Tag: women writers
Pantser, Plotter, Plantser and Everything in Between By Ashley R. King
We’ve all heard the terms pantser and plotter. Pantsers let the story take them where it may whereas plotters have a pretty good idea of where they want their story to go, possibly even outlining it with beat sheets. Then there are people like me, people who are a good mix of both, a plantser, […]
He Came In With It: Excerpt
When her son teenage Nick was diagnosed with schizophrenia, Miriam’s frenetic but happy life as an artist in Los Angeles was upended by one catastrophe after another: unexplainable violence, unanswered questions, endless disappointment, frustrations, and chaos. In her tireless search for help and answers, Miriam learns about the shocking shortfalls of our mental health system and […]
Interview – Karin Biggs, Author of The King’s 100
Sixteen-year-old Piper Parish, princess of the loveless, STEM-only kingdom of Capalon, is a disappointment to her citizens and to her older sister, the queen. When Piper receives an anonymous note stating her mother is still alive and living in the enemy kingdom of Mondaria, Piper chooses to risk death in effort to prove once […]
Write What You Know…Absolutely Nothing About
Do you ever get Paganini’s La Campanella stuck in your head? Are you addicted to Puccini operas? Do your hands feel achy after you play Rachmaninoff? My answers are no, hell no, and ha, very funny. To be honest, I know nothing about classical music. I have no ear for it, no cerebral mechanism to […]
Maintaining Steam As A Fulltime Author
“I only write when inspiration strikes. Fortunately, it strikes at nine every morning” This quote often attributed to William Faulkner has become a staple in my approach when building my fulltime career as an author. When I took the leap to follow my dream of becoming an author five years ago, I did so in […]
An interview with Luciana Ricciutelli, editor-in-chief of Inanna Publications, the oldest feminist literary press in Canada
An interview with Luciana Ricciutelli, editor-in-chief of Inanna Publications, the oldest feminist literary press in Canada. Interview by Jocelyn Cullity / Truman State University Luciana Ricciutelli has been the editor-in-chief at Inanna Publications in Toronto since 1992. Founded in 1978 with the goal of making current writing on a wide variety of feminist topics accessible to […]
Interview with Sherri Leimkuhler, Author of What’s Left Untold
Sherri Leimkuhler has written professionally for more than twenty years and her health-and-fitness column, “For the Fun of Fit,” appears bi-weekly in the Carroll County Times. A competitive triathlete and two-time Ironman finisher, Sherri also enjoys reading, hiking, paddleboarding, trail running, traveling, and wine tasting. Her debut novel WHAT’S LEFT UNTOLD, came out in May. […]
Creating and Maintaining a Small Town Setting and Characters in a Series
Nan Reinhardt, author of the Four Irish Brothers Winery series and the Women of Willow Bay series My first novel, Rule Number One, was set in the big city where I live, but most of the action happened in the microcosm of a near-downtown neighborhood that was being revitalized. So, big city, but with the […]
The Inspiration behind Another Us
My debut novel, Another Us, was published on May 14th by Canelo. Having my first book come out in the middle of a global pandemic was somewhat surreal but – because I have nothing to compare it to – I have no real idea of what was actually different and I loved the whole experience. […]
Inspired By Berlin, Juliet Conlin
I’m often asked how long it takes me to write a book. That’s a very difficult question to answer, as (for me, at least) it is not a linear process. That is, I don’t sit down and map out the plot, construct my characters, do the research, and then start typing away. (In fact, I […]
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