Tag: women writers
Hope by Ashley Sweeney
In the dim crease of dawn, Galway’s docks clatter with stevedores, sailors, pimps, dogs. The air, laced with coal dust and smoke, reeks of rotting fish. Mary Agnes clutches her granddad’s arm as they weave through crowds swarming the wharfside, the sky leaden, threatening rain. Beyond a tangle of masts and battered hulls, a constant […]
The Pieces of a Novel
By Kate MacIntosh Readers often ask how an author finds the inspiration for a novel. And writers love to chat about their muse, or the universe, gifting them a book concept wrapped up in a sparkling package ready to go. The truth is less romantic. Ideas for books come in pieces, like furniture you put […]
Authors Interview Characters: Jen Marie Wiggins
Jen Marie Wiggins is the author of The Good Bride, a twisty domestic suspense novel inspired by the coastal town of Mexico Beach, Florida which was nearly decimated by Hurricane Michael in 2018. About the book: The Wedding of the Year turns disastrous in this twisty family drama full of lies and betrayals, perfect for fans […]
REVIEW: Hannah Sward’s Strip is Emotionally Naked & Asking You to Look By Courtney Kocak
By Courtney Kocak Hannah Sward’s Strip is a memoir about her tumultuous journey from a fractured childhood to her foray into sex work, addiction, and eventual recovery—and yes, there’s a commune. It begins, “My mom left when I was two.” This abandonment establishes the yearning at the heart of Strip. The story unfolds chronologically, a […]
Putting Dance On The Page
The day after Thanksgiving I had an argument with my husband. It was his first year as an attorney for a Silicon Valley law firm and I thought he didn’t have time to dance in The Nutcracker anymore. It wasn’t just the law firm hours, I insisted. It was also the fact that we had […]
Bits of String too Small to Save Character Interview
Bits of String too Small to Save character interview Ruby Peru’s Bits of String too Small to Save catalogues the adventures of ten-year-old ElizabethAnn and Grandma along with a cast of wacky characters bent on saving the forested dystopia of Bumblegreen from certain demise. This rollicking adventure-quest is a coming of age story for two […]
My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast by Zoje Stage & Interview with Pru
Though I’m known as a writer of adult psychological thrillers and psychological horror books, My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast actually predates the publication of my debut novel, Baby Teeth. I’d wanted to give the child character of that novel, Hanna, a favorite book—something her dad would read with her—and after considering copyright issues it became obvious that I […]
Author Interviewing Characters: Author Angela Jackson-Brown Interviews Katia Daniels
UNTETHERED Sometimes family is found in the most unlikely of places . . . In the small college town of Troy, Alabama, amidst the backdrop of 1967, Katia Daniels lives a life steeped in responsibility. At the Pike County Group Home for Negro Boys, she pours her heart into nurturing the young lives under her […]
The Power of Self-Acceptance: Embracing My True Identity After a Life of Suppression
“What is masturbation?” I asked my mother. I was 8 years old, sitting in the back of our car, on the way out for our regular Saturday morning session of knocking on people’s doors to tell them about Jehovah, our god. I’d been leafing through the most recent edition of The Watchtower magazine, published by […]
My Immigration Story and the Role it Played in Writing My Historical Debut Novel White Mulberry
by Rosa Kwon Easton White Mulberry is inspired by the life of my Korean grandmother, a young woman coming of age in 1930s Japan-occupied Korea. The story follows the journey of Miyoung, an eleven-year-old girl who has dreams too big for her poor, farming village outside Pyongyang – to become a teacher and avoid an […]
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