Tag: women writers
The Ethics of Writing About Real People in Historical Fiction
By Maryka Biaggio Do fiction authors who write about real people—even long-deceased ones—have an ethical responsibility to their subjects? And do readers hold different expectations for a novel than for a biography about an infamous or famous figure? Readers expect biographers to research thoroughly, portray their subjects accurately, and avoid wild speculation about the unknown. […]
How Writing a Coming-of-Age Thriller about College Graduates as a Mother of Young Adults Healed This Writer’s Heart
By Christina Kovac When I began writing my second novel, Watch Us Fall, I thought I wanted to write a coming-of-age thriller about college-aged women. I was dreaming of characters cocooned in a world of dorms and class schedules and dining halls, paid for by parents or put off with student loans, the first taste […]
When a Story Chooses You
By Jessica Franzini My path to becoming a writer might be considered an unusual one. I was born and raised in New York and spent my youth as a competitive junior tennis player. I earned a full scholarship to San Diego State University and assumed that I would turn pro after four years of competing […]
On Writing My Memoir A Little Piece Of Cuba: A Journey to Become Cubana-Americana
My memoir A Little Piece of Cuba: A Journey to Become Cubana-Americana centers around a five-day trip to Havana that I took with my husband in 2017 and how that trip led me to connect with my Cuban heritage. It was my first full-length book project and first work of creative nonfiction, so I sought […]
Mythology and Romantasy: Why Women Devour it—Leading into a Billion-Dollar Industry
By Rachel Van Dyken Romance has always been a booming industry, add in some mythology and you have another genre that’s completely taking the world by storm—romantasy. What is romantasy? If you’ve been living under a rock over the last two years, stayed away from social media, and for whatever reason haven’t been to a […]
My Writing Journey, by Robyn Dabney
by Robyn Dabney When people learn I’m a writer, they often ask, “Why do you write?” or “What started all of this?” The answers to those questions trace the story of my writing life along a path that stretches from struggling to read in second grade, to finding my footing in a high school journalism […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: November
Hello Readers & Friends, I know. I know. The November wrap-up means December’s here, and you’re probably shaking your head like: where did 2025 go? I hope November meant time spent with family, friends, and loved ones, gratitude, and reading great books. My November reading count fell short as life and work took over (more […]
Interview with T. Kingfisher, author of SNAKE EATER
With a remote desert setting, a house brimming with secrets, a wonderfully eclectic cast of characters including desert spirits and gods, SNAKE-EATER has all of the rich, dark fantasy elements as well as humor and heart that make Kingfisher’s novels unforgettable and unputdownable. And if you’re new to Kingfisher, this one is for fans of The Wood-Wife by […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Tracy Dobmeier & Wendy Katzman
TEN THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS FROM OKAY A widowed and grieving young novelist believes her words create realities―both tragic and charmed―in a hopeful and surprising novel about family, newfound love, and moving on. Four years after her husband Sam’s tragic death mirrored a fatal plotline in her debut novel, Thea Packer hasn’t written another word, afraid […]
On Writing Solitary Walker: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft by N.J. Mastro
Writing a novel had been on my mind since high school, and that was a long time ago. So when I retired in 2017, I set out to write the kind of book I like to read: biographical novels about audacious women from the past. The question was, who would be my subject? Biographical novels, […]
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