Kaira Rouda, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/kairarouda/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 05:54:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 What Happens When An Unreliable Character Pops Into Your Head? https://booksbywomen.org/what-happens-when-an-unreliable-character-pops-into-your-head-by-kaira-rouda/ https://booksbywomen.org/what-happens-when-an-unreliable-character-pops-into-your-head-by-kaira-rouda/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2017 05:07:37 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=20174 The short answer: you write his story. Here’s what happened to me. Last summer I was working on the first book in what would be a women’s fiction series at the request of my agent. You see, with the exception of one of my previous novels, my books were considered women’s fiction, even though some […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/what-happens-when-an-unreliable-character-pops-into-your-head-by-kaira-rouda/feed/ 3 20174 How Writing Helps Me With The Empty Nest https://booksbywomen.org/how-writing-helps-me-with-the-empty-nest-by-kaira-rouda/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-writing-helps-me-with-the-empty-nest-by-kaira-rouda/#comments Tue, 03 May 2016 06:19:06 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15637 It has been my experience that my best novels are rooted in the most painful real life experiences. Bummer, right?  Well, not exactly. Since I was young the way I would deal with emotions, particularly sadness, was to write about it. I was a committed daily diary writer, and even once I was an adult, […]

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