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From an Idea to a Bestseller: Why You Should Never Wait to Write Your Book by Janine Lowe
If someone had told me a few years ago that I would be writing books, presenting on UK Health Radio, speaking to people around the world about Feng Shui and manifestation, and launching my own publishing company, I would probably have smiled politely and thought, “That’s for someone else.” But isn’t that exactly how so […] The post From an Idea to a Bestsell
Why the Romance Genre is Raising the Bar for Modern Relationships
How does romance fiction reflect the changing expectations around communication, masculinity, and emotional safety? Romance has maintained a poor reputation over the years across every medium. Books, movies, TV shows—life in general, I’d argue. Why? Because it’s painful. Love hurts. It’s obsessive and toxic and one-sided. It doesn’t let you sleep. It doesn’t
I Set Myself a Deadline of my Own Menopause…
…when I set out to write a book on aging and menopause in Japan. So, every time I got my period I felt like I got an extension. After finishing the book, I missed my periods for several months in a row, and thought I had just easily transitioned into menopause. Not quite. About 6 […] The post I Set Myself a Deadline of my Own Menopause… appeared first on Wom
I Set Myself a Deadline of my Own Menopause…
…when I set out to write a book on aging and menopause in Japan. So, every time I got my period I felt like I got an extension. After finishing the book, I missed my periods for several months in a row, and thought I had just easily transitioned into menopause. Not quite. About 6 […] The post I Set Myself a Deadline of my Own Menopause… appeared first on Wom
Authors Interviewing Characters: Grace Helena Walz
PRETTY AS A PEACH A rising star in Southern fiction, Grace Helena Walz returns with Pretty as a Peach, another story full of charm, sass, wit, and characters you’ll want as friends. A group of life-long friends. A secretive MLM cosmetics company. Some opportunities cost more than they’re worth. Delilah Thomas has a stellar track record […] The post Authors I
Authors Interviewing Characters: Pamela Kelley
NANTUCKET SECOND CHANCES From USA Today and WSJ bestselling author Pamela Kelley, comes a new beach read filled with family, friendship, romance and second chances. Nantucket Second Chances is “Warm, witty, and atmospheric… This is the perfect summer read.” ― Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author She doesn’t have a job–but she does have a
Not Every Book Easily Find its Spot on a Bookstore Shelf by Janet Roberts
It began when I checked the wrong box on the Novel-in-a-Year application to The Story Studio in Chicago. I’d written and self-published two books by then, both women’s fiction with domestic suspense, instinctively mixing genres with little understanding of the craft of writing. Sales were minimal. The class seemed like a good way to improve […] The post Not
4 Janes: A Novel by Marian Yee: Excerpt
4 Janes Through time, space, and the transcendence of maternal love, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is reimagined in the parallel lives of one soul searching for meaning, connection, and a place to belong. Jane Eyre is a missionary’s wife. A bookseller in Vietnam. A time traveler. A hero in a modern gothic tale. What if Jane’s story […] The post 4 Janes: A Nov
On Writing Once We Forget by Elise Geither
The day it really hit me was a sunny spring day. My parents had just called me to say “Happy Birthday” and sing to me. As they laughed and Mom sang, she got to the part of the song that goes: Happy Birthday dear (name). And…silence. My mother had forgotten my name. My name is […] The post On Writing Once We Forget by Elise Geither appeared first on Women Wri
10 Facts About Aloha Wanderwell by Laurel Corona
I first stumbled across Aloha Wanderwell in a thin book about interesting women in Vancouver Island history. Leafing through, I stopped on the name “Aloha Wanderwell,” because with a singular name like that, who wouldn’t? I was intrigued by the story of a fearless teenager who set out to conquer the world by car long […] The post 10 Facts About Aloha Wanderw
Appalachia: Blessed and Cursed by Khristeena Lute
What makes a culture something to be proud of versus something to overcome? I grew up in southeastern Ohio and northeastern Kentucky—the foothills of Appalachia. As I progressed through high school and college as a first-generation college student, I heard the usual advice oft-given to young Appalachians: get rid of the accent. Clip it. Hit […] The post Appa
Why I Wrote The Deadly Tea by Rachel Dacus
At age twelve I wrote my first novel. After reading too many Nancy Drew books, I felt confident I could write a mystery, and I knew it was my destiny to be a novelist. The Prisoner of the Locked Room – all 100 pages! – featured not one girl detective, but two, twin girls. But […] The post Why I Wrote The Deadly Tea by Rachel Dacus appeared first on Women Wri
Authors Interviewing Characters: Julie Savanth
Interview with Rachel Bickerton Rachel Bickerton is the central character in ASK HIM, the first novel in the Sandbox Trilogy by Julie Savanth. A compelling blend of psychological mystery and speculative fiction, ASK HIM explores every parent’s worst nightmare: the unexplained disappearance of her thirteen-year-old son Matthew Bickerton (Matt). As the search
Authors Interviewing Characters: Dara Levan
I’m Dara Levan, author of Shaken to the Core, and I am excited to introduce two characters who will offer a glimpse of into this uplifting, heartfelt story. Here’s a bit about the book: When life is cut short, what do we do with the time we have left? Joy Stern, a free-spirited photographer, thought she […] The post Authors Interviewing Characters: Dara Leva
Turning Personal History into Fiction By Dr Sue Woolfe
People often ask whether my novels are autobiographical. The simple answer is no. The events are imagined. The characters are invented. Yet every novel I’ve written has begun with something emotionally true, a question that refused to leave me until I had explored it through fiction. My latest novel, The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves, […] The post Turning Perso
My Writing Path by Marina Evans
Authors are artists. Some people may disagree with that statement, but in my opinion, authors painstakingly sketch, sculpt, paint, and carve the written word. And as we whittle, hone, and polish our work into near-perfect sentences, a novel emerges. Once we are finally able to step back and admire what we’ve created, it’s incredibly worth […] The post My Wri
Edith Netter: On Writing
How to tell a story that’s intimate and true when the people you want to write about didn’t talk about themselves, left no diaries or letters, and are no longer alive? This was my challenge when I wrote “The House at Schumannstrasse 7”, about my grandmother who escaped two countries during two world wars and […] The post Edith Netter: On Writing appeared fir