Poetry! By Arna Baartz

Hey, folks! Special treat today. I met a poet on Twitter, and she graciously agreed to share 3 of her works with us at Women and Words. Which I was excited to do 1) because I like poetry and 2) it’s National Poetry Month. So without further ado, I’d like to extend a warm welcome [...]

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Female Friendships in Fiction (part 1)

Hi, kids. Writer Stevie Carroll joins us again from across the pond, with a post about what appears to be a dearth of female friendships in fiction — at least friendships that don’t end badly. So here’s Stevie to explore more of that. — Female Friendships in Fiction (Part One) By Stevie Carroll Is it [...]

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Guest Blog! Ruth Perkinson!

The winner of a copy of “Piper’s Someday” is Jeanne Barrett. And yes, in honor of Ruth and River, my dog Taylor did the drawing. That is, I put the names in a canvas bag, shook ‘em up, shook ‘em up again, and then again, and then tossed the names out of the bag onto [...]

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Back for more…FAY JACOBS!!!!

Hi, all! Fay sent me this tidbit this past weekend to describe a book event she went to that didn’t quite work out. For those of you who missed her first guest spot with us, here’s the link to that. Here’s a brief bio-blurb about Fay, if you’re unfamiliar with her or her work: Fay [...]

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GUEST BLOG! MAVIS APPLEWATER!!!

Whew. Just got back from another intergalactic tour of awesome writers who I hope will blog with us some day, and here’s another one! Mavis Applewater joins us this week, along with her fabulous spouse, Heather, whom she legally married in 2006 in Massachusetts. Though intergalactic travel can leave a heck of a jet lag, [...]

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GUEST BLOG! MARIANNE K. MARTIN!!!

Peeps, do I not scour the earth for awesome-ness? This week, Marianne Martin, author and co-owner of Bywater Books. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Marianne and/or her work, she published her first book, Legacy of Love, with Naiad Press and can still vividly remember her first phone call from Barbara Grier. Marianne [...]

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Q&A with Cate Culpepper Part 2

Two weeks ago we started our two part Q&A series with Cate Culpepper. Her latest book, River Walker, will be out next month. Here is the fabulous blurb from River Walker, followed by the conclusion to our Q&A session. Any night La Llorona walks the river is a night to stay indoors. One moonlit midnight, [...]

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GUEST BLOG! J.M. REDMANN!!!!!

Hi, kids! This is a Saturday special for y’all. J.M. Redmann found some time in her scary busy schedule to sit down (figuratively) with Women and Words and give us some chit-chat. Thanks, J.M.! I am so excited and SO honored! Okay, so for those of you who aren’t familiar with J.M.’s work, WHY NOT??? [...]

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GUEST BLOG! MEGAN MAGILL!

PEEPS! How are you this Friday? I search the world for cool things for you, don’tcha know, and this week I’m so honored and excited that author Megan Magill, who bases in the UK, agreed to do a little Q&A with me. Megan resides in the English Cotswolds with her wife and dogs. She has [...]

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Q&A with Cate Culpepper

It’s no secret that I suffer a serious case of idol worship for fellow BSB author Cate Culpepper. She is the creator of Tristaine, a future society where women flee the dreaded city to live in a mountain utopia. She chronicles the lives of the women of Tristaine over the course of four books, starting [...]

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