Tag: women writers
Symmetry in Life and Art: Writing About Cancer In The Time Of COVID
I began The Transit of Lola Jones many years ago, in the wake of my first bout of breast cancer. Note the key word: first. I’ll return to that, noting that Art and Life often circle each other in a bizarre relentless dance. The journey of Lola Jones from frantic energetic beginnings to publication was […]
Writing The Second Novel
In Autumn of 2018, I was riding high. I’d recently signed with an agent for my debut Little White Lies and we were soon to go ‘on sub’ to publishers. I was developing plans for ‘Book 2’, so that we could pitch for a two-book deal: I had a first chapter and a punchy blurb […]
How I Made Dreaded Book Marketing Fun
I was at a low. I’d just broken up with my literary agent after three years, and it felt as if my publishing dreams would never come true. I couldn’t sleep. I was cranky. When The Secret by Rhonda Byrne was published in 2006, I didn’t read it but at 2am one night the Netflix […]
The Process of Writing UNCOUPLING: From School Secretary to Published Author
The Process of Writing UNCOUPLING: From School Secretary to Published Author In September 2009 I started a job as a secretary at a school in North London and had one very clear goal: to leave within the year (two years max), by which time I would be the successful, working actress I’d always dreamed of […]
Writing My Dad My Dog
Rosalynn Carter said it best: “There are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers. My Dad My Dog is about a daughter, Rachel Morgan, who moves her Alzheimer’s-afflicted dad from an assisted living facility (ALF) into the […]
Writing Challenges: Part III of III Discouragement as a Creativity Problem
Writing Challenges: Part III of III read part one HERE And part two HERE Discouragement. Yes. As a writer, you will inevitably encounter it — and in many different shades. There’s the gray of rejection, the gunmetal of disappointing book sales, the long shadow of thoughtless reviews, the steely cold of unfortunate timing, the utter […]
Seven Tips For Writing Success And Sanity
My journey from inspiration to publication of my debut novel, What’s Left Untold, was nearly 11 years in the making, and I have learned many writing lessons along the way. Write as often as you can, about anything and everything. As a competitive triathlete, I had a rigorous training schedule that prepared my mind and […]
How Medium.com Has Helped Me Build My Author Platform
by Karen DeGroot Carter When I stumbled across Medium.com during a random Google search 10 months ago, I had no idea it would soon provide a new home for my writing and introduce me to thousands of other writers and potential new readers. I also didn’t know that by the end of the next 10 […]
Ruhi Choudhary Interviews Her Character
Ruhi Choudhary discovered her passion for writing when she was seven years old and wrote her first Star Trek episode. Being a fan of the dark and twisted, she found her calling in crime thriller. She likes to write stories that make you a little uncomfortable and characters that you struggle to make up your […]
Why We Write
As a writer and reader of mysteries, it’s always the why that intrigues me. So many things humans do – including murdering each other, in many cases – defies common sense. The urge to write seems equally illogical. Why do you write? I’ve been asked this repeatedly. My answers change every time. All my reasons […]
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