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"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." — Eleanor Roosevelt 1st BOOKS is hosted by MEG WAITE CLAYTON
bestselling author of four novels, including The Wednesday Sisters (a writing group novel), and The Wednesday Daughters (coming July 30!)
Category Archives: Stories of How Writers Get Started
Amy Sue Nathan: Closing My Eyes Opened Me Up To Writing Again
I first “met” today’s guest author, Amy Sue Nathan, when she interviewed me for her blog, Women’s Fiction Writers. I was on a layover at a packed, noisy airport, standing in a coffee line as we spoke by phone, but Amy … Continue reading
Joan Steinau Lester: A journal full of poetry and frustration, in equal measure
Joan Steinau Lester’s second novel, Mama’s Child released yesterday. Alice Walker calls it “an astonishing accomplishment … riveting art,” and it’s an Ebony Magazine Editor’s Pick. Joan is also the author of four other books, including the novel Black, White, … Continue reading
Caroline Leavitt Throws Stones at Her Own Characters – a 1st Books Interview
The New York Times Modern Love column had already turned her down twenty times, but no matter: she lobbed in another submission—about her pet tortoise. And when her ninth novel was turned down by her publisher, she picked up her … Continue reading
Allie Larkin: Fake-Out (or, How Not to Write a Novel)
Allie Larkin is the internationally bestselling author of the novel Stay. Jen Lancaster calls her “a master at creating complex characters who feel like old friends and crafting situations that you’d swear really happened,” and says of her new novel, … Continue reading
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Elizabeth Benedict: Writing about the Gifts Our Mothers Give Us
Elizabeth Benedict is the author of five novels, including the bestseller Almost, and the National Book Award finalist, Slow Dancing, as well as The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers. She is the editor of two anthologies, the … Continue reading
Poetry Tuesday: Mary Mackey
Mary Mackey and I belong to a San Francisco Bay Area women authors’ collective known as WOMBA, and I’ve had the pleasure of doing a reading from our novels together. She’s authored 13 novels and 6 poetry collections, and is … Continue reading
