Tag: women writers
Write Right… Right?
By Anju Gattani Writing is organized thinking. This little sentence comes after thirty years, countless rewrites of the Winds of Fire series, a former decade-long career as an international freelance journalist (as my husband and I hop-scotched across continents with two kids in tow) and working under the guidance and expertise of countless editors. Oh… […]
MY TWICE-TOLD TALE: WHY I WROTE GOOD NEIGHBORS, BAD TIMES REVISITED
By Mimi Schwartz When I was growing up Jewish in Queens, New York after World War II, I was taught that America was a Melting Pot. And if I jumped right in, I could be like everyone else—even if my parents, who were refugees from Hitler’s Germany, said ‘moder’ and ‘fader’ instead of ‘mother’ and […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Ada Bell
Welcome to Shady Grove, a town where science meets séances. Perfect for fans of Amy Boyles and Erin Huss, MYSTIC PIECES by Ada Bell (January 11) is a fun, witty paranormal mystery that follows a young scientist who is astonished—and not exactly ecstatic—to discover she has psychic powers. Twenty-four-year old Aly moved to Shady Grove, […]
Kate Quinn interviews Osla, Mab, and Beth from THE ROSE CODE
“The reigning queen of historical fiction” — Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. Kate Quinn […]
My Top Tips For Writing Historical Novels
By Mary Chamberlain As a historical novelist – and also a historian – I’m often asked for suggestions or advice so here are my top tips for writing historical novels… Tailor your research. What sort of a historical novel are you writing? Are you, like Hilary Mantel, using fiction to enter into historical debate, as […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Lisa Renee Jones
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones brings a fresh, modern take to the thriller genre that will keep you guessing until the very end. Some call him friend or boss. Some call him husband or dad. Some call him son, even a favorite son. But the only title that matters to him is […]
A Conversation with Maddie Dawson on the Truest Thing About Writing
by Holly Robinson Here’s the truest thing about writing: Writers need each other. For instance, “Only another writer understands that sometimes you have no choice but to wake up in the middle of the night to write down three words,” says bestselling novelist Maddie Dawson, whose newest book, The Magic of Found Objects, will be published […]
Starting With Setting
As a reader, I want books to transport me out of my own bubble to somewhere else, whether that’s a different city or country, a different time period, or a character’s socio-economic or professional world. I think a lot of us read books for that very reason—setting. As a writer, I prefer to begin with […]
Publishing A Book About Groupsex…During A Pandemic
Writing my second non-fiction book was easier in some ways than writing my first. I had a better sense of how long the work would take me, and how to balance research and writing time. What no one could have planned for is that about half the work on this book would take place during […]
My Inspiration For Writing Comedy
By Rosemond Sarpong Owens HRH ( Her Royal Highness- The Queen of Comedy) I always knew I was funny. What I did not know was just how funny I really was. Had someone told me I would one day stand on stage making people laugh, I would never have believed them. Why not? Growing up, […]
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