Tag: women writers
Having It All – It’s Not As Easy As It Sounds….
I grew up believing it was possible to have it all – a career, a family, and anything else I wanted. My parents encouraged me to get a good education and become an independent woman. I went to a progressive all-girls’ school, where we were expected to work hard, get good grades and embrace every […]
A Spell For Trouble
Esme Addison’s debut, A Spell for Trouble (July 7, Crooked Lane Hardcover) is an exciting cozy with a bit of a sci-fi twist including witches, potions, and mermaids. When Aleksandra Daniels accepts the invitation to help in her estranged family’s apothecary shop in Bellamy Bay, she brushes off the strange rumors swirling around her family. As if they could really be […]
What if Donna Can’t Leave the Building?
By Susan Jane Gilman If there’s any silver lining to the global Coronavirus pandemic, it’s that if I ever attend a cocktail party again, people will no longer say: “Wow, you’re a writer? It must be great, working from home. You know, I’m thinking of taking a couple of months off to write a book […]
The Fine Art of Being Crappy
This may seem like a strange title for an article by a debut author, but, I’d like to share how I managed to write, edit, win two awards, and find a publisher for my debut novel, The Exit Strategy. And it required mastering the art of being crappy. As children we are often taught, especially […]
Going With Your Gut: How Intuition Impacts Destiny
Who hasn’t ignored their intuition? It’s such a bummer to find the consequences embarrassing or even dire. The surge of electricity that delivers a foretelling gets ignored due to reasoning. These conjured reasons have everything to do with wanting to be right and fear of being wrong. “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and […]
Why I Love Writing Flash
By Pamela Gay Many years ago at a conference after reading a “little story” I wrote called “The Angry Woman,” two women came up to tell me how much they enjoyed it. “But we have a question. Is it a poem or a story?” I smiled. “It’s a poetic story,” I replied. I began writing […]
Excerpt of The Nun’s Bethrothal
The Nun’s Betrothal “It is refreshing to see a tale achieve such titillating, erotic heights without resorting to a more unabashed, not to say lurid, style, a sign of the author’s novelistic subtlety…..An engaging love story, historically captivating and romantically gripping.” –Kirkus Reviews Set in ninth-century France, just before taking her vows, Sister Gilda, along with […]
Writing Fast Girls
One of the most frequently asked questions I field from readers is “Where do you find your ideas and how do you turn them into books?” Honestly, there’s no special magic fairy dust for this. Having an idea for a story and then turning that idea into a book requires discipline, curiosity, patience, not to […]
Where I find the spark: Janet Hoggarth
Every book or article I have ever written has sprung from something else entirely. Several other ideas can be on the boil at the same time before I finally commit to writing a specific book. I will have written their rough synopsis (I never know the ending just the general direction), delved into the characters’ […]
Winter Of The Wolf
BY MARTHA HUNT HANDLER I was born and raised in rural northern Illinois. With few neighbors and two older brothers who had little interest in me, I spent a good deal of my time wandering alone in the woodlands that surrounded my home. Except I was never really alone because I could hear flora and […]
Recent Comments