Tag: women writers
For 29 Years I Hid My True Self, Finding Refuge Only in the Stories I Wrote… Until a Late Autism Diagnosis Changed Everything
by Alina Bellchambers Writing saved my life. I grew up in the warmth of my mum’s cosy bookshop, surrounded by stories I loved to read. But no amount of books could stop my mind from betraying me. As a child, I struggled a lot, spending many years feeling like I was existing in a kind […]
On Writing One Bad Mother
By Megan Williams I started writing my memoir One Bad Mother when I was applying to the Philadelphia Police Academy. It began as journal-like entries on my computer. I couldn’t believe some of the stuff I encountered and I wanted to make sure that I didn’t forget any of that craziness. Stuff like being told […]
Author Karen Nelson interviews Lindsay Williams from The Sunken Town
THE SUNKEN TOWN If you admit one truth, what else will you have to acknowledge? Lindsay, a thirty-year-old California native, never gave much thought to being adopted. When she unexpectedly inherits her birth mother Claire’s farmhouse in Maine, she is plunged into a journey across the country and across the years into a lake of […]
FINDING THE ONE by Kristen Ashley, EXCERPT
Their parents being family friends, American/English aristocrat, Blake Sharp, and Scottish playboy Alasdair Wallace were thrust together all through their childhoods. Blake thought Dair was a filthy, obnoxious, little boy bully. Dair thought Blake was a spoiled, prissy wee miss. Then Blake grew up to be a beautiful, loving woman who took care of everyone […]
Genre Soup: Now with 87 New Flavors
By Lee Bukowski Welcome to the wonderful and confusing world of fiction genres. From Romantasy to Grip-Lit, it sometimes feels like we authors need a decoder ring to classify our books. There’s Literary Fiction. There’s Upmarket Fiction and Contemporary Fiction. And Women’s Fiction. And Book Club fiction. All those genres. So many genres. And sub-genres. […]
The Martians Never Came, But Quito Still Went to War
By Lorena Hughes Humans have always been fascinated by other worlds, particularly by the possibility of life on Mars and the question of whether such beings might visit us one day. Nowhere was this fascination more evident than in 1940s and 1950s pop culture: pulp magazines and comics filled with alien encounters, songs like the […]
The Myth of the Maligned Woman
By Louisa Morgan As a girl, I devoured many books based on the Arthurian legends—A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, The Crystal Cave, The Once and Future King, and so on. Recently, someone mentioned Morgan le Fay to me, and my memories of all those wonderful tales resurfaced. As a historical novelist, I naturally […]
Attention Readers: Spice in Fiction is Still, in Fact, Fictional
By S.L. Woeppel “I love your book. But I had a hard time NOT thinking of you and your partner when I read the spicy scenes.” This is the comment I received a handful of times after publishing my first romcom last year. Look. It’s a romcom. It has a touch of spice. Think medium […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Allison Cundiff
Hey Pickpocket by Allison Cundiff When Frances White, a trauma ICU nurse, flees the United States after a traumatic family event, she finds herself in the most remote place possible: a fishing village off the west coast of Ireland. Despite her best attempts to wall off her heart from the rest of the world, she […]
Small Press Pages September 2025
Small Press Pages September 2025 Autumn is, at least at this moment, my favorite season. I live in the Midwestern United States, and this time of the year brings with it cooler weather, vibrant trees, and pungent aromas. Apple picking and leaf stomping. Multiple layers of clothes, comfortable evening walks, and easier sleeping. Fall also […]
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