Tag: women writers
Writing Swiftynomics
By Misty L. Heggeness It was the third or fourth call I had that week from reporters wanting to talk about the apparent mass exodus of mothers from the labor market. I was exhausted. I’d been sitting in my home office with my hair twisted up, no makeup, worn out sweatpants, and a keenly savvy […]
LONDON SOJOURN: Rewriting Life After Retirement by Rebecca Knuth, excerpt
LONDON SOJOURN: Rewriting Life After Retirement by Rebecca Knuth For fans of Eat, Pray, Love and Without Reservations, a captivating memoir of one woman’s bold leap into reinvention—trading academia for adventure, storytelling, and self-discovery in the heart of London. What happens when a burnt-out professor trades academia for a fresh start in the city of her dreams—only to […]
Character Interview of Emerson Clarke by Harper Ross
THE UNWRITTEN RULES OF MAGIC “Elegant and empathetic…Crisp prose, mature characters, and well-wrought emotional trials propel this introspective journey of self-discovery.” ~ Publishers Weekly The Unwritten Rules of Magic follows Emerson Clarke, a woman yearning for control amid a lifetime of familial chaos, who discovers that her late father’s forbidden vintage typewriter can make her […]
The Case for Self-Publishing, and Why It’s Easier Now Than Ever Before
By Katie Kormanik When I first started writing my memoir, Adventures of a Chess Girl: Into the Depths of the Chess World and Back Again, I dreamed of getting an agent and being published with a traditional publisher. This was my first serious book, and the journey of publishing it would be a grandiose project […]
The World I Built When I Couldn’t Go Home
By Stephanie Bosshard I never planned on wearing multiple creative hats. I simply followed the one thing that never left me – even when everything else was taken away: storytelling. Writing, acting, and building my own production company weren’t parts of some carefully mapped-out strategy. They were acts of survival, resilience, and ultimately, self-belief. For […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: KELLY SCARBOROUGH
THE BUTTERFLY GAMES For fans of Philippa Gregory and Allison Pataki, a debut biographical historical novel about a young Swedish countess whose youthful love affair with the heir to her country’s throne has profound personal and political repercussions. In some games, winning means losing everything that matters. In the opulent world of the Swedish royal […]
A Heroine for Reproductive Rights
By Nancy Bernhard Every day we see sexual predators in power go to extraordinary lengths to control and abuse women’s bodies. Watching creeps like Donald Trump, Clarence Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh torch abortion rights and women’s reproductive healthcare is infuriating and absurd, especially since this is ground we’ve won before. Roe v. Wade was in […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Kristine Delano
THE LIES WE TRADE In The Lies We Trade (January 20, 2026, Tyndale), former Wall Street executive turned novelist Kristine Delano delivers a taut, emotionally charged thriller about a top portfolio manager whose life starts unraveling just as she hits the peak of her career. Her marriage is strained, her daughter is acting out, and her trusted colleague Betsey has gone rogue—leaving behind a cryptic […]
Can Reading One Book Change Your Life?
By Susan Magestro It was spectacular to see hundreds of teens at the Tucson Book Festival over the last 2 years. It is one of the most well attended festivals in the nation. With anticipation and excitement, some waited in line to get their books signed by their favorite authors for over an hour. That book, […]
Small Press Pages January 2026
By Christina Consolino Welcome to 2026 and the first column of the New Year. While January can feel arduous at times—the letdown after the holidays is real for many people, and the cold, gray days often feel like obstacles to surmount—the month invites reflection, fresh starts, and stories that spark possibility. January also invites truth, […]
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