Tag: women writers
The 5 Deadly Sins of Women Writers
by Carmen Amato The world needs the creativity and ideas that are uniquely yours to offer. If any of these deadly sins put your progress on hold, kick it to the curb as fast as you can. Envy “Look at her. She’s doing much better than me.” Said every woman writer at least once. You […]
Pamela Skjolsvik: Character Interview
In Skjolsvik’s latest, the cure for vampirism is much like the 12-step treatment for alcoholism, and Veronica goes to meetings just to make bearable the maddeningly boring life of being a middle-aged female vampire. An event as mundane as a trip to a tanning salon has Veronica facing her hunger for the dim-witted Britney, her […]
Post-it Notes, Planning and Plotting: Finding the Method in the Madness of Writing a Novel
Louisa Scarr I am currently two weeks into writing a new novel, at the juxtaposition where my vision of the masterpiece is the furthest possible point from the jumble of words on my screen. I know the story (kind of). I know the twists and turns (ish). But getting to a finished novel? Well. It […]
Interracial Friendship in Fiction By Jill McCroskey Coupe
In my novel Beginning with Cannonballs, two infant girls, Hanna and Gail, share a crib in Gail’s parents’ house, where Hanna’s mother is the live-in maid. This is in the 1940s in segregated Knoxville, Tennessee, where I grew up. Despite having to attend different schools, the girls become close childhood friends. After that, it’s not […]
Interview with Barbara Linn Probst
Barbara Linn Probst Tell us about your new book! What is The Sound Between the Notes about? As Kirkus Reviews has described it, The Sound Between the Notes is “a sensitive, astute exploration of artistic passion, family, and perseverance.” It’s a story about what happens when a woman—a pianist—who’s always struggled with identity is given […]
Brittney Morris Interviews Alex Rufus
“Morris succeeds in blending moments of ‘Black boy joy,’ superhuman abilities, intergenerational trauma, mental health (including a description of self-harm), and loss into a resonant story of fraternal love that first compels, then devastates, and will be remembered for a long time.” —Publishers Weekly, starred About THE COST OF KNOWING Dear Martin meets They Both Die at […]
Thank You, Carolyn See: Learning To Make My Own Literary Life
How do we come by all of these writing books? Because most writers do not go out and buy a library of books all at once. Rather, they come into our lives one book at a time. We accrue the basics via instructors, classes, friends or resources listed in the back of other books. New […]
My Writing Process By Nina Restieri
From the outside, it looked like she had it all figured out, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that something was missing, which made her miserable – and being miserable made her feel guilty. Looking around, she realized that most of the other moms she knew were hiding their own overwhelm, sadness, and stress behind […]
How I Improved My Writing And Found My Writing Voice
Five years ago, I quit my job to write. Thinking I knew what the task required—a computer, ideas, and time, I devoted myself to the job I’d been waiting my whole life to embrace. And embrace it, I did, tapping at that keyboard ceaselessly until my first draft was complete. Proud of my completed work, […]
SHE IS A WRITER Leslie A. Rasmussen
Leslie A. Rasmussen Have you wondered what someone would say in their eulogy at your funeral? Would they describe what kind of person you were, or what you had accomplished? Would they have enough to say about you? When you are in the middle of your life and you look back at all the things […]
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