reply More
My Journey to Publication: Emily Freud 

My Journey to Publication: Emily Freud 

Like most people who end up writing a book, I always wanted to write a book. As a teenager I grappled with quite debilitating social anxiety, so books and TV were my escape. I was indoctrinated through series like Sweet Valley High and Point Horror in my early adolescence, and then devoured all the ‘chick-lit’ […]

July 22, 2021 | By | Reply More
Writing Without A Net

Writing Without A Net

My closest companions after the death of my husband were the books I wrote. Long into the exhaustion of countless nights after finishing my day as a psychotherapist and throughout the weekends where the sounds of my aloneness were deafening, I wrote my second book on a contractual deadline that taught me I could write […]

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