Tag: women writers
How My Love of Vintage Inspires my Writing
For as long as I can remember I have been passionate about vintage. As a young girl, this was sometimes more out of necessity because of lack of funds, than a desire to be environmentally mindful, but on other occasions my enthusiasm was the result falling in love with something which had already served a […]
Merging Message and Medium By Nina Sadowsky
By Nina Sadowsky When I sold my first book in 2015, I was cautioned against sharing my political or social opinions on social media. I was warned that being vocal about certain issues might alienate some readers. My response was a shrug. It was too late. I’d joined social media prior to my becoming a […]
Pelvis Has Left the Building
By Stevie Z Fischer Women writers, here’s a multiple choice problem. When we toil ceaselessly at our laptops, we: A) conjure new worlds; B) talk to ourselves in a manner that alarms others; or C) ignore our loved ones. How about all of the above plus D)? It’s not really a head-scratcher but try this […]
Letters To Ourselves
My mother sits at the kitchen table, her hat and boots still on, her chair dragged at an awkward angle to the corner of the table so that she has to reach to write her letter. We have just returned from a shopping outing, the first time we have gone shopping together in years. She […]
THE SURPRISING SILVER LINING OF UNSUCCESSFULNESS
THE SURPRISING SILVER LINING OF UNSUCCESSFULNESS There is a lot of fuss and celebration when a book comes into the world: we do interviews, readers tag us in social media posts, friends near and far send congratulations. And then, inevitably, the world moves on. Messages—and sales—slow down, sometimes to a trickle, and for some, the […]
On Being A Published Author: The Fantasy Versus the Reality
The irony of releasing a second (or third, or fourth) book into the wild is that there is almost zero time left to create the words that allowed you to release a book. This is not something people tell you about in those blissfully ignorant unpublished years, when your fantasies about being published may include […]
Excerpt of THE SEASON: A History of the Debutante
The world of debutantes opens into a revealing story of women across six centuries, their limited options, and their desires in Kristen Richardson’s THE SEASON: A History of the Debutante [W. W. Norton & Company; November 2019; $26.95 Hardcover]. Digging into the roots of the debutante ritual, with its ballrooms and white dresses, Kristen Richardson – […]
On Finding Our So Now What
Why I Wrote Willa’s Grove by Laura Munson Book ideas are always coming to me. I’m usually working on a few at the same time and always in different genres—different ways to find the truth. That’s what I’m after: truth. Each book begins with a central question—some quirk of humanity that gnaws away at me. […]
What Makes Christmas Romance So Special?
By Nan Reinhardt I love the holidays, don’t you? For years, it’s been my second-favorite time of the year, only fall beats the holiday season for me. But I’d written five romance novels before I discovered the enticing world of Christmas romance stories. I’m an avid reader of romance—have been all my life—but I’d never thought […]
Step Away From Your Comfort Zone
By Beverley Harvey For the last month, my writing has stalled. Spectacularly. It’s not time, opportunity or commitment that I lack, it’s motivation and self-belief. Like myriad writers, I am prone to introspection, anxiety and low self-esteem. No sympathy required here; I count myself lucky that I manage these personality traits – and that they […]
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