You remember I posted recently about authors collaborating? Well, I wouldn’t advise you to do anything I wouldn’t try myself. If you know me – and some of my friends – on Facebook, you might have seen some coy posts about how we’ll be revealing a big secret project. Well here it is. Seven writers… Continue reading Seven genre-busting novels – introducing Women Writing Women
Martha Engber is a wordsmith in multiple ways. You’ve met her briefly – when she asked me to write a piece about my horse. Her most recent release is a YA novel, Winter Light, but that’s just one aspect of Martha’s art and work. So here she is in full – editor, playwright, poet, novelist,… Continue reading Getting to the truth about strong women and troubled teenhood – novelist, playwright, essayist, writing coach Martha Engber @MarthaEngber
I always feel a tad self-conscious when I get asked to write about what I’ve been up to. Post an entire piece without trying to help, inspire, solve problems…? Can’t I turn it into advice, just a teensy bit? No, said Women Writers, just write what you’ve been doing. Once I started, it turned out… Continue reading Whatever your writing dreams… post at Women Writers
Publishing a memoir can be a very exposing experience. Or it can be a relief. Maybe both. Anne Pinkerton certainly knows this – she’s just released Were You Close? A sister’s quest to know the brother she lost. I began by asking what that was like, to know that strangers are exploring your life and… Continue reading ‘I was terrified just before it was released’ – Anne Pinkerton @AAPinkerton on writing a grief memoir
‘Dear Roz, how do I get a career with my writing?’ – Anya Dear Anya You might already guess what I’m going to say: everyone finds their own way, and a career happens after an apprenticeship of muddling and wandering. That muddling period might be long, or it might be short if the stars align.… Continue reading How do you make a career with your writing? Lessons from several years of author interviews
How do you fund creative work if your natural niche is not a high earner? Ian Rogers is the guy to ask. He’s done a variety of odd jobs that allowed him headspace to write a series of mischievous pseudo self-help pamphlets and a full-length work of experimental fiction released last week, titled MFA Thesis… Continue reading Jobs that give you time to be who you need to be: how I made my writing career – Ian M Rogers @iantheroge
Elaina Battista-Parsons says she likes to write about what makes her weird, or gives her chills, or makes her happy. Thus was born a collection of essays and verse that became a memoir, Italian Bones In The Snow. Here, she talks about everything that makes her, and her books. Your Facebook name is Winterwriter… Continue reading ‘All humans are alone… and weird’ – how I made my writing career by Elaina Battista-Parsons @BraveIrene77
Alexis Paige is a writing professor with a string of impressive credits for her essays, memoirs and literary editing work, but her latest book, publishing in February, is subtitled How To Make A Messy Literary Life. I was intrigued. Here are all the questions. Alexis, let’s begin by talking about your literary life as… Continue reading We are full of messy multitudes: how I made my writing career – Alexis Paige @lexissima
Some people have always written. Some don’t become writers until friends and family urge them to. This is not usually a recipe for success, but Jeanette (Wren) Godfrey Chapman found a publisher, and her memoir Pirate Girl Falls Through Beaver Dam: A Memoir of Adventurous Lessons in Earth School is published this week. Wren, are… Continue reading Wilderness woman falls into memoir writing – Wren Godfrey Chapman
How do you end up as a fiction writer? Some people learn to use their word skills for a career, then also discover a strong creative calling. My guest today, Ann S Epstein, wrote psychology papers for many years and then discovered joy in writing fiction. Now she has a solid catalogue of published short… Continue reading How I made my writing career – award-winning novelist and short story writer Ann S Epstein @asewovenwords
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