prime writers Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/tag/prime-writers/ Sun, 17 Jan 2016 23:44:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 The Huge, Unwieldy Beast versus Flash Fiction https://booksbywomen.org/the-huge-unwieldy-beast-versus-flash-fiction/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-huge-unwieldy-beast-versus-flash-fiction/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2016 12:29:15 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14715 When I was half-way through my novel Our Endless Numbered Days, without any knowledge that it would be published, I read Jean Hegland’s novel, Into the Forest. I loved it, and for the first time ever I wrote to an author to tell her how I felt about her book, and that I was waist […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-huge-unwieldy-beast-versus-flash-fiction/feed/ 7 14715 Guilty Landscape https://booksbywomen.org/guilty-landscape/ https://booksbywomen.org/guilty-landscape/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2015 10:33:02 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13847 It started with the following tweet. Loving Someone Else's Conflict by @AlisonLayland. Gripping & sensitive portrayal of Balkans conflict and its aftermath #amreading — Louisa Treger (@louisatreger) April 7, 2015 I immediately knew I had to read this novel and a few weeks later I had it in my hands. To my surprise I found […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/guilty-landscape/feed/ 0 13847 The Highs and Lows of Life After Publication https://booksbywomen.org/the-highs-and-lows-of-life-after-publication-by-louisa-treger/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-highs-and-lows-of-life-after-publication-by-louisa-treger/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2015 08:25:23 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13519 It took years to get The Lodger published. I chose the traditional route and it was a long, bumpy journey, strewn with rejection letters from agents and publishers. Tears were shed and manuscripts ripped up. Publication was an unattainable goal, a holy grail, an end in itself. Several times, I was on the point of […]

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