Tag: women writers
Afraid of the Light
At the start of lockdown it was often said the people least affected, jobs wise, would be the writers. And in some ways that’s true. Every day there’s still a bank of time when I’m glaring at my computer screen (or staring out of the window) hoping for inspiration. But for the first couple of […]
The Creative Surge of Women in Mid-Life
Shifts in consciousness don’t happen in a bubble. The current unfolding of women seeing themselves in a positive light as they grow older is not a singular motion. Rather, it’s the result of a journey of reinvention and reclamation. Each of us has the potential to evolve psychologically and spiritually throughout our lives, and a […]
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Oksana Zabuzhko has been called a Ukrainian combination of Susan Sontag, Adrienne Rich and Rachel Maddow, and her novels have received international fame. Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex caused the biggest literary scandal in Ukraine in decades. Since its publication in 1996, it spent 10 years at #1 on the Ukraine’s bestseller list; has been translated […]
Whose Stories Can We Tell? Bonnie E. Carlson
Recent conversations with two editors about stories I wrote got me thinking deeply about this issue: Whose stories can we (legitimately) tell? This issue exploded recently with the publication of American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. It’s been debated on TV, in the Twitterverse and in other forums. Must we be a member of a group […]
Writing When It’s Not All Roses And Rainbows
I sat at my computer last night. Really, just sat there. I opened the manuscript of the follow-up to Awakening on Purpose: Trusting the call. Zero motivation came to raise my fingers to the keys. I actually said to myself, “I’m depressed.” And then a strange thing happened. My self answered. “Yes. And?” I sat in […]
On Inventing the Past from a 21st Century Perspective, and Inventing the Present for Future Generations
The year 2020 has become historic within a matter of weeks, even days. There isn’t single person around the world who has not been affected in some way by recent events – every person has their own anxieties, heartbreaks or losses as a result. There are also so many accounts of triumphs and heroics – […]
RATIONAL WOMEN: An Excerpt
Feeling bombarded by maddening 24/7 news and social media feeds? Little time for the sheer pleasure of reading? Read a short story – there are a zillion of them bound and online, because a work of fiction gets to the heart of humanity, rather than a restating of the news of the day [although some […]
Barbara Sapienza, Why I Write
“The writer follows her hand,” Gabrielle Roth, creator of 5Rhythms Dance, tells us, just “as the singer surrenders to the song, the mother to the child.” Writing for me is a daily practice, a gateway, which like a Zen prayer gives me more space. But it’s the mechanics of writing that intrigues me. I follow […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Caroline England
Although I am still writing my ‘Caroline England’ psychological thrillers, I took on board the advice to ‘write what you know’, so I have used my career in the law as a backdrop for a new legal suspense series, written under the pen name Caro Land. The first, Convictions, was published in January of this […]
Are Writers Being Taught To “Dumb-Down” Their Technique For The Reader?
Are writers being taught to “dumb-down” their technique for the reader? I ask because, what is up with saying a story, chapter, or a section of a chapter has to be written from only one person’s point of view? When did that become “gospel?” For years, I’ve been reminded in classroom settings of this, preached at by […]
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