Today, June 8th, is Women’s Fiction Day! Started by the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA), it’s a day to celebrate women’s fiction books and their readers, authors, agents, booksellers, and publishers. According to the WFWA, women’s fiction is a book genre characterized by “layered stories in which the plot is driven by the main character’s emotional … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Laurie Boris. Welcome, Laurie! Who are you? Hi, everyone! Thank you for letting me visit. Twenty-five years ago, I wrote my first novel on a dare. Now I have six novels published and several more first drafts under the bed waiting for me to get around … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Lian Dolan. Welcome, Lian! Who are you? I’m Lian Dolan, a writer and broadcaster. My writing career includes regular columns in O, the Oprah Magazine and Working Mother, two collections of essays, a TV pilot and two women’s fiction titles that are contemporary romantic comedies with … [Read more…]
The first Writers Who Read interview of 2016 begins with author Kaira Rouda. Welcome, Kaira! Who are you? Hi! I’m Kaira Rouda, and I write sexy modern romance and women’s fiction novels sparkling with humor and heart. New to the romance world, I’ve been a published author since 2009. My family and I live in … [Read more…]
Our Writers Who Read series continues with debut novelist Amanda Gale, author of the Meredith series. Who are you? I’m a mid-30s mother of three boys. I have English degrees from Vassar College and Boston University. I taught high school English before leaving my job to be with the kids, and I copy edit from … [Read more…]