Tag: women writers
How the Idea of a Flower That Makes You Forget Grew Into a Novel
Plants are smart little creatures. We don’t generally think of them as creatures but in some ways, they are. They’re animate beings that know what they’re doing from day to day. They grow toward the light, they take in water, make their own food, communicate, and migrate. They’ve even learned how to adeptly procreate. Part […]
True Crime Book Dead in the Water – When Life Is More Terrifying Than Fiction
Matt Nixson of Mail on Sunday: “A real life page turner more intriguing than anything on Netflix. The gripping story of a woman who turned detective to track down her brother’s killer – nearly four decades after he was brutally murdered.” Ben Dirs, BBC News: “[A story] almost too mad to make up, too good […]
When Dark Became All The Light, I Knew
When Dark became all the light, I knew “Surely all art is the result of one’s having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further. The further one goes, the more private, the more personal, the more singular an experience becomes, […]
The Art of Breaking the Rules
The Art of Breaking the Rules Dear Author, have you ever hit the delete key mid-paragraph because you feared you might be breaking some grizzled piece of writing advice? We’ve all heard those pearls of wisdom that bullet-point so easily: Do this, don’t do that. Show don’t tell. Always avoid adverbs. Never open with a […]
How I Found a Publisher for My Short Story Collection
By Yu-Han Chao, author of Sex & Taipei City Everybody says story collections don’t sell. “Editors don’t want story collections. Not unless you’re Stephen King.” Agents say, “I like your stories, but call me when you have a novel (translation: and not until you have a novel).” I grew up in Asia, where the short […]
Reincarnated Lovers And Writing
When I was a child, I used to dream of three things: to time-travel extensively, to wake up one day in medieval England transformed into a boy who served Richard Lionheart or to one day discover I could run so fast the ground blurred under my feet. The time-travel thing never happened. Neither did the […]
When The Creative Faucet Turned On
“Somewhere along the way I had claimed training as my identity. I craved it, even if it was destroying my body. The full day of yoga was the dessert that satisfied my sweet tooth while keeping the dentist at bay. If weights were no longer part of my diet, perhaps I could indulge in extra […]
From Setbacks to Success: Finding My Story Again
The conception of my new novel “The Allspice Bath” was easy. When the idea met paper, the words flowed and the story grew, kicking at times and, at other points, remaining calm as slow waves. Like the protagonist Adele Azar I, too, grew up having one foot in my Canadian culture and another in my […]
Interview With Marissa Stapley
Marissa Stapley is the internationally bestselling author of three novels, which have been published around the world and translated into eight languages. We’re delighted to feature this interview with her on the publication day of THE LAST RESORT! THE LAST RESORT From bestselling author Marissa Stapley comes a gripping novel about marriage, loyalty, and the […]
Are Free Books a Good Thing?
Like the random dude at every book signing you’ve ever been to, I’m about to bring up a topic that may make you uncomfortable: money. I know, I know… it’s awkward. It feels like the conversation around the written word should float above those sorts of philistine concerns. We write because we’re compelled to; we […]
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