Women and Adversity
Women and Adversity: Leila Meacham Novelist
September 26, 2019Leila Meacham, who lives in San Antonio, TX with her husband, had three romances published in the '80s while teaching high school English. She started a novel but abandoned it because teaching dem ...
Women and Adversity: Cheryl A. S. Hurley Guest Blogger Leadership, Mindset and Wellness Coach
September 12, 2019Change is inevitable! We face change every day of our lives, and change can have a different impact on our lives. My personal experiences amid chaos became my teacher. I learned how t ...
Women and Adversity: Jenni Barnett, Australian Historical Novelist, Part II
August 22, 2019In Native Companions, the first book in her Dreamtime Mysteries series, Jenni Barnett writes about aboriginal culture through the eyes of her protagonist, Rex Graham. Rex continues his search for ...
Women and Adversity: Jenni Barnett, Australian Historical Novelist, Part I
August 8, 2019I met Australian native Jenni Barnett on a cruise to the Panama Canal. Her personal story as well as her series, Dreamtime Mysteries, are fascinating enough to break into two posts at my Women a ...
Women and Adversity: Judy L. Mandel Writer, Memoirist
July 25, 2019Judy L. Mandel self-published her memoir, Replacement Child, in 2009 then released the ebook in 2011. When thousands of the ebooks sold, she contacted agent, Rita Rosenkranz, who in 2015 notif ...
Women and Adversity: Nina Amir Blogger, Nonfiction Author
July 11, 2019I became familiar with Nina Amir when I bought her book, How to Blog a Book. Her books and her website are a treasure trove of information that offer many opportunities to succeed. She ...
Women and Adversity: Sara Ackerman, Author
June 27, 2019At her website, Sara Ackerman states that her motto is “Patience and Perseverance.” She had written three novels——still unpublished——before she attempted historical fiction. The result ...
Women and Adversity: Lady Deborah Moody, First Woman Landowner in America by Guest Blogger Lynn Andrews
June 13, 2019Lady Deborah Moody (1580-1659) was born in London from a wealthy family. Once her husband died and her son sold most of the family land, she became associated with the Anabaptists, a Protestant ...
Women and Adversity: Robin Houghton, Part II Award-winning Poet, Blogger, Author
May 23, 2019In Part I, British writer Robin Houghton explains how she tried for 30 years to get her poetry published and finally succeeded in 2010. She now has about 100 poems published, has won several poe ...
Women and Adversity: Robin Houghton, Part I Award-winning Poet, Blogger, Author
May 9, 2019Determination is the keyword to describe Robin Houghton. She chose a career in marketing but says she tried for more than 30 years to get her poetry published. In 2009 her goal was to ...