‘WF Weekend Forum’ Archives
Women’s fiction weekend forum
Our Wise Woman, Barbara Samuel, suggested that we take our weekend forum conversations onto the loop. So we're going to try that this week. You'll all get an email from me tomorrow morning with this weekend's topic. And remember, if any of you have an idea you'd like to become part of the weekend forum, just send me an email at [...]
Women’s Fiction Weekend Forum
I've been thinking this week about the connections and the differences between books and movies and particularly in relation to women's fiction. I realize that there aren't a million movies about women that aren't romances but there are some. Which movies do you love? Which movies might inspire you in your writing? Tell us about them and why [...]
Women’s Fiction Weekend Forum
This question is thanks to JoAnn Ross, who got me thinking about the importance of names, not just of people, but of places and stores and streets and... well, whatever. How do you name your characters? The town or the street they live on? Do you check a baby name book or a website that tells you what's popular or what the name means? Do you [...]
Women’s Fiction Weekend Forum
Hi, everybody - We're on to Week 3 of the forum and so far, it's been a great success. I've found books I definitely want to read thanks to your comments and books I absolutely need to read again. This weekend I thought we might talk about setting because I love books where I feel like I can walk right into a place and imagine it in all its [...]
Women’s Fiction Weekend Forum
It's the second week of the WF Weekend Forum and I've got a question for you. It's a little bit about inspiration and a little bit just pure curiosity. Do you listen to music while you're writing? Do you listen to different music when you're writing different things? I know many of us write across genres - romance, science fiction or [...]
Women’s Fiction Weekend Forum
Let's start at the very beginning, A very good place to start, When we read we begin with ABC, When we write we begin with ??? (with my apologies to Julie Andrews and Rodgers and Hammerstein) When we talk about what we love, we begin with the women's fiction books that got us started writing. For me? I can still remember reading [...]
