Why wait until Women’s History Month to celebrate strong women? There are too many stories to read and find inspiration in to confine them to one month a year. Because their stories weren’t always considered important, the documentation of women’s accomplishments and what their lives were r...
Hi! I’m Sheridan Jeane and I write Victorian Historical Romances set in London. I’m a Pittsburgh transplant and I absolutely love the city. After a career in computer science, I’m now blissfully happy because I get to spend my days writing romance novels. When I’m not writing, I’...
Upon the firm foundation of her intellect, her interests in various groups of people — Negroes, Jews, poor whites, politicians, military leaders — her strong compassion for the plight of women in the South, and her knowledge of history, Scott formed a novel unusual in content, character, t...
Ruby Dixon's 22-part series about blue aliens abducting women and taking them back to their planet has been a monster hit and taken the book world by storm. So much so, that the series has been recently republished with a special new cover so you don't feel too embarrassed when you ...
So why is Austen still 24 ?Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English at Oxford University argued that her novels still 25 people because they 26 the same issues today as they were when she wrote them.Her novels are about women 27 to find a perfect husband, but also 28 issues surrounding ...
A Few Good Women… Earlier this year, Barnes and Noble did a great article featuring 7 speculative fiction books that feature strong female characters. Is it exhaustive? By no means. But it has a nice mix of modern and classic and also had the good sense to include the queen of Caribbean...
Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions What is Edna Ferber known for? Edna Ferber was an American author and playwright. She was known for her ability to portray strong women in the working-class in the United States. What did Edna Ferber write?
We need to move forwards and forget about “strong women” or archetypes or whatever and just write GREAT characters – who happen to be female – who are not defined by their bodies; the men in their lives or their kids. Women are people, not representations of “issues”. Boom. Done....
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Kick-ass heroines showing us big main character energy, these rom-com novels have powerful women at their heart – fat women, trans women, unusual love stories