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Houston Writers Guild thinks I’m special

While I didn’t win the Houston Writers Guild Genre Contest, I did score a 141 out of 150 points on my 15-page novel excerpt. That’s a 94%, which is still totally an A, right? The comments I received on my … Continue reading →

A to Z challenge: Helen Zimmern

My final Awesome Lady Author is actually a translator whose most famous work came from her ability to put another great writer’s German sentences into English. Helen Zimmern is perhaps best known for her translations of Nietzsche, including Beyond Good and … Continue reading →

A to Z challenge: Banana Yoshimoto

In quite the opposite direction from the yari, yumi and ya over on my ninja blog, today’s awesome lady author is Banana Yoshimoto. While Banana may share a common ethnicity with the ninja, her writing is about as far away … Continue reading →

A to Z challenge: Xue Xinran

You’re thinking I’m stumped for X, aren’t you? Well guess what? YOU’RE WRONG! X writers are not as insanely difficult to find if you’re not married to focusing solely on native English speakers. I hit the jackpot when I found … Continue reading →

A to Z challenge: Jeanette Winterson

If you haven’t read my W author, Jeanette Winterson, before… well, let’s just say you’re missing out on some seriously awesome lady authoring. Jeanette is a writer from the UK whose debut, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was an … Continue reading →

A to Z challenge: Alisa Valdes

Alisa Valdes (or Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez as she was formerly known) is the author of The Dirty Girls Social Club and today’s awesome lady author. I first learned about Alisa’s existence because of a rather public fight she was having with … Continue reading →

A to Z challenge: Anya Ulinich

I am running out of awesome lady authors as we near the finish line! Which ladies with U last names have written books? There’s Jane Urquhart, a Canadian novelist and poet whose work I have yet to read. There’s Lesya … Continue reading →

A to Z challenge: T is for Ticked Off

It’s been one of those days, you guys. I’ve been getting ridiculous emails from some marketing schmucks who want me to post their blogs—sight unseen—for cash (amount not specified), and then not tell anyone that it was a sponsored, paid … Continue reading →

A to Z challenge: Gillian Sze

Eek! I missed posting this entry on Saturday, as life intervened with a variety of distractions dragging me away from the computer. Hopefully you can forgive my tardiness. My featured S awesome lady author is a fellow Concordia grad: Gillian … Continue reading →

A to Z challenge: Catherine Kidd

My favorite living Awesome Lady Author is Catherine Kidd. She's a performance artist, poet, voice and stage actress, novelist and "a force of nature." I first discovered Cat Kidd on the radio. She was performing a piece on the CBC … Continue reading →