Tag: women writers
Is Focusing on Women Counter-Productive?
The gender playing field tilted even more steeply in the past. And yet, when it came to travel and exploration, women overcame the same hazardous terrain as men with equal courage, determination and skill. My only regret when researching for Passionate Travellers: Around the World on 21 Incredible Journeys in History, was that I could […]
NOT A POSTER CHILD: LIVING WELL WITH A DISABILITY
Sticky Wicket Memoir Francine Falk-Allen, author of Not a Poster Child: Living Well with a Disability – A Memoir (named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2018) Writing a memoir about tough experiences is particularly challenging. We may expose other’s foibles, the topic may be considered dated, or it may represent an issue some would […]
Tips For Writing Non-Fiction
I’ve just written my fourth non-fiction book, a mother-daughter memoir Never Sit If You Can Dance: Lessons from My Mother, which will launch for Mother’s Day 2019. I thought it might be fun to share some of the tricks and truths I’ve learned from writing non-fiction. First, I never ever go anywhere without having […]
Why I Published My Memoir as a Novel
Muscle Building The Elegant Out wasn’t written to become a tangible book with a gorgeous cover sitting on shelves at Barnes and Noble. (Though, it is now! Thank you SheWrites.) It was, however, written to build the ‘muscle of completion’. It was written because I couldn’t face yet another decade, or one more year for that […]
A Roll Of The Dice
A Roll of the Dice is about one woman’s wish to become a mother while knowing that she carries a gene that could seriously affect her unborn babies, particularly if they are boys. The memoir is a thrilling page-turner as well as a story of a haunting journey towards motherhood. Mona describes in riveting detail […]
Kill Your Darlings For Beginners
“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft I read this quote years ago and it stuck with me, mostly because it seemed odd. It seemed wrong. Until I started editing my first book and […]
Filling in the Gaps
Filling in the Gaps by Barbara Hoffbeck Scoblic As I worked on my memoir, Lost Without the River, I often realized that I needed details about events that occurred before my memory had kicked in. I was grateful my five remaining siblings were willing and able to fill in my blank spots. Remarkable. I’m the youngest, […]
The Waiting Game and Other Untold Stories
For years, I was an advertising copywriter with a secret desire to write a book. You’re thinking, how hard could that be, writing is writing, right? If only. Penning a novel not only seemed like a daunting task, I believed only highly gifted writers could legitimately do it and be taken seriously. One needed permission […]
Running to the Muse
I once attended a ThrillerFest conference featuring author John Sandford, who offered some basic advice: “Write. Just write.” I’m paraphrasing here but essentially he said, “When you treat writing as a job, there’s no time for writer’s block.” The prolific novelist is 74, has won a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, and produces an average of […]
Writing At Ninety Six
It’s never too late to create and publish. At age 96, I wake up every morning and look forward to sitting down at the computer and producing. I grew up in Boston, MA and New Haven, CT. Studied at Sarah Lawrence College, worked briefly at Harper’s Bazaar, then married a dashing fighter pilot in the […]
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