Tag: women writers
On Being A Bookseller
When I was a little girl, I could not learn to read. My first-grade class was part of an experimental group that was learning to read by colors (I still remember that magenta was the “schwa” sound.) Apparently, I was not the only one for whom this was a complete failure. I have never met […]
Hands-On Research: How a Story of Hidden Loss Became The Trumpet Lesson
It started with Pamela Fischer, a candid and confident young black woman who came to me one morning during a free write. From the moment Pamela appeared, I knew she would be the perfect foil to my protagonist, shy and quiet Callie Quinn, who hides the loss of the bi-racial baby she gave up for […]
Writing The Art Of Happy Moving
How to Make Moving a Happier Experience – Yes, For Real I never aspired to be a moving expert because, seriously, who would want to do that? Yet, my husband, Dan, and I moved ten times in eleven years. As much as I would like to pretend that we’re free spirits who go where the […]
Brooke Warner’s Write On Sisters! Excerpt
Brooke Warner, founder of Indie Publisher of the Year 2019 She Writes Press, shines a light on the ever-present obstacles women writers face in her new book Write On Sisters!: Voice, Courage, and Claiming Your Place at the Table (August 27, She Writes Press). Brooke draws upon research, anecdotes and her personal experiences in the book publishing industry […]
An Ode To Walking
One of the biggest challenges I’ve had to get to grips with since becoming a full-time author is how to fit physical activity into my life. When writing was a stolen pleasure – an hour or two in an evening – it was never a problem. But once I was given the opportunity I’d always […]
Channelling Marilynne: Translation as Possession, Envy and Belonging
By Gwen Davies, translator of The Jeweller by Caryl Lewis ‘I get it!’ my author announced. ‘You may not be on my side but you definitely want the best for my work.’ She’d just been at the brutal end of my red pen as we came towards the end of several proofs with me as […]
‘Attention’ Seeking: Where Does Inspiration Come From?
Authors are often asked a number of challenging questions. From “have you written anything I might be familiar with,” to “what is your book about” (um…how long have got?) and apart from honing our ‘elevator pitch’ skills, we must sometimes delve into the realms of the esoteric when asked, “where does your inspiration come from?” […]
An Interview with Judy Stone, MD, author of RESILIENCE
Dr. Stone is the daughter of Hungarian Holocaust survivors. Her book RESILIENCE is a study in human contrasts: kindness and callousness, tolerance and hatred, humanity and cruelty. During World War II, hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews suffered prejudice and discrimination, oppressive segregation, and wholesale murder at the hands of the Nazis. But like the flower that grows […]
From Ex-Satanist to Daydreams: My Writing Journey
The inspiration for PIVOT came from multiple areas of my life, the most prominent being that a friend of mine in high school who was – at least at that time – a Lutheran, invited me to come to a special event her church was having, where an “ex-Satanist” came and spoke about her experiences […]
The Process—Wind Beneath My Wings
I have been like a bird gathering twigs and oddities for her nest since I was eleven years old. Nothing told me that I was beginning the process of writing a book. Nothing told me to do it, and nothing tipped me off that one day I would be an author, but as I stood […]
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