Tag: women writers
Interview with BETH GARDINER, author of CHOKED: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution
— CHOKED: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution weaves together science, politics and the voices of those affected and those fighting for change to illustrate not only air pollution’s power and reach, but also the glimmers of progress and hope that point the way to a cleaner, healthier future. What did you want […]
Pursuing a Dream Across Two Continents
“Beyond the beautiful cover, Daniela Petrova’s debut novel is absolutely dreamy and suspenseful.”—O, The Oprah Magazine Daniela Petrova The urge to write—that burning desire to record thoughts, to make up stories and people —has always been with me, even though being an author was a forbidden dream I’d had to squash down for most of my […]
Twisted Truths: How Real Life Inspires Fiction
“Where do you get your ideas?” may be the question that fiction writers like least. For most writers, ideas come from inconsequential encounters or “what if?” questions, neither of which is a particularly interesting story to tell in an interview. Other ideas may derive from situations the writer has lived and then twisted a little […]
Yard Work Makes Me a Better Writer
By Jessica McCann A curious epiphany followed the release of my second novel: yard work makes me a better writer. I’ve been blessed to receive many kind words about the writing, characters and themes in Peculiar Savage Beauty, a historical novel set in the 1930s Dust Bowl. But one recent comment in particular made my […]
How To Plan Your Novel
I’m a project manager by trade and planning comes naturally so it makes complete sense to me to plan out my novel. Now I know this will have some of you screaming and reaching for the Ben & Jerry’s to comfort you but it’s really not that scary. Planning is not about stubbing out creative […]
Let’s Hear It for the Girls!
No matter how near we are to our biblically allotted three score years and ten, we always remember our milestone firsts: first kiss, first car, first horizontal episode. Mothers are likewise big on firsts: first word their child spoke, first step, first lost tooth. These events constitute the magical moments, forever tucked away in the […]
The Right Time To Write
I remember very clearly, where I was, when I decided I would finally write my book. I had waited for and imagined that inspired lightbulb moment for a long time. It’ll be when my son is a little older and starts nursery, I’d surmise, or when I finally have a desk I can sit at, […]
Creating from the Deep Well
Over the last year, I’ve spent some time at holy wells. Each is different. Some exposed to the sea air; some tucked within forest; some hiding in plain sight on the edge of pasture. So many, yet none entirely the same. When we talk about creativity, there’s a lot of conversation about wells, too. There […]
Amah Juanita by Roselle Lim
Roselle Lim was born in the Philippines and immigrated to Canada as a child. She lived in north Scarborough in a diverse, Asian neighbourhood. She found her love of writing by listening to her lola (paternal grandmother’s) stories about Filipino folktales. Growing up in a household where Chinese superstition mingled with Filipino Catholicism, she devoured […]
Things I Wish I’d Known Earlier
Ten years ago I published my first novel and when I look back, I marvel that I’m still here. But also how bumpy the road has sometimes been. Below are some of the things that might have helped if I’d known what I do now: That publishing is as commercial as it is creative, and […]
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