Tag: women writers
Identity and Readership: The Feminism Problem of Erebus Dawning
By AJ Super I have Women Who Write Women in Science Fiction Problems. It’s well known in sci-fi circles that women who write sci-fi get the short end when it comes to readership. Namely, a certain demographic of certain male readers is a gas-lighting, mansplaining, mess of wannabe critics. And it doesn’t matter if you […]
Path to Becoming a Writer by Karen S. Bennett
I AM a writer, but it was a long time before I knew that. My biggest sister, five years ahead of me, was a writer. I also had a sister two years older but she was of the crossword variety of girl. I didn’t know what a writer did exactly, but I did know that […]
A Love Affair with Peru: The Lure and Power of Place in Writing
A Love Affair with Peru: The Lure and Power of Place in Writing By Claire Ibarra I was trekking the Inca trail, and the narrow, dirt path followed alongside the torrential Apurímac River. The switchbacks were jagged, cutting through wild grasses, boulders, and twisted trees. The Salkantay mountain range loomed nearby, and snow-capped peaks and […]
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 […]
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