It's so exciting to welcome Terri DuLong to Women's Fiction Writers! She is the first participating author who I met through this very site! Terri commented back in March and I looked at her website, checked out her books and wondered why I hadn't been a fan all along. Just like the wise owl on the old Tootsie Pop commercial: the world will never know. In reality, through this site and my … [Read more...] about Women's Fiction Author Terri DuLong Talks About A Long Road To Publication and Being a Late Bloomer
Interview
Women's Fiction Author Cathy Lamb Talks About Collecting Rejections, Writing Books and Eating Chocolate
I discovered author Cathy Lamb when a good friend handed me Henry's Sisters and said, "Read this book now." What she didn't tell me was that I would read it in under forty-eight hours, use a whole box of Kleenex and then proceed to read the rest of Cathy Lamb's books in the next six weeks, only to go through author-withdrawal upon finding out the next one doesn't come out until...get … [Read more...] about Women's Fiction Author Cathy Lamb Talks About Collecting Rejections, Writing Books and Eating Chocolate
Interview with The Heroine's Bookshelf author Erin Blakemore
I first heard about THE HEROINE'S BOOKSHELF and met Erin Blakemore on Backspace and was fascinated by the idea of an entire book about important female literary heroines and their creators. So while Erin wrote a book of non-fiction essays, I thought her insights into women's fiction authors and characters were a perfect fit for the blog. (I hope you agree!) Many thanks to Erin for her time and … [Read more...] about Interview with The Heroine's Bookshelf author Erin Blakemore
Women's Fiction Author Meg Waite Clayton Talks About Ensemble Novels, Being Organized and Writing What No One Expects
When I interviewed Meg Waite Clayton I feigned composure (I hope) but was as nervous and excited as a twelve-year-old girl at a Justin Bieber concert. When I'm inspired by an author, I sometimes wish I could climb inside his or her brain for just a few minutes to get the real scoop on how they do what they do. I don't want to be anyone else but myself. I don't want to write like anyone else but … [Read more...] about Women's Fiction Author Meg Waite Clayton Talks About Ensemble Novels, Being Organized and Writing What No One Expects