Anne Goodwin, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/annegoodwin/ Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:04:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 How Romance Almost Hijacked My Heroine’s Journey And My Novel’s USP http://booksbywomen.org/how-romance-almost-hijacked-my-heroines-journey-and-my-novels-usp/ http://booksbywomen.org/how-romance-almost-hijacked-my-heroines-journey-and-my-novels-usp/#respond Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:30:22 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=34098 When I worked as a therapist, I met many people with an upside-down notion of love. They were looking for someone to rescue them from a sense of being unlovable. What they needed was to learn to love themselves. In publishing my debut novel, I almost made the same mistake for my character. Invited to […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/how-romance-almost-hijacked-my-heroines-journey-and-my-novels-usp/feed/ 0 34098 What Lurks Behind Your Identity As A Writer? http://booksbywomen.org/what-lurks-behind-your-identity-as-a-writer/ http://booksbywomen.org/what-lurks-behind-your-identity-as-a-writer/#respond Thu, 22 Nov 2018 06:21:34 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=24841 On the surface, our identity as writers is straightforward, isn’t it? A writer is someone who writes, and we write from a burning desire to express ourselves, or a sense that we’re incomplete if we don’t. When the biggest challenge most writers face is claiming a space for that passion amid myriad competing demands and […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/the-creative-unconscious-anne-goodwin/feed/ 0 19571 The Dos and Don’ts of Promotional Blog Tours http://booksbywomen.org/the-dos-and-donts-of-promotional-blog-tours/ http://booksbywomen.org/the-dos-and-donts-of-promotional-blog-tours/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2015 09:33:10 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14376 When I invited my blog followers to host a guest post to publicise my forthcoming novel, I never imagined I’d be embarking on a marathon tour of twenty-five posts over five weeks. I’m not sure if that makes me someone to emulate or a narcissistic masochist but, for what it’s worth, here are some suggestions […]

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