https://booksbywomen.org/female-connection-and-inspiration/ Sun, 31 May 2020 17:30:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://booksbywomen.org/female-connection-and-inspiration/#comment-54813 Sun, 31 May 2020 17:30:51 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=31051#comment-54813 I loved your story about hearing Holly’s voice. The character Holly spoke the line, and you wrote it down. That happened to me too, with my most recent book. I’d been reading all these stories about Victorian women artists–how men would make fun of them, or break their paintbrushes, or how their mothers would PAY the art tutors to discourage them (no joke)–and so Annabel was taking shape in my head. And then one day, she spoke, and I wrote it down; it became the first line. It’s sort of magical, isn’t it? I write historical fiction/suspense, but I’m always up for a book about women friendships, so I have just ordered yours. Have you read the memoir She Matters: A Life in Friendships by S. Sonnenberg? It might be of interest. It received uneven reviews, but it spoke to me. All the best, stay safe and healthy.

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