Tag: women writers
Writing to Transgress: A fight against feeling like a fraud
Neda Aria Pema Chödrön, an American nun in the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, in an interview in 1993 said, “my models were the people who stepped outside of the conventional mind and who could actually stop my mind and completely open it up and free it, even for a moment, from a conventional, habitual […]
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING CHARACTERS: Denny S. Bryce Interviews Lil Hardin Armstrong
Jazz-age Chicago comes to vibrant life in Denny S. Bryce’s evocative novel that links the stories of an ambitious chorus girl and a modern-day film student, both coming to grips with loss, forgiveness, and the limitations—and surprises—of love. 1925: Chicago is the jazz capital of the world, and the Dreamland Café is the ritziest black-and-tan club […]
Writing Fragile Monsters
In one sense, Fragile Monsters took two years to write. In another, it took three generations. Fragile Monsters is the story of an Indian-Malaysian family living through the Japanese invasion of Malaya in WW2 and the subsequent Malayan Emergency. It explores this traumatic and politically turbulent time through the fractured relationship between a granddaughter and […]
Lazarus Remembered – The Partnership Between Author and Narrator
E J Harper Lazarus Remembered, a story told with words and music, is an immersive audiobook. My debut novel, it’s a contemporary family drama that explores the challenges within non-traditional family structures and how the pressure to conform to society’s expectations can tear lives apart. It features a soundtrack with thirteen original songs by my […]
Criticism Is My Best Friend
By Michele Kwasniewski I’d like to introduce you to one of my best friends. It could become one of your best friends, too, if you have an open mind, a firm grip on who you are and consider change an opportunity for growth. Please meet criticism. Constructive criticism is its full name. Feedback is its […]
Valentine by George Sand: A Review
It was not until the fall of 2015 when I had my first encounter with the great figure of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, better known as George Sand, only thanks to my obsession with Chopin and with classical music. The curse of entrapment in a man’s name seemed to have found new ways to haunt […]
Writing Comedy Collaboratively: How To Squeeze The Pips
Writing comedy collaboratively: how to squeeze the pips By Gail Aldwin As one of three women who write collaboratively as 3-She, I’ve learnt so much about comedy from my co-writers. We met at a workshop several years ago run by Juno Theatre based in Salisbury, an organisation dedicated to promoting women’s proactive involvement in theatre. […]
Creating an Audiobook – In Kathmandu
I am a fortunate woman. Our family and friends have mostly sidestepped the awful virus and I have managed to stay productive throughout lockdown whereas many of my writing friends have found it hard to focus. Perhaps living so many years as a nomadic expatriate has equipped me to face changes in circumstances? I have […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Constance Sayers
Authors Interviewing Characters: Constance Sayers The Ladies of the Secret Circus is a magical story spanning from Jazz Age Paris to modern-day America full of family secrets, sacrifice, and lost love set against the backdrop of a mysterious circus. Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder—a world where women […]
Character Interview: The Vines by Shelley Nolden
About THE VINES In the shadows of New York City lies the abandoned, forbidden North Brother Island, where the remains of a shuttered hospital hide the haunting memories of quarantines and human experiments. The ruins conceal the scarred and beautiful Cora, imprisoned there by contagions and the doctors who torment her. When Finn, a young […]
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