Patricia Sands, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/patricia-sands/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:37:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 The Power Of The Tiara https://booksbywomen.org/the-power-of-the-tiara/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-power-of-the-tiara/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:46:17 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=34282 With two previous posts in WWWB in 2020 about Kathy L. Murphy’s International Pulpwood Queens Girlfriends Weekend, I’m not here to repeat all of the somewhat unbelievable details of this annual book extravaganza … all of which are in fact true, by the way! Rather, I am here to attest that no pandemic was going […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-power-of-the-tiara/feed/ 6 34282 Let’s Hear It for Book Clubs! https://booksbywomen.org/lets-hear-it-for-book-clubs/ https://booksbywomen.org/lets-hear-it-for-book-clubs/#comments Sat, 31 Aug 2019 04:14:41 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28003 As an author, I love visiting with book clubs. Do you? As a reader, I love being part of a book club for all sorts of reasons you will see below. Recently there seems to have been a marked upswing in book clubs inviting authors to visit  both in person or online. IMHO, nothing beats […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/lets-hear-it-for-book-clubs/feed/ 1 28003 Author Brand: A is for Authenticity https://booksbywomen.org/a-is-for-authenticity-by-patricia-sands/ https://booksbywomen.org/a-is-for-authenticity-by-patricia-sands/#respond Mon, 03 Dec 2018 05:25:32 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=25032 What’s your brand? Do you have an author platform? Whether you are an indie author or traditionally published, every writer needs these. When I indie published my first novel, The Bridge Club, eight years ago. I had no idea what I was doing. One clear message that never stopped resonating was that, if I wanted […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/a-is-for-authenticity-by-patricia-sands/feed/ 0 25032 Location! Location! Location! https://booksbywomen.org/location-location-location-by-patricia-sands/ https://booksbywomen.org/location-location-location-by-patricia-sands/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2018 07:02:39 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22482 This may sound like an intro for a real estate ad, but not this time. Rather it’s an intro to considering the importance of location in stories. The sense of ‘place’ is often vital to the heart of a novel and, speaking from a personal perspective, it’s absolutely essential to the stories I want to […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/location-location-location-by-patricia-sands/feed/ 29 22482 Busting the Myth! You’re Never Alone in the Writing Community https://booksbywomen.org/busting-the-myth-youre-never-alone-in-the-writing-community-by-patricia-sands/ https://booksbywomen.org/busting-the-myth-youre-never-alone-in-the-writing-community-by-patricia-sands/#comments Sun, 01 Oct 2017 04:28:50 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=20507 This is a little embarrassing. But it also is a reminder to me of how quickly time flies by. In 2011 … I know! … that’s just ridiculous … and I apologize …  I wrote this post about women’s friendship for Women Writers, Women’s Books. At the time I had recently published my first novel, […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/busting-the-myth-youre-never-alone-in-the-writing-community-by-patricia-sands/feed/ 2 20507 Friendships with Women: Getting by with a Little Help from Friends https://booksbywomen.org/getting-by-with-help-from-friends-by-patricia-sands/ https://booksbywomen.org/getting-by-with-help-from-friends-by-patricia-sands/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:14:07 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=951 “Better than any book, [  ] is the communion that happens when you meet someone and have great rapport; someone whose existence makes your life better in myriad ways.” Susie Maguire I thought I would choose an entirely different topic until I read Susie Maguire’s excellent June 11 post on Women Writers. These last few […]

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