featured. women writers Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/featured-women-writers/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:51:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 The Inspiration behind Extreme Vetting https://booksbywomen.org/the-inspiration-behind-extreme-vetting/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-inspiration-behind-extreme-vetting/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2023 08:27:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=42637 The Inspiration behind Extreme Vetting by Roxana Arama One afternoon in 2018, I was browsing the news on my phone when I saw a video of the president of the United States at a rally, reading a poem about a venomous snake and a kind-hearted woman. The woman took the snake home to warm and […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-inspiration-behind-extreme-vetting/feed/ 0 42637 Amy Beashel: My Writing Journey https://booksbywomen.org/amy-beashel-my-writing-journey/ https://booksbywomen.org/amy-beashel-my-writing-journey/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:33:09 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=42058 In 2016, I wrote my first book for young adults, a novel which secured me both an agent and – surprisingly – a world record. When I realised my protagonist would attempt to become the fastest woman in the world on a space hopper, I realised too that research was key. And so… I went […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/amy-beashel-my-writing-journey/feed/ 0 42058 Finding Time: Writing Your Book in a Busy World  https://booksbywomen.org/finding-time-writing-your-book-in-a-busy-world/ https://booksbywomen.org/finding-time-writing-your-book-in-a-busy-world/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2022 07:06:11 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=40864 Finding Time: Writing Your Book in a Busy World  by Sarah Fawn Montgomery These days, there is never enough time. Careers, caregiving, and capitalism compete for our attention along with the latest social, political, and environmental disasters. Rest seems to be a thing of the past and writing time is hard to come by when […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/finding-time-writing-your-book-in-a-busy-world/feed/ 0 40864 Interview with Amy Jean https://booksbywomen.org/interview-with-amy-jean/ https://booksbywomen.org/interview-with-amy-jean/#respond Sat, 14 Nov 2020 09:23:34 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=33269 Amy Jean is a dreamer, a poet, mother, and writer sharing compelling stories. As a poet and writer, she has written numerous books. The Kingdom has Arrived: Foundations Volume 1, her debut memoir, is a compilation of poetry and prose that details her mystical and otherworldly encounters, including physical manifestations, visions, locutions, prophetic dreams, and […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/interview-with-amy-jean/feed/ 0 33269 A Character Interview: Lenore Gay https://booksbywomen.org/a-character-interview-lenore-gay/ https://booksbywomen.org/a-character-interview-lenore-gay/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2020 06:49:02 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=32659 Joss and Phil’s already rocky marriage is fragmented when Phil is injured in a devastating fire and diagnosed with Capgras delusion—a misidentification syndrome in which a person becomes convinced that a loved one has been replaced by an identical imposter. Faced with a husband who no longer recognizes her, Joss struggles to find motivation to […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/a-character-interview-lenore-gay/feed/ 0 32659 On Writing MATRIMONY, INC.: From Personal Ads to Swiping Right, a Story of America Looking for Love https://booksbywomen.org/on-writing-matrimony-inc/ https://booksbywomen.org/on-writing-matrimony-inc/#respond Tue, 06 Oct 2020 06:57:02 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=32929 I’ve always been interested in the history of the everyday. My first book was about the pineapple – yes, the pineapple! It may sound like a joke, but it was based upon my Cambridge University dissertation on the subject which revealed that the pineapple was one of the most potent status symbols of the eighteenth […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/on-writing-matrimony-inc/feed/ 0 32929 Downton Abbey On Repeat https://booksbywomen.org/downtown-abbey-on-repeat/ https://booksbywomen.org/downtown-abbey-on-repeat/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:36:10 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=32841 No one is allowed inside the veterinarian office due to state regulations during the pandemic. The parking lot is full. Car hatchbacks swung up to the sky, doors left open, a stray foot extended into a spot of late-afternoon sun. Because it’s hot many keep their doors closed, the cars running. We are waiting for […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/downtown-abbey-on-repeat/feed/ 1 32841 Inspiration For The Best Part Of Us https://booksbywomen.org/inspiration-for-the-best-part-of-us/ https://booksbywomen.org/inspiration-for-the-best-part-of-us/#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2020 06:39:23 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=32347 My first memory of reading amazing works of fiction was in junior year of high school. Mrs. Barnes started the semester with E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, moved on to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and ended with A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. Yikes. I’m sure I […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/inspiration-for-the-best-part-of-us/feed/ 0 32347 My Writing Journey: Saz Vora https://booksbywomen.org/my-writing-journey-saz-vora/ https://booksbywomen.org/my-writing-journey-saz-vora/#respond Sun, 08 Mar 2020 07:55:14 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=29691 I’ve wanted to write this story for a long time, it will be twenty-eight years since it began. The prequel is part of the two novels in the University Series – Reena and Nikesh, Book One My Heart Sings Your Song was released in January of this year. It is a romance with references to […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/my-writing-journey-saz-vora/feed/ 0 29691 AUTHORS INTERVIEWING THEIR CHARACTERS: DANIELLE WONG INTERVIEWS AMELIA COLE https://booksbywomen.org/authors-interviewing-their-characters-danielle-wong/ https://booksbywomen.org/authors-interviewing-their-characters-danielle-wong/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2020 07:01:04 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=29104 AUTHORS INTERVIEWING THEIR CHARACTERS: DANIELLE WONG SWEARING OFF STARS tells the story of Amelia Cole―Lia for short—one of the first women studying abroad at Oxford University in the 1920s. Finally free from her overbearing Brooklyn parents, she finds a welcome sense of independence in British college life. Lia quickly falls for Scarlett Daniels, an aspiring […]

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