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Navigating Post-Launch Blues by Dede Montgomery
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Navigating Post-Launch Blues
There is a let down after the initial excitement of releasing a new book. Perhaps itâs not spending those hours drinking tea at my dining room table, editing, writing, imagining. Or maybe it is recâŠ
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Breathing New Life into My Book Publishing Journey
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Breathing New Life into My Book Publishing Journey - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Karin K. Jensen A Timely Chance to Humanize the Immigrant Experience Throughout my childhood, my mother told stories of growing up in her fatherâs Detroit laundry business during the infancy of the...
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On Writing High Hopes by Anne Abel
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On Writing High Hopes: A Memoir - Women Writers, Women's Books
by Anne Abel At the age of 60, after having one desk too many thrown at me, I quit my community college teaching job, and then I panicked. I suffer with severe recurrent depression. I was terrified th...
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Susan Coventry
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Susan Coventry - Women Writers, Women's Books
TILL TAUGHT BY PAIN Inspired by the groundbreaking discoveries of ether and chloroform anesthesia, William Stewart Halsted pursues a surgical career with relentless ambition, daring to perform operati...
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Hunting for Words by Deborah Lee Luskin
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Hunting for Words by Deborah Lee Luskin - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Deborah Lee Luskin Walking into the woods in the dark before dawn carrying a rifle was the hardest thing Iâd done since I turned sixty. Writing about it was harder. I became a deer hunter because I...
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A Judgeâs Tale: A Trailblazer Fights for Her Place on the Bench by Janet Kintner, EXCERPT
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A Judge's Tale: A Trailblazer Fights for Her Place on the Bench by Janet Kintner, EXCERPT - Women Writers, Women's Books
A Judgeâs Tale: A Trailblazer Fights for Her Place on the Bench by Janet Kintner For fans of The Good Wife and Suits, the true story of a passionately principled young female judge in the manâs world ...
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Happy Monday! .Share your recent wins! Had a wonderful review? Pitched your book? Finally wrote that blog? Went to an event? Would love to hear!
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Writing Advice from My Teachers
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by Diane Josefowicz
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Writing Advice from My Teachers - Women Writers, Women's Books
My new book, Guardians & Saints, is a collection of stories about care as a process of give-and-take thatâs shot through with ambivalence. My characters are students and teachers, doctors and patients...
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How Todayâs Savvy Schemers Are Scamming New Authors
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How Todayâs Savvy Schemers Are Scamming New Authors - Women Writers, Women's Books
ARE THE STARS OUT TONIGHTâŠOR JUST IN WRITERSâ EYES? By Christina Hamlett Less than 72 hours after my latest UK cozy mystery went on the market, an effusive greeting popped up in my email: âA LITTLE RE...
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Random Nuggets for Writerly Wranglings
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Random Nuggets for Writerly Wranglings - Women Writers, Women's Books
Iâm still a newish author, with much to learn, but Iâve picked up a few things in the last six years and four books, random nuggets for writers wherever theyâre at in their writerly wranglings. Let me...
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Nature's Blueprint For Business: Harnessing the Hidden Power of EdgesÂ
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Natureâs Blueprint for Organizational Design - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Ines Garcia Sometimes the most profound realizations come not from seeking answers, but from recognizing patterns weâve been experiencing all along. In 2021, I found myself at an intersection. As a...
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Interview with T. Kingfisher, author of SNAKE EATER
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Interview with T. Kingfisher, author of SNAKE EATER - Women Writers, Women's Books
With a remote desert setting, a house brimming with secrets, a wonderfully eclectic cast of characters including desert spirits and gods, SNAKE-EATERÂ has all of the rich, dark fantasy elements as well...
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6 days ago
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Writing About World Peace: What My Fantasy Trilogy Taught Me About Human Nature by Reni Stankova
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Writing About World Peace: What My Fantasy Trilogy Taught Me About Human Nature - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Reni Stankova For 30 years, I wholeheartedly believed our world was heading toward world peace. Naive, I know. No one thinks of world peace when looking at the state of politics today. I am a mille...
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6 days ago
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THE FIX by Mia Sheridan: Excerpt
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THE FIX by Mia Sheridan: Excerpt - Women Writers, Women's Books
THE FIX From New York Times bestselling author Mia Sheridan comes a chilling take on second chances, where a brutal break-in comes back to haunt the sole survivor with a new threatâand another victim....
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Imagining Mary Cassatt: Behind the Curtain of The Cassatt Sisters by Lisa Groen
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Imagining Mary Cassatt: Behind the Curtain of The Cassatt Sisters - Women Writers, Women's Books
by Lisa Groen When writing a novel about a historical figure like Mary Cassatt, a member of the larger Impressionist collective, it can be difficult to decide who to include as main characters of her ...
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Memoir, or fiction? These questions may help. Decide How You'll Write About Your Life
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Decide How Youâll Write About Your Life
We here at WU believe in fictionâs power, and work every day to improve how we wield it. But many of lifeâs real events can be spun into equally engrossing stories. This raises a quandary forâŠ
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Book Review: Mortal Zin by Diane Schaffer
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Book Review: Mortal Zin by Diane Schaffer
Book Details: Author: Diane Schaffer Release Date: 4 March 2025Series: A Mortal Zin Mystery (Book #1)Genre: Crime Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, HumourFormat: E-book Pages: 408 pagesPublisher: SibylliâŠ
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In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, the historian Dr Pamela D. Toler chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting The Dragon from Chicago. The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany.
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Pamela D. TolerThe Dragon from Chicago
In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, the historian Dr Pamela D. Toler chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting The Dragon from Chicago. The Untold Story of an A...
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REVIEW: THE FAERIE MORGANA by Louisa Morgan
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Review: The Faerie Morgana by Louisa Morgan | The Nerd Daily
With its blend of magic, destiny, and friendship, the novel reminds readers that even the most familiar tales hold untold perspectives worth exploring.
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Developing Complex Characters by Mary Alice Stephens
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Developing Complex Characters - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Mary Alice Stephens My book, Uncorked: A Memoir of Letting Go and Starting Over (Sibylline Press, August 2025), explores my search for identity after ending a 30-year abusive relationship with alc...
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We are delighted to feature Gabi Coatsworth on the site today!
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When A Character Takes Over Your Novel - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Gabi Coatsworth I needed a ghost. Iâd just published my debut novel, A Beginnerâs Guide to Starting Over, and was beginning my follow-up. I was about halfway into writing the second one when I bega...
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I'm featured at
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Cowboys, Rodeos, and a Stray Dog - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Nan Reinhardt I have to confess that I panicked when my publisher Jane Porter asked me to move from Riverâs Edge, my little town on the Ohio River to Marietta, Montana. I mean, holy schnikeys! Fra...
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Cowboys, Rodeos, and a Stray Dog
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Cowboys, Rodeos, and a Stray Dog - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Nan Reinhardt I have to confess that I panicked when my publisher Jane Porter asked me to move from Riverâs Edge, my little town on the Ohio River to Marietta, Montana. I mean, holy schnikeys! Fra...
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Check out our recommended reads for October!
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How "Searching For Silky" Came To Be
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How "Searching For Silky" Came To Be - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Nancy Taylor âSearching For Silkyâ began when I told my mother about a certain cat I had met at my workplace. I was very excited about this particular little animal, which was unexpected since I do...
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Robin Merle Interviews Tina from A Dangerous Friendship
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Robin Merle Interviews Tina from A Dangerous Friendship - Women Writers, Women's Books
A DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP Desperate to redefine herself after a failed marriage, Tina feels herself come alive when sheâs around Spike, a beautiful, seemingly invulnerable woman. Itâs the 1980s in New Y...
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Meditations from a Walmart Parking Lot
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Meditations from a Walmart Parking Lot - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Sarah May I wake to the sound of an engine revving, bass thumping. Groggy light streams in around the shades from the window at the foot of the bed. The jostling of shopping carts comes next, metal...
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Inspired By, Not About
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Inspired By, Not About - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Barbara Viniar ââŠShe opened the bag of chocolate kisses her mother had insisted on buying herâŠand somehow life did feel a little easier.â  That must be where I get it from, I thought as I wrote ye...
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Andrea Simon
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Andrea Simon - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Andrea Simon DID YOU HAVE THE LIFE YOU WANTED Did You Have the Life You Wanted? spans the generations from 1968 to 2019, highlighting the late 1960s to 1970s when diverse female friends come of age...
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Why I Didnât Grieve My Sisterâs Death by Mary Garden
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Why I Didnât Grieve My Sisterâs Death - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Mary Garden When my sister died, I didnât cry. I didnât feel heartbroken. I felt relief. It was August 2023. My sister Anna had just passed away. Instead of overwhelming sadness, I felt a quiet cal...
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Framing Fear â Finding Horror in the Everyday
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Framing Fear â Finding Horror in the Everyday - Women Writers, Women's Books
by Melissa Leanne Owen As I sit at my desk writing this article, rain hammers against the windowpane. Outside, the wind is picking up. Trees sway, becoming more animated â as though trying to escape f...
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On Writing Sophia Starr and a Dog to Love
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On Writing Sophia Starr and a Dog to Love - Women Writers, Women's Books
It was around this time last year when I sat down toying with the idea of writing a book! I didnât really have any idea how to start or even any notion of what the journey might entail. My family and ...
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Love Works: Writing a Book at the Crossroads of Business and Humanity By Kelly Hall
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Love Works: Writing a Book at the Crossroads of Business and Humanity By Kelly Hall - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Kelly Hall When Books by Women offered the chance to share how my book came into the world, I paused to reflect on the strange, winding path that led me here. Writing Love Works was never on my car...
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For the Love of Women in History by Alison Chambers
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For the Love of Women in History - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Alison Chambers I have always been a voracious reader, so much so that I wanted to write my own book. Like Dan Brown of The Da Vinci Code fame, who said something like âI thought I could do betterâ...
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On Writing Scabmuggers
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On Writing Scabmuggers - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Yvonne Martinez âSomeday Mija, youâll learn the difference between a whore and a working woman.â The words my sex worker grandmother told me that shaped my life.  It was 1950âs Salt Lake, I was s...
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Choose Adventure over Convention. Then Write about It
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by Alex Poppe
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Suzanne Trauth Interviews Connie Tucker from The First to Die
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Suzanne Trauth Interviews Connie Tucker from The First to Die - Women Writers, Women's Books
Connie Tucker from The First to Die Connie Tucker, a free-spirited beach bartender, has been estranged from her family in New Jersey ever since her actress mother, Simone, disappeared one night during...
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Identity Theft, Second Edition: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke: Excerpt
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Identity Theft, Second Edition: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke: Excerpt - Women Writers, Women's Books
Identity Theft, Second Edition is an award-winning book that follows Stanford professor Debra Meyersonâs journey to recover from a severe stroke that initially left her physically incapacitated and un...
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Small Press Pages October 2025
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Small Press Pages October 2025 - Women Writers, Women's Books
Small Press Pages October 2025 October is a favorite month for our family. The kids and I are firmly grounded in the school groove, a crisp breeze sneaks in through the slightly open window, and the s...
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When Characters Choose You: Allowing Fictional Voices to Lead the Way by Heather Frimmer
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When Characters Choose You: Allowing Fictional Voices to Lead the Way - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Heather Frimmer Iâve always dreamt of being one of those authors who cultivates a never-ending list of ideas for their next novelâideas popping into my head while commuting to work on the Merritt P...
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HAPPY PUB DAY Tali Lando ! Breathless: Surgical Tales from the Brink is out now, and we're featuring Tali on the site!
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Writer to Doctor and Back Again - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Dr, Tali Lando Before I was a doctor, I was a writer. From the time I was a young child, I dreamed of writing a book. I poured my thoughts into daily, angsty poems, stapling messy loose-leaf pages ...
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Interview With A Death Goddess by T.C. Kraven
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Interview With A Death Goddess - Women Writers, Women's Books
Of Prophecies and Pomegranates In Kravenâs spicy, Greek mythology retelling, Persephone, Goddess of Spring, struggles to meet the impossible demands of her overbearing, manipulative mother, Demeter. S...
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Nineteen: A Memoir of Reckoning and Recovery by Leslie Johansen Nack: Excerpt
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Nineteen: A Memoir of Reckoning and Recovery by Leslie Johansen Nack: Excerpt - Women Writers, Women's Books
For fans of Stephanie Thornton-Plymaleâs American Daughter and Cea Sunrise Personâs North of Normal comes Leslie Johansen Nackâs emotional follow-up memoir about her battle with addiction following a ...
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When Grief Takes Everything
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When Grief Takes Everything - Women Writers, Women's Books
by Vanessa May How do you survive when grief appears to take everything from you? When I wrote my first book âLove Untethered: How to Live When Your Child Diesâ, I thought the loss of my son was the w...
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HAPPY PUB DAY Diane Josefowicz Guardians & Saints is out today, and we're featuring Diane on the site! Writing Advice from My Teachers
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Writing Advice from My Teachers - Women Writers, Women's Books
My new book, Guardians & Saints, is a collection of stories about care as a process of give-and-take thatâs shot through with ambivalence. My characters are students and teachers, doctors and patients...
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The Origin Story: As IsâA Memoir on Healing the Past Through Yoga
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By Rachel Krentzman PT, C-IAYT, MBA
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The Origin Story: As IsâA Memoir on Healing the Past Through Yoga - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Rachel Krentzman PT, C-IAYT, MBA When I began writing my memoir, As Is: A Memoir on Healing the Past Through Yoga, it felt as though the story was burning inside me, demanding to be told. And yet, ...
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Amber Daulton
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Amber Daulton - Women Writers, Women's Books
Lost in His Spiderwebs Kidnapped by the enemy. Bought by the jefe. Will his smoldering touch thaw her frozen heart? Rubén Lozano, the new leader of the Lozano Cartel, craves peace amidst a legacy of b...
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TO OUTWIT THEM ALL by Peggy Wirgau: EXCERPT
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TO OUTWIT THEM ALL by Peggy Wirgau: EXCERPT - Women Writers, Women's Books
TO OUTWIT THEM ALL âInto the Lionsâ den I goâŠâ Betty Floydâs uncle risked his life when he signed the Declaration of Independence, yet she is the epitome of British loyalty and social grace in 1779. A...
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HAPPY PUB DAY Kristin Bair !
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Kristin Bair - Women Writers, Women's Books
Kristin Bair CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO âThe Marvelous Mrs. Maiselâ hits perimenopause in this razor-sharp, wickedly funny novel about one womanâs awakening in a patriarchal world. For years, Cle...
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On Writing Always Hungry
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On Writing Always Hungry - Women Writers, Women's Books
Always Hungry was the book that I had to write. No longer could I be silent about my own lived experience in a larger body because (at the risk of making a bad dad joke) I realised that this story was...
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