Women Writing the West

Kate Ristau

What Are You Bad At? Folklorist, Kate Ristau, will tell you she’s bad at “description.” Then she’ll encourage you to ponder your own Don’t-Want-To-Admit, Not-So-Good areas of writing.And you’ll let out a breath of relief when she tells you why it doesn’t matter. Your awareness is what matters.Now that you’re aware of your goods andContinueContinue reading “Kate Ristau”

The Benefits of Pen Pals

My first thought was that any writing does – emails, social media posts, reports, formal letters. They’re all a way of honing our skills. But the intimacy of writing to pen pals gives you much more freedom of expression — one of the fundamentals of good writing. Read more about The Benefits of Pen PalsContinueContinue reading “The Benefits of Pen Pals”

Frank Weber

Amp up Story Tension: Villains have Their Moments You know what the villain, brute, or antagonist in your story must do. But is that character believable? Would he/she actually act that way in the real world? At the October WWW Conference, we have the unique opportunity to hear from forensic psychologist, Frank Weber. This award-winningContinueContinue reading “Frank Weber”

Melissa Hart

Article Writing—It Benefits You in Ways You’ve Never Dreamed Need to sell more books? Need to gain credibility and move to “published” status more quickly? Want to improve your overall writing skills for both fiction and non-fiction?Writing articles will help you reach all these goals. It even pays, maybe not a lot, but the compensationContinueContinue reading “Melissa Hart”

New Release ~ Mercy and Madness by Beverly Lionberger Hodgins

Mercy and Madness: Dr. Mary Archard Latham’s Tragic Fall from Female Physicia Born among the rolling green hills of New Richmond, Ohio, Mary Archard was a thinker and achiever from the beginning. This can-do attitude must have run through her blood, for several branches of her family living in the villages of New Richmond, Batavia,ContinueContinue reading “New Release ~ Mercy and Madness by Beverly Lionberger Hodgins”

2021 WILLA Literary Award Winners and Finalists

Women Writing the West® (WWW) is proud to announce the 2021 WILLA Literary Award competition Winners and Finalists, representing the best of 2020 published literature for women’s or girls’ stories set in the North American West. WWW, a nonprofit association of writers and other writing professionals writing and promoting the Women’s West, is the underwriter andContinueContinue reading “2021 WILLA Literary Award Winners and Finalists”