Diana Y. Paul, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/dianapaul/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:09:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Editing and Revising–With Mindfulness https://booksbywomen.org/editing-and-revising-with-mindfulness/ https://booksbywomen.org/editing-and-revising-with-mindfulness/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2020 05:46:20 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=29896 A term used for a particular stage in Buddhist meditation practice, Mindfulness is referred to as sati, a form of remembering, perhaps suggestive of “memoir” which also derives from “remembering”. In a state of Mindfulness, the meditating individual checks in with herself to just listen and see, in order to reconnect with her mind and […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-market-a-backlist-book/feed/ 1 28181 Rebirth as Authors – Retirees Reinventing Themselves https://booksbywomen.org/rebirth-as-authors-retirees-reinventing-themselves/ https://booksbywomen.org/rebirth-as-authors-retirees-reinventing-themselves/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2018 07:23:44 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=21877 As a debut novelist after retirement at the age of 55, I’ve been intrigued by the increasing number of retirees reinventing themselves as authors. Perhaps some of us have been scribblers all our lives but had to wait until the day job allowed writing to happen. Others wrote all along, some professionally, and just wanted […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/rebirth-as-authors-retirees-reinventing-themselves/feed/ 4 21877 Diva Mamas—Reluctant Mothers in Literature https://booksbywomen.org/diva-mamas-reluctant-mothers-in-literature-by-diana-y-paul/ https://booksbywomen.org/diva-mamas-reluctant-mothers-in-literature-by-diana-y-paul/#comments Wed, 04 May 2016 08:29:28 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15640 Happy Mother’s Day to all women for we are mothers both to ourselves as well as to others! And as Mother’s Day approaches, we are surrounded by cards and suggested gifts in the image of the perfect mom. The fictional mothers I will focus on are reluctant mothers at best, who hesitantly take on the […]

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