“The right place at the right time” put BJ Erickson and 1,101 other young women pilots in the cockpits of America’s WWII warplanes — just when they were most urgently needed. Sarah Byrn Rickman’s eighth book about the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, is a biography of BJ Erickson, one of those daring, groundbreakingContinue reading "New Release: BJ ERICKSON: WASP PILOT by WWW Member Sarah Byrn Rickman"
WWW Member Robin F. Gainey’s Book Picked Up By Production Company
WWW Member Robin F. Gainey's book, Light of the Northern Dancers, has been optioned by Soleil 7 for a limited TV series. The female-led producer team aims to release 10-hour drama ‘The Mystic’ (working title) set in 1888 Wyoming. The premise centers around a family mysteriously massacred on a ranch in 1880’s Wyoming, the latestContinue reading "WWW Member Robin F. Gainey’s Book Picked Up By Production Company"
An Opportunity for WWW Members
Here's a bonus for Women Writing the West membership! WWW member Linda Wommack has been a contributing writer to the Tombstone Epitaph for 22 years. Recently, she received a new assignment with the publication: book reviewer. Congratulations, Linda! This is also a great opportunity for our members. Wommack would like to shine the spotlight onContinue reading "An Opportunity for WWW Members"
Changing Your Name When Switching Genres
By WWW Member Mary Hagen At the present, I write all my genres under my name, but I questioned whether or not I should. With that in mind, I went online to sites of romance writers since I write romance. What did I discover? Answers were divided. Some use pen names, some do not. I'llContinue reading "Changing Your Name When Switching Genres"
Why should you think about proposing a workshop for the conference?
Photo Credit: Deposit Photos The deadline is fast approaching to submit a proposal for the 2018 Women Writing the West Conference. Anyone interested in submitting a proposal has through February 20 to send in the quick paperwork to the program co-chairs, Jane Kirkpatrick and Gail Jenner. Have you considered the value you could bring to the conference withContinue reading "Why should you think about proposing a workshop for the conference?"
New Release: WIDOW 1881 by Sara Dahmen
WWW member Sara Dahmen’s novel, Widow 1881, releases on Wednesday, February 14th from publisher SillanPaceBrown. Proper Boston widow Jane Weber moves to the Dakota Territories to reinvent herself and to hide under layers of lies. Stirring up controversy, and going against the grain of her curated sense of propriety, Jane rooms with the last BlackfootContinue reading "New Release: WIDOW 1881 by Sara Dahmen"
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