Author Archive: Women Writers Women Books
Dutch by birth and serial emigrant, Barbara currently lives with her husband and daughter in a tiny village in Galicia, Spain, as basic and simple as can be. W Barbara's website.
Empowering Stories: The Strength of Writing Communities
Empowering Stories: The Strength of Writing Communities Creating a writing community was not one of those things I imagined in my future when I was young. And yet, it is something for which I’m deeply grateful, especially in this time of midlife. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve spent my lifetime journaling, reading, even writing a few […]
Structuring A Memoir To Keep The Audience And Yourself Intrigued
By Candice Black I made numerous attempts at writing a memoir before completing my first and I always seemed to get stuck within the first two chapters. The majority of ‘Emerging: An Artistic Practice Saved My Life’ was written over the course of a month, my suddenly ability to write the book I’d wanted to […]
Elevator Pitches, Blogs, Blurbs and Reviews: SPOILERS from Authors’ and Readers’ Perspectives
By Catherine Kullman “Write about the inspiration for your latest book,” Barbara Bos suggested. “What is your [new] book about?” A seemingly innocent question that can put the heart across the most experienced author, and one that requires different answers depending on who is asking. If it is your editor or agent, they want a […]
My Writing Journey by Beth Brookhart
Beth Brookhart Author of The Four Queens of the Buttonbush Museum When I sat down to write The Four Queens of the Buttonbush Museum, I knew I wasn’t exactly hitting the usual marks of “women’s fiction.” No cozy mysteries with quaint teacups and clever cats. No sweeping romances with ripped bodices and heaving bosoms. Just […]
Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen
By Bonnie Yochelson In 1987, I accepted a job as Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Museum of the City of New York. I had worked in print rooms for several years and earned a PhD in modern art history. Now I had full responsibility for a remarkable collection that needed a lot of […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Lisa F. Rosenberg
Fine, I’m a Terrible Person Fine, I’m a Terrible Person is a funny, heart wrenching adult mother daughter story. It begins when 73-year-old, worn out, former beauty, Aurora Hmans Feldenburg, a hapless, perpetually broke, eccentric, divorcee living in the wealthy enclave of Marin County in Northern California, is wakened by a phone call informing her […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Shirley Russak Wachtel
The Baker of Lost Memories From the author of A Castle in Brooklyn comes an epic novel spanning decades about the broken bonds of family, memories of war, and redemption and hope in the face of heartbreaking loss. Growing up in 1960s Brooklyn, Lena wants to be a baker just like her mother was back in Poland […]
Pamela N. Harris Interviews Naomi Henry and Kylie Brooks from This Town is on Fire
Pamela N. Harris Interviews Naomi Henry and Kylie Brooks from This Town is on Fire THIS TOWN IS ON FIRE Sharply written, this YA drama tells the story of what happens when the latest internet “Karen” happens to be your best friend. A lot is up in the air in Naomi Henry’s life: her spot […]
On Writing Mrs. McPhealy’s American
by Claire R.McDougall “Every village has its idiot. Locharbert in Scotland had three.” This is the opening line of my novel “Mrs. McPhealy’s American,” and I think in those couple of lines the tenor of the book is set. I grew up in Scotland in a wee town like Locharbert, and then, like Steinbeck did […]
The ‘Unintentional Medium’ Who Switched from Memoir to Fiction
‘Unintentional Medium’ who switched from memoir to fiction. Perceived wisdom tells us that everyone has a book in them, and I do believe this is true. The question is what separates a rather ordinary story from a great book? Well, my guess is belief; belief in yourself and belief in your book. My own path […]
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