Tag: women writers
Launching New Ventures In A Pandemic
Launching new ventures in a pandemic—or how I found a way to expand my world when everything else was contracting. 2020 has certainly been a year of changes. We all saw our worlds turn inward and shrink down to their merest essence as we have huddled in our homes and stayed away from friends and […]
The Writer With The Snake Tattoo
Sometimes your latest book has a way of getting under your skin, staying with you long after publication – as author Louisa Treger explains. I decided to get a tattoo to commemorate the publication of my second novel, The Dragon Lady, and to celebrate its protagonist, Lady Virginia Courtauld. She was a woman who refused […]
Helpful Nudges Along the Path to Publication
My debut novel, The Girl from the Hermitage, was finally launched in September. Like most debut authors, the journey to publication has been long and winding, fraught with obstacles and disappointment. But along with the challenges, I have had many helpful nudges on the path to publication. It started with a very encouraging teacher, Donald […]
Gratitude in the Time Of COVID
Gratitude in the Time of COVID by Saralyn Richard I was rocking along, teaching my creative writing and literature classes, volunteering at the doctor’s office, working on a couple of local boards of directors, and preparing for the launch of my newest mystery, A Palette for Love and Murder. Invitations were out; books were in […]
Purple Lotus: Excerpt
Winner of the She Writes Press and SparkPress Toward Equality in Publishing (STEP) contest, Purple Lotus is an invaluable #OwnVoices story personalizing the immigrant experience with a universal message: there’s hope even if you feel inadequate, powerless, fearful. It is never too late to take control of your life – we must choose to live, not just exist. Dealing […]
The Merriest Magnolia, An Excerpt
Home for the holidays has always meant cozy small-town traditions…but this year all that may change… Carrie Reed has always been known as her hometown Good Girl, yet she still loves Magnolia, North Carolina—after all, this is where her newly discovered sisters, Avery and Meredith, live. But Christmas is on its way and with it, […]
Whose Rules are They Anyway? Six Ways Improv and Writing Overlap
I am a high school English teacher and young adult author, but my former professional life is that of an actor/improviser. So I’ve been marching around for years saying, “You know, improv and creative writing really overlap. Like, the rules for improv all work for writing, too.” (In case you aren’t clear what improv is, […]
Excerpt of The Dogs Of Winter, by Ann Lambert
The Dogs of Winter (Second Story Press, October 28th 2020) is a compelling story full of hot button Canadian topics pulled from the headlines. Locations in this murder-mystery are personal to author Ann Lambert who taught at Dawson College across the street from where much of the action takes place and saw what went on every […]
Being a Writer in 2020: Whitney Dineen
What in the sweet Jesus hell is going on with this year? I have never simultaneously felt like I was doing so much and so little at the same time. There have been days where the thought of getting out of bed was almost more than I could bear, and weeks where I didn’t even […]
A New Perspective On Perspective
Writing a novel is a humbling experience. The idea begins as a tiny seed in the back corner of a writer’s mind. The images dance across the imagination as if a movie is unfolding right before the writer’s eyes. The characters become real people, friends or foes, whose dialogue both taunt and delight. And then, the writer sits at their desk and begins to write.
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