Tag: women writers
‘Love, Heather’: This Isn’t Your Mamma’s High School
The main character of my new book, ‘Love, Heather’(Crooked Lane Books, coming out Oct 8th) is Stevie. She is an insufferable know-it-all, she’s funny, she’s infuriating, and she loves 80s and 90s movies. I loved writing Stevie, and she really was drawn from parts of me, and also added to parts of me in that […]
The Impatient Dr. Lange: An Excerpt
Five years ago this July, pro-Russian rebels shot a commercial plane from the sky killing all 298 people on board and slowing the development of a cure for HIV. In The Impatient Dr. Lange, Pulitzer-finalist Dr. Seema Yasmin tells the story of her mentor, Dr. Joep Lange––a shrewd Dutch HIV doctor and scientist who was […]
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 This is not something people tell you about in those blissfully ignorant unpublished years, when your fantasies about being published may include […]
Fear Itself By Erica Ferencik
Oprah chose Erica Ferencik’s debut novel, The River at Night as a #1 Pick, calling the book “the page-turning novel you’ve been waiting for, a heart-pounding debut.” Entertainment Weekly named it a “must read, a harrowing…a visceral, white knuckle rush.” Miramax has recently optioned the novel for film. The New York Times Book Review called Into the Jungle, one woman’s terrifying journey of survival in […]
BECOMING A WRITER: MAVIS CHEEK
Mavis Cheek is the critically-acclaimed author of sixteen novels including Amenable Women, Aunt Margaret’s Lover and award-winning Pause Between Acts. This summer, these three titles will be re-issued with new forewords written by Mavis, together with newly designed jackets. They are being published by Psychology News and distributed by Vine House Distribution. We are delighted to feature Mavis on our […]
Writing Needs Solitude AND Community, or How I Manage to Keep On Keeping On
Because I am the director of a small press and of a national reading series, as well as an author, I’m often asked how I manage it all. When it comes to WTAW Press and Why There Are Words, I wear every hat conceivable in the organization I founded. I publish, edit, and market and […]
Do You Feel Lucky?
Someone told me the other day that I’m lucky. I smiled and agreed. And then on the bus home I thought some more about luck; about what it is, if it’s in fact anything at all. And I realised that I’m no luckier than anyone else. It’s a choice. I choose to be lucky. I […]
The Big Day: Book Launch Tips
Imagine if you will, it’s the night before your big day. You run through your checklist, again, just to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything; dress–check, speeches–check, hair appointment–check, wine ordered–check, cake collected–check, guest list–check. Everything seems in order. Jittery, you decide to text a close friend you’ve invited to double check she’s still coming […]
How Counselling Helps Me Cope With Feedback
It’s taken me fifteen years to pluck up the courage to seek out a counsellor. My written escapades into fictional worlds could only hold the metaphorical demons at bay for so long. So here I am, six months into my journey, and I feel like a spinning top laced with hallucinogenic drugs. My brain feels […]
How to Determine Who to Ask for Feedback to Your Writing
Discernment can be defined as “the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure.” This term, however, is most often associated within a spiritual context to obtain direction and understanding. But when you’re a writer, discernment is one of the most important, if not the most important factor in how you will […]
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