Tag: women writers
Writing Romance, Facts and Myths
Before I get down to telling you why I write romance, I’m going to start by answering the question, why write at all? In my case, it was largely down to Mrs Thatcher. No, I wasn’t inspired by her, but her policies were definitely a catalyst. You see, only a couple of years before my […]
What’s In A Name? The story behind HUSBAND MATERIAL
What’s In A Name? The story behind HUSBAND MATERIAL Arguably, with its sassy cover and catchy name, HUSBAND MATERIAL comes off like the chick-lit book of everyone’s dreams. In fact, when I first pitched the idea for HUSBAND MATERIAL, my editor acquired the book promptly for one main reason: she’d actually been looking for a […]
On Being A Writer
When I dreamed of becoming a writer many, many years ago, I swung between it being an unachievable goal and imagining myself walking into bookshops and seeing my books on the shelves. However, all of that all got put aside as life took over. When I revisited my dream some forty years later, with the […]
How Important is Self-Care for Writers?
At a recent networking event I was asked by a new writer how I managed my mental and physical health when I was locked in my writing cave for hours on end. It was a great question and one I could thankfully answer with ease. If we rewind a couple of years I would have […]
IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN? – Laura Stroud
There is a rumour running rife on the internet that 97% of writers don’t ever finish their novels. This terrifies me. I’ve sat staring at a blank screen for hours on end, wondering when the words will come. But I’ve always had the vision of a finished draft spurring me on. So many of us […]
The Inspiration Behind A Witch in Time
By Constance Sayers My debut novel, A Witch in Time is a story about a young woman who has lived several lives—first as a young piano virtuoso, an actress in Hollywood during the 1930s, an aspiring rock star in 1970s Los Angeles—only she doesn’t know it. When a mysterious man tells her that she is […]
The Unplanned Writer by D.Z. Stone
by D.Z. Stone Growing up, becoming a writer was not something I ever dreamed about. Indeed, I wasn’t even aware I could write. My first inkling came in college when I’d get papers back with professors often scrawling something like ‘Well Written!’ on top. Still writing wasn’t something I considered as a career. Writing was […]
Why Winter Is A Great Time To Write
If you look at Mother Nature, autumn is when the leaves start to fall. Letting go is the mantra and underlying message of the season. By the time winter arrives, trees become bare. Winter is a time when nature’s energy withdraws back unto herself. We see fewer birds in the sky. Days become shorter. The air becomes […]
My Path to Publication: A Long and Winding Road
I was probably eight when I discovered I could lose myself in words, and from there it wasn’t long till I hunkered down in my bedroom and devoured every novel my mother owned because I’d already torn through every age-appropriate book available to me. She eventually opened a Book-of-the-Month Club account just so she could […]
Top Tips to Network Your Novel to Publication
Top Tips to Network Your Novel to Publication If you just finished your novel, you’re probably now thinking of the publication process. The reality is that even the most introverted of authors need to start networking for the publication process. Publishing is an industry of networking and having the right connections from beginning to end. […]
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