Category: Contemporary Women Writers
How to Write Outside Your Cultural Experience Without Harm
How to Write Outside Your Cultural Experience Without Harm By Paulette Stout As writers, we have great latitude when choosing what we create. And with diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at the forefront for many in the creative community, our instinct should rightly be to answer the call in our work. But writing outside our […]
AFTERSHOCK by Zhang Ling: Excerpt
Born in China, Zhang Ling moved to Canada in 1986 and in the mid-1990s began to write and publish fiction in Chinese while working as a clinical audiologist in Toronto. Zhang became a literary sensation when her novella, AFTERSHOCK, was made into China’s first IMAX movie in 2010. Directed by China’s most cinematic genius, Feng […]
THE SECRET LIFE OF A PUBLISHING COMPANY
THE SECRET LIFE OF A PUBLISHING COMPANY A short introduction to Inkspot Publishing Inkspot Publishing is an indie micro publisher founded in 2022. We released five titles in 2023 and are due to release four more in 2024. Our bag is commercial literary fiction, but one of our 2024 releases will be The Neglected Samurai […]
THE ME LIST by Julee Balko, Excerpt
THE ME LIST “Balko’s writing is pure magic and it’s a must-read for today’s divided world.” –J.D. Greyson, founder of Move Me Poetry Ziplining despite being scared of heights. Learning yoga when you’re afraid of downward anything. Facing your strained relationship with your mother. When Olivia writes a ME List, she picks 10 things to get […]
Kimberly Garrett Brown: Letter to Langston Hughes
Dear Langston, It’s February 1st, and I’m thinking of you. Today, you would be 123 years old. It’s not a particularly significant marker, but this day never passes without me feeling the need to celebrate your significance as a Black poet. Most years, I let the feeling pass without doing anything. But this year, it […]
BOTH HANDS
BOTH HANDS For a long time, I walked around saying, I can’t find my way back. At first, it was a voice in my head, but then it became my response to anyone who asked, how is your writing going? The more I answered, I can’t find my way back, the more I clung to […]
Worthy: From Cornfields to Corner Office of Microsoft: Excerpt
In her honest and engaging debut memoir, Worthy: From Cornfields to Corner Office of Microsoft (January 23, 2024; paperback), former Microsoft executive, Jane Boulware, shares her story of growing up poor in the corn fields of rural Iowa where her future was predictable and expectations were low, stay on the good side of the church and the […]
The Porn Star’s Daughter: Character Interview
Kay Stephens interviews Tali Hunter from her novel THE PORN STAR’S DAUGHTER How do you escape the stigma of your parents’ porn empire? For Tali Hunter it’s easy . . . —Attend college in New Orleans, a city her parents hate. Check. —Overhaul her image to leave all traces of her past behind. Check. —Invent […]
Anju Gattani: Authors Interviewing Characters
ONCE AND FOR ALL, the long-awaited second installment of Anju Gattani’s WNDS OF FIRE SERIES is out and we’re delighted to feature this character interview! ONCE AND FOR ALL “Downton Abbey meets Sleeping with the Enemy but set in India!”—BooksByWomen.org “A sensational blockbuster!”—The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation What would […]
On Writing House On Fire
I recently finished The Crown. I’m not much of a TV person. It’s common for me to view an episode or two of a series with my husband, lose interest, then proceed to do other things while he follows a show through to its finale. I can count on one hand the series I’ve watched […]
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