International Women’s Day was celebrated last month and
while doing research online I found excellent articles about women and writing.
I also found a set of TED Talks podcasts from two well-known women writers,
Isabel Allende and Amy Tan.
It was Ms. Tan’s account of childhood experiences and Isabel
Allende’s Tales of Passion that got me thinking about how our experiences shape
us and how they bleed into our own unique creative realm. As such, each story
we weave has the potential to invoke a wide range of emotions in our readers.
As one would imagine writers from all walks of life have very
different reasons for writing. Below is a common thread among modern day
writers:
Leave a legacy: If you write a book well and publish it, you may actually
leave something behind that can last forever.
Incite:
Writers write what the world is like as they see it. Writers ask the difficult questions. And, this
boundless curiosity is the foundation that opens the doors to discussing
difficult topics.
To stay sane: To write the endings we
wish to see in the world. To make peace with the things we cannot control. ♥
Maria
Cox is the 2nd Place winner of the 2017 MANA (MarketingNewAuthors.com) Blog
Short Story Series Contest. Maria is also a PRO member of Romance Writers
of America and the Treasurer of RWA/NYC. Maria served two terms as President of
the Phoenix Writers Club. Maria has been
writing stories since she was a young girl. She picked up her first romance
novel when she was just eleven years old and has loved the genre ever since.
Maria writes sensual romance, stories that showcase strong, sassy, and sexy
characters. When not writing fiction, Maria works as a technical writer. She
lives in Queens, New York. Please visit her site www.mariacox.net and/or
follow her on Twitter.
Shouldnt it be PARTNERS day
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Women cannot reproduce
as men cannot reproduce.
Im kornfuzed like the band KORN.
God bless you.
I mean...
ReplyDeleteThey must have each other.
Exactly why God made the two.
...to be as one: a baby +
ReplyDeleteloving parents = Heaven bound...
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