Tag: women writers
Writing KIDS AND COCKTAILS DON’T MIX
KIDS AND COCKTAILS DON’T MIX: A MEMOIR started with a balustrade that my cousin, Jonathan, salvaged from my family home. He’d gotten wind that the buyer of Mom’s house was going to raze the old colonial and dashed over to 127 Fremont Place looking for tangible evidence of where we came from—an actual “thing,” he […]
Flourish
By JACQUELYN H. BERRY, PhD Five years ago, before my late mother passed away, my dad and I decided to throw her a birthday party for her 70th birthday. It was delightful; a cellist by trade, my mother’s party was filled with music and fun and food and lots of people who loved her. “I’ve […]
Q&A with Deb Caletti
National Book Award Finalist and Printz Honor Recipient Deb Caletti is the author of nearly twenty books for teens, adults, and kids, including her newest, ONE GREAT LIE (coming June 1, 2021). We are delighted to feature this interview! How did your childhood impact the writer you’ve become? I was a voracious reader as a […]
Get Up & Fight: The Memoir of Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi, The Mother of Women’s Judo
Growing up in the ’60s with ‘the mother of women’s judo” was a one-of-a-kind adventure. Often called a pioneer, Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi was an unsung hero in the fight to give women a voice, in life and in sports. Her daughter, Dr. Jean Kanokogi, was with her every step of the way, one mat at […]
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING CHARACTERS: Mary Camarillo interviews Brenda Lockhart
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING CHARACTERS: Mary Camarillo interviews Brenda Lockhart In “The Lockhart Women,” Brenda Lockhart is devastated when her husband announces he’s leaving her for another woman, a coworker at the post office. He drops this bombshell on the night of the O. J. Simpson slow speed chase through Southern California. Left alone, Brenda gets hooked […]
The Upside of the Virtual Book Launch
“You know, Mom, this is a celebration,” my wise and observant daughter said to me four days before the virtual book launch of my memoir The Red Kitchen. It was good to be reminded that what felt like the notorious “marathon mile 25” was also a short distance from the finish line. When She Writes […]
Stories That Create Suffering
Reprinted from Where Do You Hang Your Hammock?: Finding Peace of Mind While You Write, Publish, and Promote Your Book with permission of She Writes Press. Copyright © 2021, Bella Mahaya Carter. I once saw a cartoon titled “Suffering,” which consisted of a leaf falling gently from a tree. A thought bubble expressing the leaf’s […]
Writing The Confidence Men: Margalit Fox
By Margalit Fox My new book, The Confidence Men, chronicles the most remarkable tale I’ve ever had the privilege of telling: the true story of a prison break so bizarre it should never have worked. But what delighted me as keenly as the story itself was the fact that I’d encountered it completely unexpectedly—poring over […]
Bringing The Workplace Alive In Fiction
Bringing the workplace alive in fiction As a reader, do you feel short-changed when a fictional character is an author? While it can be an avenue for exploring the creative process, it sometimes feels like a store-cupboard staple, the tinned tomatoes of a character generation tool. It sometimes reads as if the author’s never had […]
Coming Out of the Dark: Reentering My Community As A Published Author
On January 10, 1991, Gloria Estefan of The Miami Sound Machine released a song in tribute to the horrific accident she sustained in March 1990 when her tour bus was struck by an 18-wheeler. The near-fatal incident was traumatic, and yet Gloria insisted on not garnering any pity. “After my accident, I couldn’t imagine going […]
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