Archive for March, 2018
MARCH: WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH Women and Adversity: Zora Neale Hurston Anthropologist, Author, Civil Rights Activist
March 22, 2018Crossword puzzle enthusiasts will recognize the name Zora Neale Hurston, although they may not know what her accomplishments are or why she’s to be remembered. She is another example of a wo ...
Women and Adversity: Jane Stanford Co-founder, Stanford University
February 22, 2018Jane Lathrop Stanford experienced heartbreak and tragedy during her lifetime and had a tragic death. Born Jane Elizabeth Lathrop in 1828 in Albany, NY, she received an education, part of whic ...
Women and Adversity: Debbie Macomber Author
December 28, 2017I ran this blog in March 2017, but Debbie Macomber is one of the most prolific and beloved authors today I thought I'd reprise this blog. A #1 New York Times bestselling author with more than 2 ...
Women and Adversity: Rachel Carson, Writer, Zoologist, Ecologist
May 25, 2017Rachel Carson brought the dangers of chemicals in the environment to the public’s attention with her book “Silent Spring” published in 1962, and the U.S. listened and changed for the bette ...
Kathryn Craft, Author/Novelist
December 8, 2016My Women and Adversity posts seldom run more than a few hundred words, but author/novelist Kathryn Craft has inspirational comments that I thought women in every field, not just writers, would b ...
Women and Adversity: Chirlane McCray Writer, Poet, NYC First Lady
July 14, 2016Women and Adversity: Chirlane McCray Writer, Poet, NYC First Lady I didn’t know her name. I only knew she was black and her husband was elected mayor of New York City. Since she is one of the mo ...
Women and Adversity: Emily Dickinson, American Poet
April 28, 2016Women and Adversity: Emily Dickinson, American Poet To continue the tribute to poets because April is National Poetry Month, I chose Emily Dickinson, the 19th century poet that is requi ...
Women and Adversity: Kimberla Lawson Roby
December 10, 2015My own fiction concerns women overcoming obstacles, so about two years ago I decided I would start a new blog: Women and Adversity, A Blog for Writers. I have contacted women authors, agents and ...
FIND YOUR WRITING NICHE: PERENNIALS
November 3, 2015Decades of tear sheets of my printed stories and rejected manuscripts filled my filing cabinet to capacity, and I had to make decisions: what to keep, what to trash. At the first run-through I onl ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Restaurant Reviews
July 21, 2015An editor asked me recently if I would write some local restaurant reviews. Nothing fancy and involved: menu, specialty/ies, signature dishes, atmosphere, décor, service, hours, location and anyt ...