http://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_wSHE WRITES is the largest online community in the world for women who write, providing resources and support to ALL women who write. Join us!enBlogTalkRadio.com. All Rights Reserved.Fri, 14 Jun 2019 22:15:00 GMTWed, 05 Oct 2011 17:00:00 GMTWritingBlogTalkRadio Feed v2.0https://dasg7xwmldix6.cloudfront.net/hostpics/e3702c7f-c43f-4be2-8bd2-73026eae0bd2_shewritesicon.jpghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_wSHE WRITES is the largest online community in the world for women who write, providing resources and support to ALL women who write. Join us!feeds@blogtalkradio.comBlogTalkRadio.comwriting,she writes,publishing,kamy wicoff,editor,erin hosier,fiction,memoir,process,social mediaShe WritesnoSHE WRITES is the largest online community in the world for women who write, providing resources and support to ALL women who write. Join us!episodichttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/10/05/the-editor-is-inWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/10/05/the-editor-is-in/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/10/05/the-editor-is-inWed, 05 Oct 2011 17:00:00 GMTThe Editor Is In, with Brooke Warner, Coach and Editor Every writer faces hurdles on the road to getting published. Sometimes these are our inner saboteurs that keep us stuck with their messages: No one cares; why bother? Another hurdle is time---how can anyone find the time to write and publish a book with all the things pulling at our attention every day? And finally there are strategical challenges---Am I ready to shop my proposal? How do I build my platform? How do I get noticed? These questions and more will be answered when The Editor Is In. Join Brooke Warner, founder of Warner Coaching and Executive Editor at Seal Press, for a half-hour call addressing the common hurdles writers like you face---and solutions and best practices for getting past them and staying in flow! 00:25:00She Writesnopublishing,writing,platform,challenges,editorEvery writer faces hurdles on the road to getting published. Sometimes these are our inner saboteurs that keep us stuck with their messages: No one cares; whyhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/09/13/how-to-grab-them-in-your-first-2000-wordsWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/09/13/how-to-grab-them-in-your-first-2000-words/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/09/13/how-to-grab-them-in-your-first-2000-wordsTue, 13 Sep 2011 20:00:00 GMTHow To Grab Them In Your First 2,000 Words As a follow-on to She Writes first-ever "We Love New Novelists!" contest, literary agents Sally Wofford-Girand and Eleanor Jackson join editor Sara Weiss and She Writes' Founder Kamy Wicoff to discuss that all-important question for any first-time author: how do you grab your reader's attention in the first 2000 words?  Using the five winners of the contest as examples, but drawing widely on their deep experience in publishing, our panelists will give tips, advice and guidance invaluable to all those with a manuscript in need of a readership. For Eleanor, Sally and Sara's bios, click here.  To read the winning entries that grabbed our judges, click here. 01:01:00She Writesnoliterary agents,editors,publishing,writing,queryingAs a follow-on to She Writes first-ever "We Love New Novelists!" contest, literary agents Sally Wofford-Girand and Eleanor Jackson join editor Sara Weiss and Shttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/06/23/recalibrating-writinglife-balance-in-a-digital-worldWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/06/23/recalibrating-writinglife-balance-in-a-digital-world/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/06/23/recalibrating-writinglife-balance-in-a-digital-worldThu, 23 Jun 2011 17:00:00 GMTRecalibrating Writing/Life Balance in a Digital World Bestselling author Dani Shapiro and She Writes Founding Partner Deborah Siegel contemplate the precarious balance of being a writer while living this social media-filled life.  How do you carve out time when Facebook and email beckon? Does your outer atmosphere reflect your inner writerly needs? Listen for thoughts from two wired authors, both currently between books, on the quest for quiet.   Dani Shapiro is the bestselling author of the memoirs Devotion and Slow Motion, and five novels including Black & White. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, and more, and has been widely anthologized. She has taught at Columbia, NYU, The New School and Wesleyan University, and is co-founder of the Sirenland Writers Conference. She is a contributing editor at Travel + Leisure.    Deborah Siegel, PhD, founding partner of She Writes, is an expert on gender, politics, and still-evolving feminism. She is the author of Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild, co-editor of the anthology Only Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up Solo, founder of the blog Girl w/Pen, and co-founder of the webjournal The Scholar & Feminist Online. Her work has appeared in venues including The Washington Post, Ms., The Huffington Post. In The Pink and Blue Diaries, Deborah blogs about gender, parenthood, writing, and life.  01:01:00She WritesnoDani Shapiro,Deborah Siegel,social media,Devotion,processBestselling author Dani Shapiro and She Writes Founding Partner Deborah Siegel contemplate the precarious balance of being a writer while living this social mehttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/06/22/this-is-not-feminine-tosh-writing-meaningful-fictionWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/06/22/this-is-not-feminine-tosh-writing-meaningful-fiction/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/06/22/this-is-not-feminine-tosh-writing-meaningful-fictionWed, 22 Jun 2011 17:00:00 GMTThis is NOT "Feminine Tosh": Writing Meaningful Fiction Three SheWrites novelists--Meg Waite Clayton, Carleen Brice, and Ellen Sussman--discuss writing and publishing fiction of substance Meg Waite Clayton is the bestselling author of The Four Mrs Bradwells, The Wednesday Sisters, and The Language of Light, a finalist for the Bellwether Prize. Her shorter work has appeared in national magazines and on public radio. Carleen Brice authored the novels Orange Mint and Honey, a Target "Bookmarked Breakout Book," and Children of the Waters. Orange Mint and Honey became the Lifetime Movie Network film Sins of the Mother, the second-highest rated original movie ever on LMN. It received two 2011 NAACP Image Awards. Brice won the 2009 First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association along with other awards. Ellen Sussman is the author of the novels French Lessons and On a Night Like This, a San Francisco Chronicle Best-Seller. She has edited two anthologies, Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia Of Sex and Bad Girls: 26 Writers Misbehave, a New York Times Editors Choice and a San Francisco Chronicle Best-Seller 00:59:00She WritesnoPublishing,Ellen Sussman,Carleen Brice,Meg Waite Clayton,fictionThree SheWrites novelists--Meg Waite Clayton, Carleen Brice, and Ellen Sussman--discuss writing and publishing fiction of substance Meg Waite Clayton is the behttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/06/21/memoir-writing-about-loved-ones-and-the-who-cares-questionWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/06/21/memoir-writing-about-loved-ones-and-the-who-cares-question/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/06/21/memoir-writing-about-loved-ones-and-the-who-cares-questionTue, 21 Jun 2011 17:00:00 GMTMemoir: Real-Life Characters and the Who Cares? Question The greatest challenge for a memoirist: to create work that’s meaningful to others. How can we achieve both uniqueness and universality? Another challenge: dealing with characters who really exist. How can we maintain our real-life relationships without compromising the stories we need to tell? Are family loyalty and literary integrity necessarily at odds? Memoirists Sarah Saffian, Alexandra Styron, and Kathryn Harrison discuss these issues, in pursuit of a form of expression that we can support as both authors and daughters. SARAH SAFFIAN, former Editorial Director of She Writes, is the author of Ithaka, reviewed by the NYT Book Review and others. She teaches at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, works independently as a writing coach/editor, and this fall joins the faculty at NYU's Journalism Institute. She holds an MFA from Columbia. Alexandra Styron, author of the novel All The Finest Girls and the memoir Reading My Father, holds an MFA from Columbia. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal, among others. She has also contributed to several anthologies. Kathryn Harrison is the author of many novels, including Envy and The Seal Wife, memoirs such as The Kiss, and other non-fiction books. She is a frequent reviewer for The NYT Book Review; her essays have appeared in many publications and anthologies.  01:04:00She Writesnomemoir,parenthood,nonfiction,process,Sarah SaffianThe greatest challenge for a memoirist: to create work that’s meaningful to others. How can we achieve both uniqueness and universality? Another challenge: deahttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/06/20/how-books-get-finished-editor-and-agent-talk-about-revisionWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/06/20/how-books-get-finished-editor-and-agent-talk-about-revision/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/06/20/how-books-get-finished-editor-and-agent-talk-about-revisionMon, 20 Jun 2011 17:00:00 GMTHow Books Get Finished: Editor And Agent Talk About Revision   Independent editor Alexandra Shelley and literary agent Eleanor Jackson discuss what it takes to get a book from first draft to "finished" book.  With She Writes Founder Kamy Wicoff, Alexandra and Eleanor discuss the changing publishing ecosystem, where agents and independent editors play a more important role than ever, as well as sharing tips and strategies for anyone who has ever tackled the task of not only revising a written work, but of knowing when the revision is complete.  Alexandra Shelley has over 20 years of editing experience. Most recently, she worked as an independent editor with author Kathryn Stockett on "The Help," that has been on the Best Seller List for the past 55 weeks. Ms. Shelley is former Deputy Editorial Director of Bridge Works Publishing, where she was responsible for choosing and editing some of that house’s successes. Among these are the best-selling "Patty Jane’s House of Curl" by Lorna Landvik; "Worthy’s Town" by Sharon Rolens (B&N Discover Great New Writers Award Finalist); "Aria" by Susan Segal (Washington Post Best Books of the Year). She also brought in Tom Perrotta’s first book.  Eleanor Jackson joined the Markson Thoma Literary Agency in 2008. She has been an agent at the Queen Literary Agency and at InkWell Management. She is a graduate of Colby College and the Columbia Publishing course. Her list includes bestselling authors in a wide range of categories. She looks for books with deeply imagined worlds and for writers unafraid to take risks with their work.01:17:00She WritesnoAlexandra Shelley,The Help,Eleanor Jackson,editor,agentIndependent editor Alexandra Shelley and literary agent Eleanor Jackson discuss what it takes to get a book from first draft to "finished" book.  With She Whttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/04/11/genre-gender-and-race-a-panel-discussionWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/04/11/genre-gender-and-race-a-panel-discussion/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/04/11/genre-gender-and-race-a-panel-discussionMon, 11 Apr 2011 17:00:00 GMTGenre, Gender and Race: A Panel Discussion If you think all you need to make it in publishing is a great story, think again. While descriptors like genre, gender and race (used either to categorize content, or its authors) can help to market books to specific audiences, they can also be too limiting.  Books filed under "African American Literature" or "Chick Lit" and be overlooked or never even discovered by readers hungry for a good story.  In the new publishing paradigm where readers are building their own communities with blogs, social networks and other technologies, is there an opportunity to break your book out of this box? TERI COYNE will moderate this important discussion, with literary agent JENNIFER WELTZ, authors VIRIGINA DEBERRY AND DONNA GRANT, author and publishing expert RON HOGAN, and She Writes' Founder KAMY WICOFF on how to make categorization work for, not against, both readers and writers.     01:04:00She WritesnoPublishing,Genre,Booksellers,Social media,MarketingIf you think all you need to make it in publishing is a great story, think again. While descriptors like genre, gender and race (used either to categorize cohttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/04/05/how-do-we-write-about-our-families-and-friendsWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/04/05/how-do-we-write-about-our-families-and-friends/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2011/04/05/how-do-we-write-about-our-families-and-friendsTue, 05 Apr 2011 17:00:00 GMTHow Do We Write About Our Families and Friends?It is one of the more delicate, and sometimes emotionally wrenching, aspects of being a writer: how do we write about those we love, or those we are related to, or those we don't love anymore? In this hour, novelist TERI COYNE talks with She Writes Founder KAMY WICOFF in a candid, penetrating conversation about how we can do what we must do -- write what we know -- without causing unnecessary pain to those we write about.01:05:00She WritesnoTeri Coyne,Kamy Wicoff,Memoir,Personal Writing,FictionIt is one of the more delicate, and sometimes emotionally wrenching, aspects of being a writer: how do we write about those we love, or those we are related to,http://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/09/08/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-a-bookWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/09/08/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-a-book/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/09/08/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-a-bookWed, 08 Sep 2010 21:00:00 GMTHow Do You Know If It's A Book?A conversation with the judges of the Passion Project, who will share their feedback and ideas about what separates a book project from something else -- a personal essay, an article, or even a compelling blog. Featuring literary agent Erin Hosier, publisher Brooke Warner, and authors Valerie Boyd and Alissa Quart, along with members of the She Writes team.01:02:00She WritesnoErin Hosier,Betsy Lerner,Valerie Boyd,Alissa Quart,Brooke WarnerA conversation with the judges of the Passion Project, who will share their feedback and ideas about what separates a book project from something else -- a pershttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/07/02/francine-prose-discusses-reading-like-a-writerWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/07/02/francine-prose-discusses-reading-like-a-writer/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/07/02/francine-prose-discusses-reading-like-a-writerFri, 02 Jul 2010 17:00:00 GMTFrancine Prose discusses "Reading Like a Writer"Francine Prose is one of our most important novelists and critics, the author of many bestselling books of fiction, including A Changed Man and Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the nonfiction New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. Today from 1PM to 2PM EST on She Writes radio, call 347-884-9779, to join Kamy and Francine in a discussion about the importance of reading to writers: how to read, what to read, and why.01:00:00She WritesnoFrancine Prose,Reading Like a Writer,Harper Collins,She Writes,Blue AngelFrancine Prose is one of our most important novelists and critics, the author of many bestselling books of fiction, including A Changed Man and Blue Angel, whichttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/07/01/what-do-publishers-want-a-conversation-with-barbarWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/07/01/what-do-publishers-want-a-conversation-with-barbar/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/07/01/what-do-publishers-want-a-conversation-with-barbarThu, 01 Jul 2010 17:00:00 GMTWhat Do Publishers Want? A conversation with Barbara Jones and Dawn DavisWhat Do Publishers Want? LIke the silly and reductive question, "What Do Women Want" (Mel Gibson movie being silly and reductive, too), this is a question that has as many answers are there are publishers. But that doesn't stop writers and agents from asking it, and hoping to understand better. In this hour, two of publishing's most talented and visionary women, Barbara Jones, Editorial Director of Hyperion Books and Voice, and Dawn Davis, VP and Editorial Director of Amistad, an imprint at Harper Collins, will do their best to explain what they want, or at least what they love, when searching for books to publish.01:01:00She WritesnoDawn Davis,Barbara Jones,Hyperion,Amistad,She WritesWhat Do Publishers Want? LIke the silly and reductive question, "What Do Women Want" (Mel Gibson movie being silly and reductive, too), this is a question thathttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/06/30/funny-women-featuring-gina-barreca-roxane-gay-erin-hosier-and-mishna-wolffWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/06/30/funny-women-featuring-gina-barreca-roxane-gay-erin-hosier-and-mishna-wolff/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/06/30/funny-women-featuring-gina-barreca-roxane-gay-erin-hosier-and-mishna-wolffWed, 30 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMTFunny Women: Featuring Gina Barreca, Roxane Gay, Erin Hosier and Mishna WolffAre women funny? These women are ample proof in the affirmative. Join Gina Barreca, author, most recently, of of "I'm Not That Bitter," Mishna Wolff, author of "I'm Down," Roxane Gay, fiction-writer, essayist, and frequent contributor to The Rumpus, and Erin Hosier, literary agent to many very funny women writers in discussion with Kamy Wicoff on She Writes. 01:01:00She WritesnoMishna Wolff,Erin Hosier,Regina Barecca,humor writing,She WritesAre women funny? These women are ample proof in the affirmative. Join Gina Barreca, author, most recently, of of "I'm Not That Bitter," Mishna Wolff, author ofhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/06/29/writing-to-change-the-world-with-laura-ling-areva-Writinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/06/29/writing-to-change-the-world-with-laura-ling-areva-/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/06/29/writing-to-change-the-world-with-laura-ling-areva-Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMTWriting to Change the World, with Laura Ling, Areva Martin and Kris CarrDo you write to change the world? For these three authors and activists, the answer is unequivocally yes. Join Kamy in discussion with Laura Ling, journalist and author, with her sister Lisa Ling, of "Somewhere Inside," about her detention in North Korea and her sister's efforts to secure her release; Areva Martin, lawyer and author of "Everyday Advocate: How to Stand Up for Your Autistic Child;" and Kris Carr, maker of the documentary "Crazy Sexy Cancer," and author of two related books.01:00:00She WritesnoKris Carr,Areva Martin,Laura Ling,activism,She WritesDo you write to change the world? For these three authors and activists, the answer is unequivocally yes. Join Kamy in discussion with Laura Ling, journalisthttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/06/28/white-readers-meet-black-authors-how-women-writersWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/06/28/white-readers-meet-black-authors-how-women-writers/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/06/28/white-readers-meet-black-authors-how-women-writersMon, 28 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMTWhite Readers, Meet Black Authors: How Women Writers of Color are Read, Received and ReviewedA discussion with She Writes Founder Kamy Wicoff and Carleen Brice, who created the tongue-in-cheek video "White Readers, Meet Black Authors." Carleen Brice is author of the novels Orange Mint and Honey (which was optioned by the Lifetime Movie Network)- a #1 Denver Post best-seller and Essence Magazine Recommended Read - and Children of the Waters, which One World/Ballantine released in June 2009. She also wrote Lead Me Home: An African American’s Guide Through the Grief Journey (HarperCollins), and edited the anthology Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number: Black Women Explore Midlife (Beacon Press, Souvenir Press). Her book Walk Tall: Affirmations for People of Color sold over 100,000 copies and was in print with traditional publishers for 10 years. It is now available from iUniverse.01:00:00She Writesnoblack authors,women of color,writers,race,publishingA discussion with She Writes Founder Kamy Wicoff and Carleen Brice, who created the tongue-in-cheek video "White Readers, Meet Black Authors." Carleen Brice ishttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/03/26/authoreditor-christina-baker-kline-in-conversation-with-she-writes-founder-kamy-wicoffWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/03/26/authoreditor-christina-baker-kline-in-conversation-with-she-writes-founder-kamy-wicoff/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/03/26/authoreditor-christina-baker-kline-in-conversation-with-she-writes-founder-kamy-wicoffFri, 26 Mar 2010 17:30:00 GMTAuthor/Editor Christina Baker Kline in Conversation with She Writes Founder Kamy WicoffChristina Baker Kline is the author of four novels, including, most recently, "Bird in Hand" and "The Way Life Should Be." She has edited four anthologies, including About Face: Women Write about What They See When They Look in the Mirror, Room to Grow, and Child of Mine, and is coauthor of The Conversation Begins: Mothers and Daughters Talk about Living Feminism. She is Writer-in-Residence at Fordham University. Her blog is A Writing Life: Notes on Craft & the Creative Process. Christina is a Preferred Provider with She Writes, offering editing services and writing coaching.01:00:00She WritesnoChristina Baker Kline,Kamy Wicoff,book proposal,editing,She WritesChristina Baker Kline is the author of four novels, including, most recently, "Bird in Hand" and "The Way Life Should Be." She has edited four anthologies, inclhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/02/26/recession-proof-your-writing-careerWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/02/26/recession-proof-your-writing-career/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/02/26/recession-proof-your-writing-careerFri, 26 Feb 2010 19:30:00 GMTRecession-Proof Your Writing Career!She Writes Founder Kamy Wicoff interviews consultant and coach Shari Cohen about her tips for using your writing skills to build more revenue-producing projects.01:00:00She Writesnocoaching,Shari Cohen,Kamy Wicoff,She Writes,consultingShe Writes Founder Kamy Wicoff interviews consultant and coach Shari Cohen about her tips for using your writing skills to build more revenue-producing projectshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/02/17/kamy-interviews-pamWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/02/17/kamy-interviews-pam/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/s_w/2010/02/17/kamy-interviews-pamWed, 17 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMTKamy interviews Pamela Redmond Satran Kamy Wicoff, CEO of She Writes, interviews Pamela Redmond Satran, a She Writes Preferred Provider. 01:00:00She WritesnoShe Writes Services,Preferred Provider,She Writes,Kamy Wicoff,PamelaKamy Wicoff, CEO of She Writes, interviews Pamela Redmond Satran, a She Writes Preferred Provider.