Tag: women writers
Inner Demons & Desires: Exploring the ‘Why’ of a Character’s Behaviour
Inner Demons & Desires: Exploring the ‘Why’ of a Character’s Behaviour by Ann Gosslin Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.’ — Carl Gustav Jung When we leave childhood behind and step onto the world’s stage, it’s tempting to believe that we are masters of […]
Reimagining the Women of the Past: DAUGHTERS OF SPARTA
The idea for my debut novel, Daughters of Sparta, came to me while I was studying the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome at university. Having always been drawn to myths and legends, I had first embarked upon a BA in Classical Civilisation at the University of Warwick, and fell so much in love with […]
Leaving Home, Finding a Voice: Young Women Crossing Borders
By Rajika Bhandari I got to know Sherry Duan as a student in a class I was teaching at Columbia University in New York City. Part of a Chinese generation that even from afar was immersed in American pop culture and lifestyle, Sherry decided early on that she would study in the U.S. after high […]
What Women Leave Behind: The Journey of Writing Under the Light of the Italian Moon
What Women Leave Behind: The Journey of Writing Under the Light of the Italian Moon by Jennifer Anton I started writing Under the Light of the Italian Moon in 2006, which became my year of coming to a new understanding of women. I was pregnant with my daughter; every part of my body was inflated […]
Something to Laugh About: Six Ways to Add Humor to Your Novel
By Marilyn Simon Rothstein Author of Lift and Separate and Husbands and Other Sharp Objects 1. Start with a sense of humor. No joke. Seriously. You either have a sense of humor—or you don’t. If you rarely laugh—or see the amusing side in anything, you should not force humor into your work. This includes any […]
Raising Mental Health Awareness: Writing Jackson
When is the last time each of us openly discussed mental illness with friends or family members? As a parent, can we speak honestly about our fears and desperation when one of our own children is living with this debilitating disease? Can we comfortably talk about it ourselves if we are the ones in crisis? […]
Ruchira Khanna: Humor In Writing
I write contemporary fiction genre with themes that revolve around the facts of life. Bowled but Not Out (BbNO) has a subject matter revolving around second chances. Often, an individual who has been let down the first time from a dysfunctional relationship will not have the courage to stand up and look out for another […]
THE LAST ONE HOME: Excerpt
The Last One Home by Victoria Helen Stone, coming from Lake Union Publishing on 3/30, A razor-sharp novel of suspense about the lies families tell―and those we choose to believe―by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Jane Doe. Lauren Abrams wants nothing to do with her damaged mother, whose spurious testimony sent Lauren’s father to […]
Reflections on The Novice Author at Eighty, Now Eighty -One
One year ago, I wrote about the novice author becoming eighty. That novice author is me. Now as I approach a year to the day, I am eighty-one on the cusp of launching my new novel “Out of Place”. I posed a question to myself back then, in the words of Mary Oliver: Tell me […]
If Brevity is the Soul of Wit, Can I Ever Write a Funny Book?
By Audrey Burges My writing group’s conversation started, as it often does, with a question: can I write a funny novel? The topic started because I had been trying and failing to expand my satire writing into a full book. My most recent attempt to write a “lighthearted romantic comedy” took a hard left toward […]
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