Women Writing Non-Fiction Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/category/womens-books-and-writings/women-writing-non-fiction/ Mon, 17 Oct 2016 05:05:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 How Courageous Are You? https://booksbywomen.org/how-courageous-are-you-by-diane-debella/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-courageous-are-you-by-diane-debella/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:18:34 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12548 Since publishing my own story a year ago, and gathering the stories of  women who wished to share their truths in a collaborative anthology, I have been reminded just how difficult it can be to put our truths out into the world. Sharing our stories makes us vulnerable to criticism and judgment. Yet our life […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-courageous-are-you-by-diane-debella/feed/ 12 12548 Finding our Literary Mothers and Sisters in Time https://booksbywomen.org/finding-our-literary-mothers-and-sisters-in-time-by-sharan-newman/ https://booksbywomen.org/finding-our-literary-mothers-and-sisters-in-time-by-sharan-newman/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2014 04:52:03 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=11479 Sharan Newman is a medieval historian and award-winning author of nonfiction and fiction. Her books include The Real History Behind the Templars and  The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code. Her latest non fiction book Defending the City of God  centers around Queen Melisende, the oldest daughter of the original Crusader king. In history […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/finding-our-literary-mothers-and-sisters-in-time-by-sharan-newman/feed/ 8 11479 I Am Subject: We Write What We Need to Learn https://booksbywomen.org/i-am-subject-we-write-what-we-need-to-learn/ https://booksbywomen.org/i-am-subject-we-write-what-we-need-to-learn/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2014 07:00:49 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=11188 Meet US Author Diane DeBella. She’s is our Site Sponsor through early June 2014. Her book “I Am Subject” is highly relevant to each of us as women, and as women writers. It is about being subject of our own lives, not objects, not adjuncts to the lives of others. Stay a while. Linger here and […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/i-am-subject-we-write-what-we-need-to-learn/feed/ 23 11188 A Treasure of Letters https://booksbywomen.org/a-treasure-of-letters-by-nina-sankovitch/ https://booksbywomen.org/a-treasure-of-letters-by-nina-sankovitch/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2014 18:01:58 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=11157 Years ago, I discovered a trove of letters in my backyard.   I had just become the owner of an old house and when I went to clear out the weed-choked yard, I found, hidden in a broken-down shed, a steamer trunk.  The trunk was sagging with rot but still tightly closed and sealed.  When […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/a-treasure-of-letters-by-nina-sankovitch/feed/ 3 11157 How Can I Get My Memoir Published https://booksbywomen.org/how-can-i-get-my-memoir-published-by-sara-mansfield-taber/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-can-i-get-my-memoir-published-by-sara-mansfield-taber/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:54:45 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10194 After you have toiled and tinkered and revised for ages, and you feel you finally have a strong manuscript, you begin to wonder how on earth to get your book into print. It goes without saying that that is a tough world, and even really top literary manuscripts fail to find a New York publisher. […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-can-i-get-my-memoir-published-by-sara-mansfield-taber/feed/ 11 10194 How Guernsey Evacuees Changed My Life https://booksbywomen.org/how-guernsey-evacuees-changed-my-life-by-gillian-mawson/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-guernsey-evacuees-changed-my-life-by-gillian-mawson/#comments Sun, 01 Sep 2013 04:00:47 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9104 In May 2008 I was an administrator at the University of Manchester and also a part time history student. One day whilst working in a Manchester archive, I discovered that over 17,000 Guernsey evacuees had arrived in England in June 1940, just before the Nazis invaded their island. I was totally astounded! I knew that […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-guernsey-evacuees-changed-my-life-by-gillian-mawson/feed/ 3 9104 Losing the Artist, Saving Her Art (Part 2) https://booksbywomen.org/losing-the-artist-saving-her-art-part-2-by-victoria-andre-king/ https://booksbywomen.org/losing-the-artist-saving-her-art-part-2-by-victoria-andre-king/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:38:14 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=6849 Continued from Losing the Artist, Saving her Art Part 1. Eugenia’s physicians finally allowed her to travel with considerable misgivings, as she was 84 and had a metallic heart valve. Transatlantic travel is stressful one way or the other, but there was no holding her back. She wanted to experience the place that her daughter had loved […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/losing-the-artist-saving-her-art-part-2-by-victoria-andre-king/feed/ 3 6849 Farewell From Assistant Editor Victoria Shockley https://booksbywomen.org/farewell-from-assistant-editor-victoria-shockley/ https://booksbywomen.org/farewell-from-assistant-editor-victoria-shockley/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:09:46 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=7895 “When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we’re capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness. I’m trying for that.” – Maya Angelou Roughly five months ago, I had a conversation with Anora McGaha, founder […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/farewell-from-assistant-editor-victoria-shockley/feed/ 2 7895 When Love Hurts https://booksbywomen.org/when-love-hurts-by-karen-mcandless-davis/ https://booksbywomen.org/when-love-hurts-by-karen-mcandless-davis/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:00:02 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=7832 In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month in October 2012 …. It was during a counseling course while getting my Masters degree that I had to choose an issue: I chose “battered women.” I am not sure what drew me to this topic, but I read every book I could find on it. I gave my […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/when-love-hurts-by-karen-mcandless-davis/feed/ 2 7832 Domestic Abuse and Isolation in Relationships https://booksbywomen.org/domestic-abuse-isolation-in-relationships-by-lynn-c-tolson/ https://booksbywomen.org/domestic-abuse-isolation-in-relationships-by-lynn-c-tolson/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:36:00 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=7666 For Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we are featuring a number of blog posts by women writers on the topic. Sexual assault, addiction, and suicide are unsolved social problems that carry stigmas. The stigmas cast a code of silence that do not solve problems. The result of not speaking about the crime of sexual assault is too often […]

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