How an Unexpected Encounter Shaped My Narrative By Kate Hamberger Yakis In September of 2024, two months after my memoir Dances with Fire: Lessons in Life, Faith & Firefighting was published, I met New York Times best-selling author Jane Kirkpatrick, a founding member of WWW. Jane has written 41 books and won at least 8Continue reading "The Divine Nudge"
Writing from the Land panel
As writers telling the stories of women in the West, whether real or imagined, whether set in the past, present, or future, we are inevitably writing from the land. More than any region in the country, the West is shaped by the physical factors of topography, weather, and the plants and animals whose lives colorContinue reading "Writing from the Land panel"
Homespun Marketing: What Worked and What Didn’t
By Candace Simar and Krista Soukup In 2009, Candace Simar finally reached her dream of publishing Abercrombie Trail, a historical novel about the U.S./Dakota War of 1862. To her dismay, the small press did little to nothing to promote her book. Worse yet, she was under contract to publish two more books in the series.Continue reading "Homespun Marketing: What Worked and What Didn’t"
Writing on History’s Sex Workers: A Feminist Approach
By Janelle Molony & David Grassé Arizona native and WWW member Janelle Molony is proud to introduce David Grassé to the field of female-centric writers as a positive example of someone casting aside the gratuitous and cheap trope analysis that is often used as the lens writers look through when approaching the subject of sexContinue reading "Writing on History’s Sex Workers: A Feminist Approach"
Unmentionables: Researching Topics that were Taboo
By Kimberly Burns Did your mom talk to you about “lady things” like menstruation, contraception, and sexual health? Mine didn’t tell me much. I cobbled the little bit of knowledge she offered with the information (often misinformation) provided by the older kids on the school bus and the racy novels that circulated my junior highContinue reading "Unmentionables: Researching Topics that were Taboo"
New Release: “Grace on the Wyoming Plains” by Eunice Macy Ruttinger
Eunice Macy Ruttinger, a descendant of Wyoming homesteaders, started researching her grandmother’s 1900s homestead near Old Fort Laramie Wyoming. She discovered Bertha Barnard’s interesting stories. They took place before and after Bertha came by train from Canada to Wyoming at fifteen years old, under false pretenses; during her time living on the plains in aContinue reading "New Release: “Grace on the Wyoming Plains” by Eunice Macy Ruttinger"
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