Tag: women writers
Imperfect Alchemist: Writing Women’s Voices
By Naomi Miller Many popular novels about Renaissance women picture them in relation to powerful men. One need look no further than the steady stream of novels about the wives of Henry VIII, perpetuating a phenomenon that I have named the “Noah’s ark approach,” which positions women in dependent relation to famous men. Contemporary readers […]
Lazarus Remembered – The Creation of a Story Told with Words and Music
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 husband, composer Andy […]
How I Turned My One Star Review Into My Most Succesful Advert
Whether you read every one or ignore them completely, there’s no denying that reviews can impact a book’s success—especially negative ones. So how do you handle that horrendous 1-star that makes no sense and is pulling down your overall rating? Well, this week I decided to turn it into my most successful advertisement. Let’s start […]
Write Like No One Is Watching
I’m trying my hand at erotica for the first time in my life. I’m working on something that opens with a murder. But it’s also kind of funny. I’m finally getting this book of my heart out. I’m writing short stories with my boyfriend that are just for us. This is a sampling of the […]
The Second Bell and A Language of My Own
by Gabriela Houston I write in a language that is not my own. It gets more dramatic than that. I think and dream in a language I have no birthright claim on. I’m Polish, but I write in English, which would often surprise people when I told them of my jobs as an editor, or […]
YOUR STORY, MY STORY : Excerpt
We are delighted to partake in Connie Palmen’s Blog tour for her book YOUR STORY, MY STORY From the award-winning author of The Friendship comes a shattering, brilliantly inventive novel based on the volatile true love story of literary icons Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. In 1963 Sylvia Plath took her own life in her London flat. […]
Magic In Writing
So you want to write fantasy. You have your compelling and relatable main character, your wicked villain and a world full of magic that can do, well, everything. And then it hits you: if magic can solve any problem… why are there still problems? Don’t worry, this is an extremely common first-draft woe—and one that […]
Write to Heal, Heal to Write
Write to heal, heal to write They tell you to write what you know. It’s a cliché but that’s what I’m doing – no matter how raw it is. The protagonist in my medical murder mystery series is a doctor (so am I). She also lives with bipolar disorder… It took a bit of guts […]
How Do You Know? On Dubious Faith And Intermittent Certainty In Writing
We eat with our eyes, the saying goes, but our eyes are unreliable gauges of appetite and we often order more than we want. We believe in science, we say, but I read somewhere recently that it is impossible to ‘believe’ in science, which is itself fact and thus requires no articles of faith. Actually. […]
Enter Writing Contests and Succeed
You polish your writing, imagining your audience. You read it over. Out loud. Does it say exactly what you want it to say? You have a friend read it to you. Impressed, she says, “You should submit this to contests. Put yourself out there. Get some recognition for your work.” Maybe you leap at the […]
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