Celebrating women writers

“Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.

Virginia Woolf, “A Room of One’s Own” (source)

Today is the first Monday of Women’s History Month, held each March to recognize and celebrate the achievements of women throughout U.S. history. Reflecting on Virginia Woolf’s comment, and how women have long been overshadowed in the world of literature (among other fields), I’m using today’s post to highlight a few of the women writers whose work has influenced my writing and thinking in recent years.

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Friday Five: Q&A with ‘Mercedes Masterson’ author Nathan Weaver

Welcome to the inaugural post of Friday Five interviews with fellow travelers on this writing journey. I plan to post occasional five-question email interviews to spotlight other authors and their work. We kick it off this Friday with a question-and-answer session with Nathan “Nat” Weaver, author of the Mercedes Masterson series of detective stories of the hard-boiled variety. The first in the series, Sweet Sixteen Killer, was published in 2020. The next book, Jonah of Olympic, is expected out later this year. Nat is also a personal friend and a friend of this website.

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