Tag: women writers
Why I Wrote About The Dark Side Of Fashion
The fashion industry, as seen from the outside, has a bad image and reputation. It’s all shine, puffery and surface. Is fashion only about beautiful women in stunning clothes? I wrote Wildchilds because I wanted to delve deeply into that other side, the one which, as a player for four decades, knew so well. I […]
Growing Up in a Golf Cart
My book was born on a golf course. Which may sound strange since the book has nothing to do with golf or sports of any kind. It makes more sense when you consider the hours I’ve logged with my family looping around golf courses from Miami Beach to Southern California. For all practical purposes, I […]
My Writing Journey: Sheila Patel
‘I just write…. I write it as I see it and if it makes me laugh, I write it down’ When I was growing up, I loved watching movies, the funnier the better. Jerry Lewis, the Marx Brothers and of course, Laurel and Hardy. I grew up in a huge Punjabi family in the textile […]
The Pale Blue English Racer
I was the only kid in the sixth grade with a fat-tire Schwinn. No one had those anymore. All my friends were riding English racers with hand brakes and gears. I asked for a new bike, but my father said they were too expensive. Then one Christmas morning, I woke up to find a skinny-tire, […]
How The Weather Influences My Writing
The idea for a novel does not usually arrive—for me at least—in a sudden “aha” moment. It is a process that takes place over time. Some of my ideas have lived in me for years like spores I scarcely knew were present until they found the fertile soil in which to sprout. Weather Woman was […]
Learning How And When To Take Advice
I wrote my debut novel in six weeks. Okay, that’s not quite true. I wrote what I thought was my debut novel in six weeks, and then I revised, edited, and workshopped it for over three years before it was finally published this past November. As easily as the initial writing flowed, the refining and […]
New Year’s Writing Resolutions: Part Two
We asked some of our favorite authors to share their New Year’s Writing Resolutions with us! This is Part Two! Find Part One HERE Kaira Rouda, USA Today Bestselling Author I’m not good at New Year’s Resolutions per se, but since I am in the midst of my next work in progress, so for me, […]
I Resolve to Buckle Down…and Lighten Up
According to the History Channel, the ancient Babylonians were the first to make New Year’s resolutions around 4,000 years ago. The Romans did it too. Back then, it was more about appeasing the gods than self-improvement, but the basic premise is the same: atone for one’s faults and vow to do better. Lately, resolutions have […]
New Year’s Writing Resolutions: Part One
We asked some of our favorite authors to share their New Year’s Writing Resolutions with us! This is Part One! Lisa Barr, Award-winning author of THE UNBREAKABLES (HarperCollins, June 4, 2019). Write, Edit, Revise, SELF-CARE, repeat. Note: This year, 2019, I added SELF-CARE into the plot twist. As a Mom of three daughters, with a very […]
Q and A with BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
Barbara Taylor Bradford, OBE is one of the world’s best loved storytellers. Her 1979 debut novel, A Woman of Substance, ranks as one of the top-ten bestselling books of all-time, with more than 30 million copies in print. To date, she has written 35 novels — all bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic. Master Of His […]
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