Tag: women writers
Dorothy Richardson:The Forgotten Virginia Woolf
Louisa Treger’s biographical novel about Dorothy Richardson, peer of Virginia Woolf, intrigues. Who was Dorothy Richardson? These days, Dorothy Richardson is a name few are familiar with; her work is overshadowed by that of her more famous peer, Virginia Woolf. Yet in her time, Dorothy was something of a cult figure. She was hailed as […]
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING THEIR CHARACTERS: Catharine Riggs
A Difficult Woman Interviews Her Difficult Women Catharine Riggs Crystal Love is a former loan analyst at a fictional community bank based in Santa Barbara, California. Single with no children, she recently switched careers and works as an adventure guide in Taormina, Italy, where she resides with her mother, romance author Kathi Wright. Crystal is […]
My Publishing Journey, Heather Chavez
When I was a child, my first book was about a family of rabbits celebrating Christmas. Told in rhyme of course. On the back, I scribbled one word: Hallmark. Even back then, I wanted a publisher. My first paycheck came from a poem I wrote for a local newspaper in Kansas. It was about socks. […]
The Path Stays Rocky: Looking Back From Book Five
Any other job would get easier over time, but not writing books. With the February release of The Lucky One, my fifth novel, I’m coming clean on a question I get often. The question goes: Isn’t it easier now that you’ve done it a couple of times? It is. And it’s not. For the first […]
Second Chances
By Anju Gattani They say cats have nine lives but life doesn’t offer a second chance, at least not in the world of publishing. One book gets one release date, your baby’s out in the world and there’s no turning back. Now, what if I told you that’s not true. Would you believe me? What […]
Finding Your Blocks, By Jeanne Felfe
My mom was a writer. Like many of us, she had big dreams. Hers were never realized; at least not the way she wanted them to be. She passed away in 2012 with her life’s work—a memoir focused on multi-generational child abuse—sitting in a folder in a drawer, turned down by every publisher. This was […]
My Mother’s Last Words: Finish Your Writing
Jane Gilmartin On the day I turned 50, I found myself sitting at my first ever novel writing workshop at Grub Street in Boston. I had secured the last remaining spot in the class only the afternoon before, a gift from my husband. I remember surveying the other eleven faces around that table and feeling […]
5 Ways To Improve Your Writing Through Technology
5 Ways To Improve Your Writing Through Technology Technology has become a part of all aspects of daily life, including writing. No longer do writers waste hundreds of thousands of pieces of paper drafting the perfect piece of writing. Instead, today writing is increasingly moving into the digital world. Here we explore five ways technology […]
The Brontë Myth: Why This Literary Family Continues to Inspire Writers Today
The Brontë Myth: why this literary family continues to inspire writers today I first “met” the Brontës when my mother read my younger sister and me Jane Eyre. My sister hid under the covers at the “romantic bits.” I hung over the edge of the top bunk to beg for another chapter. The story confused […]
Ghost, Writing
I was a ghost when the ghost writing opportunity came along. My mother had taken her own life one week after I gave birth to my youngest child; a year and a half later, I was still a shadow of myself. I was milk and tears and lullaby; I was insomnia and stumble and mindless […]
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