Tag: women writers
Interview With Barbara Josselsohn
Barbara Josselsohn is a novelist and magazine writer. Her latest novel is THE LILAC HOUSE, is a WWWB recommended read! We are delighted to feature this interview with her. Tell us about your beginning, where are you from? I’m from Long Island, about 50 minutes east of New York City. Now I live in Westchester […]
Our Hundred Year Legacy
Legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel is revered for her sophisticated style—the iconic little black dress—and famed for her intoxicating perfume Chanel No. 5. Yet behind the public persona is a complicated woman of intrigue, shadowed by mysterious rumors. The Queen of Paris, the new novel from award-winning author Pamela Binnings Ewen, vividly imagines the hidden life […]
The Hairbrush And The Shoe: Road To Publication
Road to Publication: The Hairbrush and the Shoe began as an account of a series of bizarre incidents that convinced me our 1875 house might also be home to a ghost. A hairbrush disappeared from a mantel and reappeared in a desk. Laundry was folded on a day no one was home. A cast iron […]
On Writing INVINCIBLE WOMEN and an excerpt of ISABEL ALLENDE interview
Israeli-American doctor Bilha Chesner Fish is the author of INVINCIBLE WOMEN: Conversations with 21 Inspiring and Successful American Immigrants. The book is a celebration of rich personal interviews with women who came to the United States—like Bilha did—as immigrants, who struggled against racism, sexism, and abuse to become role models in their adopted country. She […]
The Keys I Take with Me: What I Learned Writing about the Bonhoeffer-Haus
By Laura M. Fabrycky On my last visit to the Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin, Germany, I also returned the key that I had been issued two years earlier to the memorialized home of Dietrich Bonhoeffer—a German pastor and theologian put to death on April 9, 1945, at the age of 39, for his conspiratorial activities against […]
Writing about the Resilience of Women by Juliet Greenwood
Juliet Greenwood The thing that really struck me most when researching the First World War for my first novel with Orion, The Ferryman’s Daughter, was the extraordinary reliance of women, both in war and in peace. So often women are seen as victims of war, just as they are of poverty and discrimination. Things are […]
How Writing Snuck Up and Clubbed Me on the Head (Chronicles From a Late-Bloomer Writer)
By Sharon Doering Years ago, I nudged my 7th grader to join the cross country team. He had a runner’s body; I thought he’d do great. He wasn’t thrilled but gave it a go. Once he sees how good he is, I thought, the kid’s gonna love it. Nope. Hated it. “My bad,” I told […]
Historical Fiction Gives The Past A Voice
This piece by Susan Meisner featured on our site back in March 2018. Her novel Bright As Heaven is set in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, which tells the story of a family reborn through loss and love. I’ve long been a historical fiction junkie; it’s my favorite genre to read as well […]
5 Stress Busters to Stay Sane in a Chaotic World
How many of us stop in the middle of a busy work day and ask ourselves, “What do I need right now?” In our fast-paced society, we aren’t practiced in the art of self-care. We push on until we run out of steam, get sick, or worn down. For those of us who are parents […]
Interview with Katherine Reay, author of OF LITERATURE AND LATTES
Katherine Reay is the national bestselling and award-winning author of Dear Mr. Knightley, Lizzy and Jane, The Brontë Plot, A Portrait of Emily Price, The Austen Escape, The Printed Letter Bookshop, and her latest novel, Of Literature and Lattes. We’re delighted to feature this interview with Katherine on our site! What was your biggest inspiration while writing Of Literature and […]
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