Friday Fun Stuff!

And probably Saturday, too, since it’s late as I’m typing this. At least in my part of the world it is. ANYWAY! Here’s some groovy stuff that might pique your interest. Interesting bookshelves. We’re operating under the supposition that people still have books and/or may buy them. Just pretend, people! “Women Are Heroes.” This is [...]

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Eastercon, British sci fi conference

Hi, folks. Stevie Carroll, our fab writer contact in the UK, sends us this report on Eastercon, a happenin’ British sci fi conference. I personally am interested in things like this, and Eastercon appears to have had some lively discussions about feminist sci fi, women in sci fi, and at least one panel in which [...]

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Boom! Kickstart!

Hey, all– Some of you may not be aware of Kickstarter. It bills itself as the largest funding platform for creative projects. What that means is artist-types (which includes all kinds of media) can try to get funding for some of their work. This is how it works. The Kickstarter crew don’t accept every ol’ [...]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Things to read…

Hi, kids– Hope you have a happy and safe St. Patrick’s Day, if you’re one to observe festivities in that vein. If you’re not, watch out for all the others who might be. source: community sparknotes, facts about Ireland I’ll be going to a local reading of Irish literature and poetry today. The event may [...]

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Guest Post: Write Queer London

Hi, kids– Andi here. I’m pleased to tell you that UK-based writer Stevie Carroll joins us today to tell us about a cool event in London that she attended that involves oodles of awesome writing workshops held at various museums. She took a couple of workshops on poetry, which is not her usual genre, but [...]

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Writers’ Police Academy

Hey, kids–for those of you who write mysteries/thrillers, this is a super-cool thing to do. It’s about 3.5 days of workshops, discussions, and hands-on experience with law enforcement professionals, emergency services personnel, and criminalistics people. Go to THIS LINK to check it out. And ultra-plus: If you’re a member of the writing association Sisters in [...]

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Waste some time with me! “Stupid Zombies”

Sometimes, writers take breaks. It’s important that we do so, lest we end up empty husks, drained of all words, lying in soggy messes on the floor, gibbering about nothing. Wonder what we do during those breaks, to revive our muses? Well… If you have a device that is compatible with apps, do yourself a [...]

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Friday Fun Stuff

Hi, kids– Hope things are groovy with you and yours. So I found some cool links for readers and writers that I thought I’d pass along to you and yours. Some deal with the craft of writing, some with the business of publishing/writing, and some are interesting things for both readers and writers. Okay. Here! [...]

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Happy New Year’s Eve! What would you like to see this year?

Hey, folks–thanks for hanging out with us for another year here at Women and Words. We’ve had some cool stuff going on, as you know. Some great interviews with awesome authors, some great contributing authors who offered their thoughts and wisdom and frustrations about the writing and publishing world, some fun giveaways, and other, crazy, [...]

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When spirits walk among us…

So here we are, friends. It’s Halloween again. And my personal fave holiday, Día(s) de los Muertos. I love this time of year in this hemisphere, at the boundary between fall and winter, when the harvests are coming in and the earth digs its feet into November like an animal settling in for a long [...]

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