Tag: women writers
Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes, Oh My!
Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes, Oh My! We all have our personal reading preferences, whether we acknowledge them or not. Things that make us click “buy” on Amazon after checking out the “Look Inside” feature or buying a book from the local bookstore after reading the first few pages. Sometimes it’s simply a specific genre, sometimes […]
On Story telling
Judy Pearson I am a story teller. As a kid, I wrote poems, songs, and short stories in a tree. Literally. I sat on a perfect branch in a great old maple in my parents’ backyard, pouring out my teenage angst. When I decided to write full time, the plan was to become the next […]
On Writing A Blissful Feast, my Culinary Adventures
A Blissful Feast, Culinary Adventures in Italy’s Piedmont, Maremma, and Le Marche Pegasus Books, NY Reflections on the writing process: “When I set out to write about my culinary adventures in Italy, I knew I would start in the Piedmont region in the northwest, home of my mother’s ancestors. From there I would more on […]
On Being a Chick Who Writes Lit
On Being a Chick Who Writes Lit Seeing my first book in person for the first time was a magical experience. Opening the box of galleys, smelling that wonderful new book smell—from my own book—and feeling the crisp pages made it all suddenly real. All those hours spent alone at my desk, trying words out […]
Don’t Judge A Book By Its Title
Almost ten years ago I attended a workshop in Belfast aimed at giving writers an insight into the mysterious world of publishing. We writers sat expectantly, hoping to unearth some magic formula to having our book published, daring to hope that we might even get the opportunity to pitch our book to those from the […]
Interview with Sue Buyer and excerpt of ALL THINGS IN TIME
ALL THINGS IN TIME (Atmosphere Press, November 15, 2020) Before anyone cared, before Gloria Steinem and #metoo, ambitious women – a rare breed in the workplace of the 1950s and 60s – were forced to jump hurdles men didn’t face. Nina Silver and Betty Cooper, two of these trailblazers, had little in common and met […]
Nine Months of Covid – by Margo T Krasne
Margo Krasne knows what it’s like to feel voiceless and invisible. As an aging woman with chronic asthma, in 2020 she found she’d become a member of a club no one wants to join–“high risk for Covid-19”–and she was suddenly forced to watch the year unfold from inside the confines of her NYC apartment. A dynamo […]
Everyday Mindfulness: Excerpt
Melissa Steginus is a productivity and wellness specialist and author of the new book, Everyday Mindfulness: 108 Simple Practices to Empower Yourself and Transform Your Life (October 25, 2020; $14.99). Her motto is that “your time and energy are your most precious resources” and—through her books, courses, workshops, and coaching services—she helps people structure their […]
LIFE AND OTHER SHORTCOMINGS: DINNER CONVERSATIONS
LIFE AND OTHER SHORTCOMINGS: EXCERPT Life and Other Shortcomings is a collection of linked short stories that takes the reader from New Orleans to New York City to Madrid, and from 1970 to the present day. The women in these twelve stories make a number of different choices: some work, others don’t; some stay married, some […]
What I Wish I’d Known While Querying
Like many writers, my debut novel is not the first completed novel I’ve written. In fact, I secured representation with an agent for the second book project I queried. She called me on a bright December morning. I will never forget her voice on the other end of the phone: “I’m in love with this! […]
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