Submitted by Karna Small Bodman Where do authors get the inspiration to write great novels? From history, headlines, personal experience? Of course it is often all of these, and I'd like to highlight some of my favorite novels and show how those authors were able to create characters,...
SKYJACKed
by KJ Howe After flying across the country for the last couple of weeks, I've been thinking about airplane safety...K.J. Howe with SKYJACKEDCan you imagine taking a flight without x-ray machines, security screenings or TSA officers? Up until the early 1970’s, this was the reality...
WRITING ON PLANES
S Lee Manning: I’m trying to write on a flight to Los Angeles to visit my daughter. It’s a six-hour flight, and I’d planned to get a lot done. The best laid plans – yada, yada. We’re four hours in. I’m currently wedged into a seat where my elbows almost touch those of my neighbor, a nice...
I NEED TIPS TO GET BACK MY WRITING GROOVE!
Unless kids, cats, dogs, pizza, or a new hip arrivesGayle Lynds: There’s an old saying in an author’s life — writing is 10 percent inspiration, 90 percent perspiration. So what do you do when you run out of perspiration!?! I recently had complete hip replacement surgery. So...
Mad, Mad March and a Mystery to be Solved
When I received the wonderful invitation to join the Rogues, I hesitated—only because I had a few things on my plate and worried about keeping a commitment to come up with something coherent to say. I was a bit distracted at the time, packing for a move to a new house, dealing with lenders and...
CONGRATS, FAREWELL AND WELCOME
Rogue Women Writers sends out HUGE congratulations to fellow Rogue, K.J. Howe, on the nomination of THE FREEDOM BROKER for the 2018 International Thriller Writers' Award for Best First Novel. The book not only introduces hostage negotiator Thea Paris to the world, but introduces author K.J....
FRESH BLOOD
By Francine MathewsWhen people ask why I write under two names--Francine Mathews and Stephanie Barron--I like to quip that it's because I'm a Gemini. If only it were that simple! I've fostered a split personality as an author because there are too many good stories to tell, and not all of them fit...
Spring Break, Running Trails and Writing Retreats
Fearless Gull Watching The RestaurantThanks to the need to write and the need to get away from the cold days in Chicago, I decided to take the first "writing retreat" of my writing career. For those who are writing around their day jobs, family responsibilities and weekend chores, believe me...
Spring into Books – for children – and the rest of us.
....by Karna Small BodmanAs many of us have been celebrating Easter and Passover, we can also rejoice in the promise of sunshine, cherry blossoms, and all sorts of new beginnings. So what better time to discover new books to read on a Spring break. Since some of you may be taking young...